Shibata may refer to:
- Place
- Shibata, Miyagi, a town in Miyagi Prefecture
- Shibata District, Miyagi, a district in Miyagi Prefecture
- Shibata, Niigata, a city in Niigata Prefecture
- Shibata Station (Niigata), a railway station in Niigata Prefecture
- Shibata Station (Aichi), a railway station in Aichi Prefecture
- People
- Shibata clan (Echigo), a clan in Echigo Province
- Shibata Naganori
- Shibata clan (Owari), a clan in Owari Province
- Shibata Katsuie
- Shibata Katsutoyo
- Ayumi Shibata, a member of the J-pop group Melon Kinenbi
- Go Shibata, a film director
- Hidekatsu Shibata, a voice actor
- Katsuyori Shibata, a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter.
- Jun Shibata, a singer-songwriter
- Noriyoshi Shibata, a photographer
- Ryo Shibata, a figure skater
- Shibata Takenaka, an emissary for Japan in the 19th century
- Tetsuya Shibata, a video game composer
- Toshio Shibata, a photographer
- Shibata Tsunekichi, a film director in the early 20th century
- Shibata Zeshin, a painter and lacquerer in the 19th century
- Yumiko Shibata, a voice actor