Yūta Shitara

is a Japanese long-distance runner. He competed in the 10,000 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing finishing 23rd.

Yuta Shitara competed in the 2018 edition of the Tokyo Marathon, where he, after falling off the lead pack at 32 km to seventh place, regrouped and advanced position to take second overall, at 2:06:11, which was a new Japanese National Record at the time. In doing so, he also won a prize of 100 million yen (roughly $936,000) that was offered to any Japanese man who could run a new national record.

International competitions

Personal bests Outdoor 5000 metres – 13:34.68 (Hiroshima 2015) 10,000 metres – 27:41.97 (Tokyo 2017) 20 kilometres – 58:33 (New York 2012) Half marathon – 1:00:17 (Ústí nad Labem Half Marathon 2017) Marathon – 2:06:11 (Tokyo 2018)