Kisaburo Yokota (横田 喜三郎, Yokota Kisaburō, August 6, 1896 – February 17, 1993) was a Japanese international legal scholar. He served as the 3rd Chief Justice of Japan from 1960 to 1966. He graduated from the Tokyo Imperial University and later served on its faculty. He received the Degree of Doctor of Law (Tokyo Imperial University). He was a recipient of the Order of Culture and the Order of the Rising Sun. His grave is in Gokoku-ji Temple Cemetery, Bunkyō-ku, Tokyo
| Preceded byKōtarō Tanaka | Chief Justice of Japan 1960–1966 |
Succeeded byMasatoshi Yokota |
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- ^ Kisaburo Yokota
- 中西輝政・福田和也著『皇室の本義』PHP研究所、118頁
- 1896 births
- 1993 deaths
- International law scholars
- Chief justices of Japan
- Supreme Court of Japan justices
- Academic staff of the University of Tokyo
- Recipients of the Order of Culture
- Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers
- Grand Cordons of the Order of the Rising Sun
- University of Tokyo alumni