Japanese badminton player
Yoshiko Yonekura (米倉 よし子 , Yonekura Yoshiko , later, Yoshiko Tago) 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 .
In 1980 she won women's singles at the Danish Open ,[1] women's singles and doubles at the Swedish Open , and a bronze medal at the 1980 IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Atsuko Tokuda . She was a member of world champion Japanese Uber Cup (women's international) teams in 1978 and in 1981.[2] She was also the champion at 1979 Badminton World Cup in women's doubles category with partner Emiko Ueno .
Achievements [ edit ]
World Championships [ edit ]
World Cup [ edit ]
Asian Games [ edit ]
IBF World Grand Prix [ edit ]
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.
International tournaments [ edit ]
Women's doubles
Year
Tournament
Partner
Opponent
Score
Result
1978
Denmark Open
Emiko Ueno
Verawaty Wiharjo Imelda Wiguno
8–15, 15–8, 4–15
Runner-up
1978
All England Open
Emiko Ueno
Atsuko Tokuda Mikiko Takada
16–18, 6–15
Runner-up
1979
English Masters
Atsuko Tokuda
Nora Perry Jane Webster
2–15, 15–8, 10–15
Runner-up
1980
Denmark Open
Atsuko Tokuda
Gillian Gilks Nora Perry
15–18, 15–9, 9–15
Runner-up
1980
Swedish Open
Atsuko Tokuda
Karen Bridge Barbara Sutton
15–8, 15–6
Winner
1980
All England Open
Atsuko Tokuda
Gillian Gilks Nora Perry
15–11, 7–15, 6–15
Runner-up
1980
English Masters
Atsuko Tokuda
Nora Perry Jane Webster
18–14, 6–15, 15–12
Winner
1981
Denmark Open
Atsuko Tokuda
Jane Webster Nora Perry
12–15, 15–18
Runner-up
1981
Japan Open
Atsuko Tokuda
Nora Perry Jane Webster
15–6, 7–15, 15–8
Winner
1981
English Masters
Gillian Gilks
Liu Xia Zhang Ailing
10–15, 15–3, 6–15
Runner-up
1982
Indonesia Open
Atsuko Tokuda
Gillian Clark Gillian Gilks
14–17, 17–14, 12–15
Runner-up
1982
Scandinavian Cup
Atsuko Tokuda
Nora Perry Jane Webster
15–11, 9–15, 4–15
Runner-up
References [ edit ]
^ David Eddy, "Danish Open Championships: England Fly The Flag," Badminton , May 1980, 14, 15.
^ Pat Davis,The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 135, 136.
1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s