Chang Ming Chuang, 66, was taking pictures in Lake Naivasha, west of Nairobi, on Saturday night when he was attacked.
Chuang is the sixth person this year to be killed around Lake Naivasha by the animals so far this year.
Another Chinese tourist, Wu Peng Te, 62, was also injured in the incident had was rushed to the Naivasha District Hospital.
Witness James Omollo told Kenya’s The Star that the hippo bit Chuang on the chest after he got too close while taking pictures near to the Sopa Hotel.
The rise in hippo attacks has been blamed on the rise in water levels.
Chairman of Lake Naivasha Boat Owners Association David Kilo said when the water levels rise the amount of pasture available for the hippos is reduced, so forcing the animals to stray into nearby hotels and farms.
He said: "The hippo that attacked the Chinese was looking for pasture near the hotel. This is not the first time.”
In a separate incident an illegal fisherman was attacked by another hippo just a few kilometres away.
He was also bitten on the chest and died within minutes of the attack.
In January a fisherman was killed by a hippo while preparing his nets for a fishing expedition in Lake Naivasha.
Just a week ago US tourist Carol Kirken was attacked and killed by a hippo while she was on holiday in Tanzania.
The 75-year-old, from Michigan, died in the arms of her son, Robert.
Her family wrote as an obituary: "Having (passed) 75 years old, she was resolutely shooting for 100. She would have surely achieved it if not for this accident."
In January a fisherman was killed by a hippo while preparing his nets for a fishing expedition in Lake Naivasha.
Safari guide Paul Templer, 49, said he was thrown around like a "rag doll" and had his arm ripped off when he was attacked by a hippo in Zimbabwe in 1996
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