Shinobu Kitamoto

Shinobu Kitamoto

Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing  Japan
World Championships
	2010 Poznań	K-1 200 m
Asian Championships
	2005 Putrajaya	K-2 200 m
	2005 Putrajaya	K-2 500 m
	2007 Hwacheon	K-1 200 m
	2007 Hwacheon	K-1 500 m
	2011 Tehran	K-1 200 m
	2011 Tehran	K-2 500 m
	2005 Putrajaya	K-2 1000 m

Shinobu Kitamoto (北本 忍, Kitamoto Shinobu; born February 1, 1977) is a Japanese sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s. She won a bronze medal in the K-1 200 m event at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań, the first person from Japan to medal at the world championships.

Competing in three Summer Olympics (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012), Kitamoto earned her best finish of fifth in the K-2 500 m event at Beijing in 2008.

World Cup Racice 2010 k1 500m gold medal^{[citation needed]}