Akemi Iwata (岩田 明美, Iwata Akemi, born January 19, 1954) is a former Japanese football player.
In June 1981, when she was 17 years old, she was selected for the Japan national team to play in the 1981 AFC Championship.
She debuted against Thailand at this competition on June 11.
That was the greatest defeat in the history of the Japan national team.
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