Akemi Niwa

is a Japanese curler, a three-time (1993, 1997, 1998) and a three-time Japan women's champion (1997, 1998, 1999).

She played for Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where the Japanese team finished in fifth place.

Teams Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events 1992–93 Mayumi Seguchi Mayumi Abe Hidemi Itai Akemi Niwa Naomi Kawano (6th) 1993–94 Mayumi Seguchi Hidemi Itai Akemi Niwa Miyuki Nonomura Mami Nishioka Mayumi Seguchi Ayako Ishigaki Akemi Niwa Chieko Horishimizu Mami Nishioka (10th) 1996–97 Mayumi Ohkutsu Akiko Katoh Yukari Kondo Yoko Mimura Akemi Niwa JWCC 1997 (4th) 1997–98 Mayumi Ohkutsu Akiko Katoh Yukari Kondo Akemi Niwa Yoko Mimura Mayumi Ohkutsu Akiko Katoh Yukari Kondo Yoko Mimura Akemi Niwa Elaine Dagg-Jackson WOG 1998 (5th)JWCC 1998 (8th) 1998–99 Akiko Katoh Yumie Hayashi Ayumi Onodera Mika Hori Akemi Niwa Elaine Dagg-Jackson Akiko Katoh Yumie Hayashi Akemi Niwa Ayumi Onodera Mika Hori JWCC 1999 Akiko Katoh Akemi Niwa Ayumi Onodera Mika Hori Yumie Hayashi Elaine Dagg-Jackson (9th)