Kaoru Shibata (born 25 June 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Japan.

Shibata was born in Tokyo, but grew up in the United States, where she moved to as a child in 1975.

She attended Libertyville High School in Chicago.

[1] During the 1990s she competed on the professional tour, reaching career best rankings of 252 in singles and 117 in doubles.

At the 1995 Summer Universiade in Fukuoka she won a gold medal in the singles competition.