Yoshiko Yonekura

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.

Yoshiko Yonekura
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
1980 Jakarta Women's doubles
World Cup
1979 Tokyo Women's doubles
1980 Kyoto Women's doubles
1980 Kyoto Women's singles
Uber Cup
1978 Auckland Women's team
1981 Tokyo Women's team
Asian Games
1982 New Delhi Women's team
1986 Seoul Women's team
1982 New Delhi Women's doubles
1978 Bangkok Women's team

Career

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

World Championships
Women's doubles
Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1980 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Atsuko Tokuda Nora Perry
Jane Webster		 12–15, 17–15, 6–15 Bronze

World Cup
Women's singles
Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1980 Kyoto, Japan Lene Køppen Bronze
Women's doubles
Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1979 Tokyo, Japan Emiko Ueno Verawaty Fadjrin
Imelda Wiguno		 15–3, 15–7 Gold
1980 Kyoto, Japan Atsuko Tokuda Verawaty Fadjrin
Imelda Wiguno		 15–12, 17–14 Gold

Asian Games
Women's doubles
Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1982 Indraprastha Indoor Stadium, New Delhi, India Atsuko Tokuda Kim Yun-ja
Yoo Sang-hee		 12–15, 8–15 Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles
Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1983 Scandinavian Cup Atsuko Tokuda Chen Ruizhen
Zheng Jian		 15–12, 15–8 Winner
1984 Denmark Open Atsuko Tokuda Kim Yun-ja
Yoo Sang-hee		 15–3, 5–15, 13–15 Runner-up
1984 Swedish Open Atsuko Tokuda Kim Yun-ja
Yoo Sang-hee		 11–15, 15–8, 9–15 Runner-up

International tournaments
Women's singles
Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1980 Denmark Open Ivana Lie 11–8, 12–11 Winner
1980 Swedish Open Ivana Lie 10–12, 11–5, 11–8 Winner
1980 English Masters Lene Køppen 5–11, 8–11 Runner-up
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
  1. David Eddy, "Danish Open Championships: England Fly The Flag," Badminton, May 1980, 14, 15.
  2. Pat Davis,The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 135, 136.


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