| Akiko Sekiwa | |
| Gender: | F |
| Birth Name: | Akiko Katoh |
| Birth Date: | 6 April 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Tokoro, Hokkaido, Japan |
| Curling Club: | Obihiro CC, Obihiro & Tokoro CC |
| World Championship Appearances: | 5 |
| Pacific Championship Appearances: | 5 |
| Olympic Appearances: | 2 (1998, 2002) |
| Other Appearances: | 5 |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Akiko Sekiwa (; born April 6, 1978, in Tokoro, Hokkaido, Japan as Akiko Katoh,[1]) is a Japanese curler and curling coach,[2] a four-time (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998) and a four-time Japan women's champion (1997, 1998, 1999, 2001).
She played for Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where the Japanese team finished in fifth place. Also, she competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where the Japanese team finished in eighth place.[3]
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–95 | Akiko Katoh | |||||||
| Akiko Katoh | (7th) | |||||||
| 1995–96 | Akiko Katoh | Ayumi Onodera | (5th) | |||||
| Ayako Ishigaki | Yukari Kondo | Akiko Katoh | (6th) | |||||
| 1996–97 | Akiko Katoh | Yumie Hayashi | Ayumi Onodera | Mika Hori | (5th) | |||
| Mayumi Ohkutsu | Akiko Katoh | Yukari Kondo | Yoko Mimura | JWCC 1997 (4th) | ||||
| 1997–98 | Mayumi Ohkutsu | Akiko Katoh | Yukari Kondo | Akemi Niwa | Yoko Mimura | |||
| Akiko Katoh | Yumie Hayashi | Ayumi Onodera | Mika Hori | Ai Kobayashi | ||||
| Mayumi Ohkutsu | Akiko Katoh | Yukari Kondo | Yoko Mimura | Akemi Niwa | 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 | Ayumi Onodera | Ai Kobayashi | 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) | ||
| 1999–00 | Akiko Katoh | Yumie Hayashi | Ayumi Onodera | Mika Hori | JWCC 2000 | |||
| 2000–01 | Akiko Katoh | Yumie Hayashi | Ayumi Onodera | Mika Konaka | Yukari Okazaki (WCC) | JWCC 2001 (7th) | ||
| 2001–02 | Akiko Katoh | Yumie Hayashi | Ayumi Onodera | Mika Konaka | Yoshiyuki Ohmiya | WOG 2002 (8th) |