Kanako Yonekura

Kanako Yonekura
Personal information
Born (1976-10-29) 29 October 1976
Kodaira, Tokyo
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
BWF profile
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
Uber Cup
2004 Jakarta Women's team
Asian Games
1998 Bangkok Women's singles
2006 Doha Women's team
1998 Bangkok Women's team
Asian Championships
2004 Kuala Lumpur Women's singles
East Asian Games
1997 Busan Women's team
World University Championships
1996 Strasbourg Women's singles
1996 Strasbourg Women's doubles

Kanako Yonekura (米倉加奈子, Yonekura Kanako; born 29 October 1976 in Kodaira, Tokyo) is a badminton player from Japan.[1]

Yonekura won the gold in women's singles of the badminton tournament in the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games, by defeating Gong Zhichao of People's Republic of China in the final.

She played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Camilla Martin of Denmark in the round of 32.

Achievements

Asian Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1998 Thammasat Gymnasium 2, Bangkok, Thailand Gong Zhichao 1–11, 11–5, 11–6 Gold

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2004 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Jun Jae-youn 2–11, 5–11 Bronze

World University Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1996 Strasbourg, France Choi Ma-ree 0–11, 12–10, 10–12 Silver

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1996 Strasbourg, France Saori Itoh Gao Leng
Gao Yuan 		1–15, 12–15 Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2000 Korea Open Camilla Martin 6–11, 6–11 Runner-up
2000 Swedish Open Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn 11–9, 10–13, 13–10 Winner [2]
2003 Thailand Open Dai Yun 7–11, 8–11 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2007 India International Saina Nehwal 21–13, 21–18 Winner [3]
2007 Scottish Open Elizabeth Cann 21–19, 18–21, 21–17 Winner [4]
2007 White Nights Olga Konon 21–11, 21–7 Winner
2007 Australian Open Chie Umezu 11–21, 21–11, 21–10 Winner
2007 Osaka International Eriko Hirose 14–21, 11–21 Runner-up [5]
2003 Southern Panam Classic Kelly Morgan 11–2, 11–3 Winner
2003 Waikato International Kaori Mori 11–4, 11–2 Winner
2003 South Africa International Pi Hongyan 11–6, 4–11, 9–11 Runner-up
2003 Mauritius International Pi Hongyan 11–5, 10–13, 4–11 Runner-up
2000 Waitakere International Wang Chen 1–11, 2–11 Runner-up
2000 Australia Capital International Wang Chen 6–11, 8–11 Runner-up
1997 Chinese Taipei International Chan Ya-lin 4–11, 8–11 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Kanako YONEKURA | Profile". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Results: Badminton Swedish Open". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 6 March 2000. Retrieved 11 December 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ^ "A long way to go". Sportstar. 15 December 2007. Archived from the original on 13 June 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Blair claims Scots title double". BBC Sport. 25 November 2007. Archived from the original on 8 March 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Reports: Osaka International Challenge 2007". Nippon Badminton Association (in Japanese). 8 April 2007. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
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