Kimio Yada (矢田 喜美雄, Yada Kimio, 17 September 1913 – 4 December 1990) was a Japanese track and field athlete. He competed in the men's high jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics.^[1] He later became a reporter for the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, and was especially noted for his reporting on the Shimoyama incident.^[2]