is a retired female

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player of

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, who specialized in doubles.

Career

In 1977 she won both the All-England Championships and

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in women's doubles with

Etsuko Toganoo (formerly Etsuko Takenaka) is a retired Japanese badminton player noted for her consistency and impassive demeanor, who won numerous international titles during the 1970s. Along with her contemporaries Hiroe Yuki (Niinuma) and Noriko Takagi (N ...

. In 1978 she was a member of Japan's world champion

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(women's international) team. She was also the gold medalist in 1979 World Cup in Women's doubles with partner

Yoshiko Yonekura is a retired female badminton 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. Career In 1980 she won women's singles at the Danish Open, wom ...

References

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