is a retired 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 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 Japanese former professional badminton player. 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, i ...

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 The 1980 IBF World Championships were held in Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising ...

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 Open Badminton Championships, All-England women's doubles with Mikik ...

. She was a member of world champion Japanese

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(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 The 1979 Badminton World Cup was the 1st edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in Tokyo, Japan from 20 January to 22 January 1979. Competitions for mixed doubles were not conducted. Indonesia won men's sing ...

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 w ...

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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yonekura, Yoshiko Japanese female badminton players Living people 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) Asian Games silver medalists in badminton Asian Games bronze medalists in badminton