is a retired male

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player of

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Career

He won seven Japanese national men's singles titles from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. He played at the Inter-Zone Ties of

1979 Thomas Cup The 1979 Thomas Cup was the 11th edition of the Thomas Cup competition, the world championship of men's international team badminton. The final rounds contested by qualifying zone winners and defending champions Indonesia national badminton team, ...

and

1982 Thomas Cup The 1982 Thomas Cup was the 12th tournament of Thomas Cup, the most important men's badminton team competition in the world. The final round was held in London, England. China won its first title after beating Indonesia in the final round. Teams ...

. He is a senior official of the

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and

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now."Mr.Zeniya will assume Japan national team's senior official" news from SANYO Badminton team,2007
(in Japanese)

References

Living people 1953 births Sportspeople from Ishikawa Prefecture Japanese male badminton players Badminton players at the 1978 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Japan 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-badminton-bio-stub