Nikita Maximovich Starostin (Russian: Никита Максимович Старостин; born June 13, 2002) is a Russian-German figure skater, who represents Germany internationally.

According to Starostin, it was difficult for him to initially find someone to coach him in Russia due to him only having started skating at seven years old.

[4][2] Prior to the season, Starostin moved to Valmiera, Latvia to be coached by Julia Kulibanova.

He made his international debut on the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix series, placing twelfth at 2018 JGP Slovenia.

[5] He ended his season with a twenty-fourth place finish at the 2019 Junior World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

[5] Following the season, Starostin left coach, Julia Kulibanova, and began working with Adam Solya in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

Prior to the season, Starostin relocated to Belgium to train and in addition to Adam Solya, Jorik Hendrickx became one of his coaches.

[5] At the 2022 German Championships, Starostin won the bronze medal behind Paul Fentz and Kai Jagoda.

Selected to compete at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, Starostin finished thirteenth.

[5] At the 2024 World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Starostin placed thirty-second in the short program, failing to advance to the free skate.