Yuta Watanabe (?? ??, Watanabe Yuta, born 13 June 1997) is a badminton player from Japan.
He was a member of the Nihon Unisys team, and national team A representative.
Watanabe has collected three bronze medals at the World Junior Championships, and also four bronze at the Asian Junior Championships.
Watanabe was selected to join the Japanese mixed team compete at the 2017 Sudirman Cup in Gold Coast, Australia, winning a gold medal in the qualification to Gold Coast at the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and the team finished in the semi-final round, took the bronze medal.
The left-handed Watanabe won the maiden Super 1000 tournament at the 2018 All England Open in the mixed doubles event partnered with Arisa Higashino.