Akira Yabe
Personal information
Born	(1946-06-01) 1 June 1946 (age 79) Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
Status	Professional
Former tour	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	11
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	5
Other	6

Akira Yabe (born 1 June 1946) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Yabe played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning five times. His biggest win came at the 1982 Japan Open Golf Championship.

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	16 Apr 1978	Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament	−5 (65-70=135)	1 stroke	Brian Jones, Yoshikazu Yokoshima
2	1 Apr 1979	Shizuoka Open	+1 (71-75-71=217)[a]	2 strokes	Kikuo Arai, Shigeru Nonaka
3	29 Jun 1980	Kanto Pro Championship	−14 (68-68-66-72=274)	4 strokes	Toshiharu Kawada
4	20 Jul 1980	Descente Cup Hokkoku Open	−10 (71-69-69-69=278)	4 strokes	Hsieh Yung-yo
5	31 Oct 1982	Japan Open Golf Championship	−7 (71-70-67-69=277)	5 strokes	Yutaka Hagawa, Naomichi Ozaki

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1977	KBC Augusta	Brian Jones	Lost to par on second extra hole
2	1981	Shizuoka Open	Isao Aoki	Lost to par on third extra hole
3	1984	Bridgestone Aso Open	Katsuji Hasegawa, Hideto Shigenobu

• 1978 Nagano Open
• 1980 Kanagawa Open

• 2007 Handa Cup Kanto Pro Grand Senior Championship
• 2008 Kanto Pro Grand Senior Championship
• 2014 Starts Senior Tournament, Japan Professional Gold Senior Championship Golf Partner Cup

• Akira Yabe at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Akira Yabe at the PGA of Japan official website (in Japanese)