Shunpei Uto (鵜藤 俊平, Utō Shunpei, born 1 December 1918) was a Japanese former freestyle swimmer who won two medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

[1] Uto endured much hardship after World War II and deposited both his medals to a pawnshop to get some money for living.

He later found a job in general affairs at the Niigata Nippo company.

After retiring he moved to Chiba Prefecture to do agriculture.

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