is a retired Japanese badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

 player noted for her consistency and impassive demeanor, who won numerous international titles during the 1970s. Along with her contemporaries Hiroe Yuki (Niinuma)

Hiroe Yuki

was a Japanese badminton player. She won numerous major international titles from the late 1960s to the late 1970s.- Persons :...

 and Noriko Takagi (Nakayama)

Noriko Nakayama

Noriko Nakayama is a former Japanese badminton player, the first true international badminton star from that nation, who won numerous Japanese national and major international titles from the mid 1960's to the early 1970s. She claimed seven of these at the Danish Open, two in singles and five in...

, she is one of three Japanese women to have won both singles (1970) and doubles (1972, 1973, 1975, 1977) at the prestigious All-England Championships. These three helped Japan to dominate the Uber Cup

Uber Cup

The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Team Championships for Women, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956-1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contested every two years since 1984 when its scheduled...

 (women's world team) competition from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. In 1977

1977 IBF World Championships

-Medalists:- Men's singles :- Women's singles :- Men's doubles :- Women's doubles :- Mixed doubles :-Medal account:-External links:* *...

 Mrs. Toganoo won the women's doubles with Emiko Ueno

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 world champion Uber Cup ...

 at the first IBF World Championships.