Masatora Kawano (å·Âé å°ÂèÂÂ, born 23 October 1998) is a Japanese race walker.
Kawano represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, finishing in 6th place in the 50 km walk and setting a season best.
Kawano won a silver medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene in the 35 km walk with an Asian record time of 2:23:15. He then won a bronze medal in the 35 km walk at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
He is the Japanese national record holder for the 50 km walk with a time of 3:36:45 in 2019.
On 27 October 2024, Kawano broke the world record for the 35 km walk in Takahata, Japan with a time of 2:21:47.