Ryota Yamagata (山縣 亮太, Yamagata Ryōta, born 10 June 1992) is a Japanese sprinter holding the Japanese record of 9.95 in the 100m.

[2] He won the bronze medal in the medley relay at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics.

[citation needed] In the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Yamagata was part of the 4 × 100 m relay team for Japan, which took the silver medal in the final.

[3] He served as the captain of Japan's team at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.

[4] 1Did not start in the final 2Did not finish in the final