Akiko Yazawa is a Japanese professional backgammon player from Tokyo, born in 1980. She won the World Backgammon Championship in 2014 and again in 2018, and was ranked third on the Giants of Backgammon list in 2015, becoming the first woman to reach Giant status.
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Career HighlightWorld Backgammon champion in 2014 and 2018; ranked 3rd on Giants of Backgammon in 2015, the first female Backgammon Giant. 1 Classification
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Japan, nationality there.
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1. Wikipedia, Akiko Yazawa
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Japanese backgammon player (born 1980)
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She became World Backgammon champion in 2014 and 2018. Akiko is ranked 3rd on Giants of Backgammon in 2015, becoming the first female Backgammon Giant.
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Akiko Yazawa (矢澤 亜希å, Yazawa Akiko) (née Abe, born 1980) is a professional backgammon player from Tokyo.
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