The men's kata competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 6 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.

[1] Competitors were divided into two pools of 5 or 6, and each took turns to perform two sets of kata in the elimination round.

The top-three competitors by average score in each pool advanced to the ranking round, where they performed a third set of kata.

Two bronze medals were awarded in kata events.

The runner-up of pool A faced the third-place finisher of pool B in a bronze medal bout, while the runner-up of pool B will face the third-place finisher of pool A in another bronze medal bout.