Akemi Nishiya-Kinoshita (born 11 March 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Japan.

[1] As a singles player on the professional tour she reached a highest ranking of 112 in the world.

On the WTA Tour her best singles performance was a quarter-final appearance at the 1988 OTB Open, held in Schenectady.

Her only WTA title came in doubles, partnering Kerry-Anne Guse at the 1991 Volvo San Marino Open.

[3] She was ranked as high as 61 in doubles and appeared in the main draw of all four grand slam tournaments.