| Kota Wakabayashi | |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Sprinting |
| Birth Date: | 23 October 1997 |
| Pb: | 200 m – 20.98 (2019) 400 m – 45.81 (2018) |
is a Japanese athlete who specializes in the 400 metres run.[1] He competed in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships.[2]
Kota Wakabayashi gained his first international experience at the Asian Athletics Championships in Doha in 2019, where he won the gold medal with the Japanese 4 x 400 metre relay in 3:02.94 min and the bronze medal with the mixed relay in 3:20.29 min behind the teams from Bahrain and India.