is a Japanese female
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...
player. Taruno was born in
Fukuoka Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 Square kilometre, km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders ...
, 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
Smiling Fish International 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
United States
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.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Women's singles''
''Women's doubles''
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BWF International Challenge
The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
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tournament
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BWF International Series
The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
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tournament
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BWF Future Series
The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...
tournament
References
External links
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Living people
1988 births
Badminton players from Fukuoka Prefecture
Japanese female badminton players
American female badminton players
21st-century Japanese sportswomen