Kazuaki Kimura (?? ??, Kimura Kazuaki, 24 April 1946 – 26 September 2015) was a professor and researcher of modern Japanese literature at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto.
Graduating from Kwansei Gakuin University in the field of Literature, Kimura became a professor at Ritsumeikan University, then served as Vice President at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University and then as President of Poole Gakuin University, Osaka.
His main research was about Atsushi Nakajima, a writer at the beginning of the Showa period.