is a Japanese female

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player. Taruno was born in

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, and graduated from Ishikawa Prefectural Kanazawa Koyo Kotogakko High School. She started playing badminton at aged 5, and then she joined the NTT East badminton team. In 2007, she became the runner-up at the Indonesia - Surabaya International tournament in the women's singles event. She won first international title at the 2008 Osaka International tournament, then in May 2008 she won the women's doubles event at the

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tournament partnered with Oku Yukina. In February 2016, she retired from the NTT East badminton team, and started her career as a coach in the

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Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series tournament

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taruno, Megumi Living people 1988 births Sportspeople from Fukuoka Prefecture Japanese female badminton players American female badminton players