is a former international

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player from

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Table tennis career

She won a

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at the 1954 World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup with

Fujie Eguchi Fujie Eguchi (江口冨士枝, ''Eguchi Fujie''; 18 November 1932 in Nagasaki – 28 May 2021) was an international table tennis player from Japan. Table tennis career From 1954 to 1959 she won many medals in singles, doubles, and team events ...

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and

Kiiko Watanabe Kiiko Watanabe is a former international table tennis player from Japan. Table tennis career From 1954 to 1957 she won ten medals in singles, doubles and in team events in the World Table Tennis Championships. The ten World Championship medals ...

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Japanese female table tennis players Living people Place of birth missing (living people) World Table Tennis Championships medalists Year of birth missing (living people) {{Japan-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

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