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.
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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.
World Championships
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World Cup
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IBF World Grand Prix
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.
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Women's doubles
Year |
Tournament |
Partner |
Opponent |
Score |
Result |
1978 |
Denmark Open |
Emiko Ueno |
Verawaty Wiharjo Imelda Wiguna |
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 |
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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.