| Toshimi Kitazawa | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Office: | Minister of Defence |
| Primeminister: | Yukio Hatoyama Naoto Kan |
| Term Start: | 16 September 2009 |
| Term End: | 2 September 2011 |
| Predecessor: | Yasukazu Hamada |
| Successor: | Yasuo Ichikawa |
| Office1: | Member of the House of Councillors |
| Constituency1: | Nagano at-large |
| Term Start1: | 26 July 1992 |
| Term End1: | 25 July 2016 |
| Predecessor1: | Ippei Koyama |
| Successor1: | Hideya Sugio |
| Office2: | Member of the Nagano Prefectural Assembly |
| Constituency2: | Nagano City |
| Term Start2: | 1975 |
| Term End2: | 1992 |
| Birth Date: | 6 March 1938 |
| Birth Place: | Nagano, Japan |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Otherparty: | Liberal Democratic |
| Alma Mater: | Waseda University |
is a previous Japanese defence minister. He is a politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Nagano City and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1992 after serving in the assembly of Nagano Prefecture for five terms. He had joined the Democratic Party of Japan in 1998. On 16 September 2009; Kitazawa was appointed the Minister of Defence by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. He was re-appointed by Prime Minister Naoto Kan in the cabinet shift, and was the Minister of Defence until 2 September 2011.
He retired in 2016, and was succeeded by Hideya Sugio.
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