Saori Kitakaze (北風 沙織, Kitakaze Saori, born April 3, 1985 in Kushiro)[1] is a Japanese track and field sprint athlete who specializes in the 100 metres.

She is the joint Japanese record holder in the 4×100 m relay, having run a time of 43.39 seconds alongside Momoko Takahashi, Chisato Fukushima and Kana Ichikawa at the 2011 Seiko Golden Grand Prix.

[2] He first international competitions came in 2004, when she took the bronze medal over 60 metres at the 2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships and reached the 100 m semi-finals at that year's World Junior Championships in Athletics.

The following year she came fourth at the 2005 East Asian Games before helping the Japanese women to the 4×100 m relay title.

Kitakaze earned her first global level selection for Japan that year, but her relay team was disqualified in the preliminary rounds of the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.