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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 of Japan who won Japanese national and international titles in the late 1970s and the 1980s. She is the mother of badminton player
Kenichi Tago is a former badminton player from Japan. He is the son of former badminton player Yoshiko Yonekura. In 2010, he reached the final of the All England Open Badminton Championships. En route to the final he beat three seeded players including Nguye ...
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Career

In 1980 she won women's singles at the Danish Open, women's singles and doubles at the
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, and a bronze medal at the 1980 IBF World Championships in women's doubles with
Atsuko Tokuda is a retired badminton player of Japan who won Japanese national and international titles in the late 1970s and the 1980s. Her international victories included the All-England women's doubles with Mikiko Takada in 1978 and the Danish (Denmark ...
. She was a member of world champion Japanese
Uber Cup The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Women's Team Championships, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956–1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contes ...
(women's international) teams in 1978 and in 1981.Pat Davis,The ''Guinness Book of Badminton'' (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 135, 136. She was also the champion at 1979 Badminton World Cup in women's doubles category with partner
Emiko Ueno is a retired female badminton player of Japan, who specialized in doubles. Career In 1977 she won both the All-England Championships and IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Etsuko Toganoo. In 1978 she was a member of Japan's world ...
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Achievements


World Championships


World Cup


Asian Games


IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.


International tournaments


References

Japanese female badminton players Living people Asian Games medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 1978 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1982 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1986 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Year of birth missing (living people) {{Japan-badminton-bio-stub