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

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.

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

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1980	Kyoto, Japan	Lene Køppen	8–11, 5–11	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1979	Tokyo, Japan	Emiko Ueno	Verawaty Fadjrin Imelda Wiguna	15–3, 15–7	Gold
1980	Kyoto, Japan	Atsuko Tokuda	Verawaty Fadjrin Imelda Wiguna	15–12, 17–14	Gold

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

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

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 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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