| Kenji Kitahashi | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Office: | Mayor of Kitakyushu |
| Term Start: | 20 February 2007 |
| Term End: | 19 February 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Koichi Sueyoshi |
| Successor: | Kazuhisa Takeuchi |
| Birth Date: | 19 March 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Nishinomiya, Japan |
| Party: | Democratic Party of Japan |
| Alma Mater: | University of Tokyo |
is a Japanese politician and a former mayor of Kitakyushu, Japan. A graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Representatives in Diet of Japan (parliament) for the first time in 1986 as a member of Democratic Socialist Party, which later became part of Democratic Party of Japan. After losing his seat in 1990, he was re-elected in 1993.[1] In February 2007 he was elected mayor of Kitakyushu and went on to serve four terms, until 2023.[2]