Bárbara Akemi is a Brazilian professional poker player, content creator, and streamer. Born in Londrina, in the interior of Paraná, competition has always been a part of her life. She was introduced to poker by a Taekwondo friend, and her journey in the game began in late 2016, playing freeroll tournaments at a club in Londrina.
She started playing online poker in mid-2017, playing microstakes tournaments just as a hobby. In 2019, her game volume and studying became more frequent, and in 2020, with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, she took the opportunity to trade her job as a nutritionist for the online grind.
Bárbara started streaming s on Twitch in late 2021, competing daily in tournaments against players from all over the world. With charisma and spontaneity, she captivated the poker audience. One of her biggest results on GGPoker was in the GGMasters $150. Facing a field of 7,548 people, Bárbara finished in 6th place and received a prize of $33,765.
On September 2, 2025, Bárbara won her first career bracelet by taking down the World Series of Poker Ladies event. The WSOP Online Ladies NLH Championship, with a $500 buy-in, recorded a field of 263 entries and a $20,537 prize, which was also streamed on her Twitch channel. On August 28, 2026, she updated her "big hit" with a tenth-place finish in the €5,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event, earning €97,700 in a field of 1,823 people—the best result by a Brazilian female player in this event.
Now as a member of the GGTeam, Bárbara represents a generation of Brazilian players who grew up playing online and took that experience to the biggest stages of world poker. Her mission is to continue competing at a high level while helping to show that poker can be studied, played professionally, and, above all, be a game for more and more people.