is a professional golfer from Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. She studied under Kosaku Shimada and is a mentor to Nobuko Onizawa, among others.
Yasui began playing golf at the age of 21 after graduating from Hyogo Prefectural Himeji Higashi High School. On 13 September 1984, she passed the professional exam and entered 47th class of the Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan (LPGA of Japan) the following year, on 1 March 1985.
In 1988, she won her first tour title at the Fujisankei Ladies Classic.
In 1991, she scored two holes-in-one; one during the Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament and the other while competing in the Yamaha Cup Ladies Open.
Yasui won four consecutive championships in playoffs in 1995 (Fujisankei Ladies Classic), 1999 (Kosaido Ladies Golf Cup and Sumitomo VISA Pacific Club Ladies), and 2000 (Toyo Suisan Ladies Hokkaido).
Throughout her career, Yasui has often been among the top ranked in prize money earned. As of 2025, she ranks No.33, with ¥533,347,024 in lifetime winnings.
Professional wins (15) LPGA of Japan Tour wins (15) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up14 Sep 1988 Fujisankei Ladies Classic66-73-71=210−91 stroke Cindy Rarick216 Apr 1989Tokushima Tsukinomiya Ladies Classic Open69-72-74=215−1Playoff Reiko Kashiwado31 Apr 1990Tohato Ladies Golf Tournament68-72-74=214−2 Playoff Kayoko Yamaguchi415 Apr 1990Tokushima Tsukinomiya Ladies Classic Open65-69-70=204−12Playoff Reiko Kashiwado Ikuyo Shiotani Erika Nakajima Norimi Terasawa515 Jul 1990Asahi International Ladies68-66-75=209−72 strokes Fukumi Tani Norimi Terazawa629 Jul 1990Stanley Ladies Golf Tournament70-67-71=208−81 stroke Huang Yueh-chyn77 Apr 1991Tohato Ladies Golf Tournament70-68-33=171−97 strokes Tu Ai-yu823 Jun 1991Dunlop Ladies Open Golf74-68-70-71=283−53 strokes Yuko Moriguchi922 Nov 1992Daio Paper Elleair Women's Open Golf Tournament66-71-70=207−96 strokes Tomiko Ikebuchi Miyuki Shimabukuro Laura Davies103 Sep 1995Fujisankei Ladies Classic69-73=142−4Playoff Akira Nakano1130 May 1999Kosaido Ladies Golf Cup73-70-72=215−1Playoff Miyuki Shimabukuro1225 Jul 1999Sumitomo VISA Pacific Club Ladies70-72-68=210−62 strokes Aki Takamura1316 Jul 2000Toyo Suisan Ladies Hokkaido66-64-74=204−124 strokes Mineko Nasu1420 Aug 2000New Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ladies72-68-75=215−4Playoff Mineko Nasu151 Oct 2000Friskies Osaka Women's Open Golf Tournament68-71-69=208−8Playoff Orie Fujino
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