Noriyoshi Shibata

 is a Japanese photographer who specializes in documenting Tibet and China.
Shibata was born in Nagasaki in 1966. After graduating from Keio University (Tokyo) in 1990 he joined Kyodo News, but he left and turned freelance in 1995.
Shibata's photographs of Tibet have appeared in his book "Tibetans"; those of China and Northern Ireland have appeared in photographic magazines.