is a Japanese

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 p ...

player. Together with Shizuka Yamamoto, she won the women's doubles national champion in 2000 and 2003. Yamada competed in

badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Goudi Olympic Hall at the Goudi Olympic Complex from 14 August through 21 August. Both men and women competed in their own singles and doubles events and together they competed in a mixed do ...

in women's doubles with partner Shizuka Yamamoto. They were defeated by

Chin Eei Hui Chin Eei Hui (; Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhìn Ngì-fui; born 18 June 1982) is a former badminton player from Malaysia who plays in both women's and mixed doubles. She worked as a coach for Malaysia's national women's doubles players of which th ...

and

Wong Pei Tty Wong Pei Tty (, born 11 November 1981) is a former doubles badminton player from Malaysia. Currently, she works as an assistant coach for Malaysia women's double national team. Career Wong competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in ...

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in the round of 32. She is currently ranked #7 in Japan.

Achievements

IBF World Championships

''Women's doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

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

References

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* 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Toyama Prefecture Japanese female badminton players Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Japan Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Japan {{Japan-badminton-bio-stub