Kenji Kitazato (北里謙治, ''Kitazato Kenji'', born 19 May 1989) is a Japanese

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

player. He competed in the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

. He was a part of the Japan squad which won their first

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

gold medal in hockey in

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* 1989 births Living people Field hockey players at the 2014 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2018 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Japanese male field hockey players Male field hockey forwards Olympic field hockey players for Japan Sportspeople from Kumamoto Prefecture Asian Games medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-fieldhockey-bio-stub