is a Japanese former professional tennis player.
Akita has a career-high WTA rankings of 221 in singles and 369 in doubles. She has won six singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
In 2012, she made her main-draw debut on the WTA Tour in the doubles event of Pattaya Open, partnering Nicole Rottmann. The pair reached the quarterfinals, losing to second seeds Eleni Daniilidou and Tamarine Tanasugarn.
Akita announced her retirement in March 2026.
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 18 (7 titles, 11 runner–ups) Legend W25/35 tournaments W10/15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (5–9)Carpet (2–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Jun 2008ITF Tokyo, JapanW10 Hard Kimiko Date-Krumm 3–6, 2–6Loss 0–2 Jul 2009ITF Miyazaki, JapanW10 Carpet Junri Namigata 6–7(6), 2–6Win 1–2 Aug 2009ITF Niigata, JapanW10 Carpet Remi Tezuka 6–4, 6–4Loss 1–3 Aug 2009ITF Saitama, JapanW10 Hard Sachie Ishizu 3–6, 4–6Win 2–3 Jul 2010 ITF Pattaya, ThailandW10 Hard Nudnida Luangnam 6–3, 6–4Loss 2–4 Sep 2010ITF Tsukuba, JapanW25 Hard Noppawan Lertcheewakarn 4–6, 1–6Loss 2–5 Jun 2017ITF Makinohara, JapanW25 Carpet Kumiko Iijima 1–6, 2–6Win 3–5 Jun 2013ITF Tokyo, JapanW10 Hard Akiko Yonemura 6–4, 6–4Win 4–5 Sep 2016ITF Noto, JapanW25 Carpet Ayano Shimizu 6–4, 6–4Loss 4–6 Sep 2016ITF Hua Hin, ThailandW25 Hard Gao Xinyu 2–6, 6–1, 5–7Loss 4–7 Mar 2017ITF Nishitama, JapanW15 Hard Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic 4–6, 5–7Win 5–7 Nov 2019ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Hard Magdaléna Pantůčková 6–2, 6–4Win 6–7 Mar 2020ITF Perth, AustraliaW25 Hard Irina Ramialison 6–3, 6–3Loss 6–8 May 2024ITF Fukui, JapanW15 Hard Mio Mushika 5–7, 4–6Loss 6–9 May 2024ITF Tokyo, JapanW15 Hard Rina Saigo 6–4, 6–7(6), 5–7Win 7–9 Jul 2024ITF Sapporo, JapanW15 Hard Lee Eun-hye 3–6, 7–6(4), 6–1Loss 7–10 Dec 2024ITF Wellington, New ZealandW15 Hard Janice Tjen 4–6, 4–6Loss 7–11 Sep 2025ITF Darwin, AustraliaW35 Hard Taylah Preston 6–7(3), 3–6
Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner–ups) Legend W25 tournaments W10/15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (3–5)Grass (1–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 May 2013ITF Karuizawa, JapanW25 Grass Sachie Ishizu Miki Miyamura Erika Takao 7–5, 7–6(8)Loss 1–1 Jun 2013ITF Bangkok, ThailandW10 Hard Akari Inoue Ayu-Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta 6–1, 4–6, [6–10]Win 2–1 Jan 2015ITF Sharm El Sheik, EgyptW10 Hard Yuuki Tanaka Kajsa Rinaldo Persson Caroline Rohde-Moe 6–2, 7–6(3)Loss 2–2 Aug 2016ITF Tsukuba, JapanW25 Hard Miki Miyamura Lu Jiajing Akiko Omae 3–6, 6–4, [6–10]Loss 2–3 Mar 2017ITF Nishitama, JapanW15 Hard Erika Sema Momoko Kobori Kotomi Takahata 1–6, 2–6Loss 2–4 Jun 2018ITF Daegu, South KoreaW25 Hard Misaki Doi Chang Kai-chen Hsu Ching-wen 1–2 ret.Win 3–4 Jul 2024ITF Sapporo, JapanW15 Hard Choi Ji-hee Ayumi Miyamoto Anri Nagata 7–6(5), 6–7(5), [10–8]Loss 3–5 Dec 2024ITF Wellington, New ZealandW15 Hard Nanari Katsumi Monique Barry Merel Hoedt 3–6, 3–6Win 4–5 Dec 2024ITF Tauranga, New ZealandW35 Hard Hiromi Abe Julia Grabher Elyse Tse 6–2, 6–2
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