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Etsuko Toganoo

{{short description|Japanese badminton player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox badminton player

| name = Etsuko Toganoo
栂野尾 悦子

| birth_name = Etsuko Takenaka
竹中悦子

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1950}}

| birth_place = Kahoku, Ishikawa, Japan{{cite web |last1=Kobayashi |first1=Nobuya |title=「何度断っても電話、手紙が」　バドミントン「相沢・竹中組」を見いだしたコーチのひらめき（小林信也）("No matter how many times I turned them down, they kept calling and writing me letters" - The inspiration behind the coach who discovered the badminton duo "Aizawa and Takenaka" (Kobayashi Shinya)) |url=https://www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2023/03261055/?all=1&page=2 |website=dailyshincho.jp |publisher=SHINCHOSHA |access-date=6 April 2025 |language=ja |date=26 March 2023}}

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| country = Japan

| handedness = Right

| event = Women's singles and doubles

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{{MedalSport | Women's badminton }}

{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 1977 Malmö | Women's doubles}}

{{MedalCompetition | Uber Cup }}

{{MedalGold | 1972 Tokyo | Women's team }}

{{MedalSilver | 1975 Jakarta | Women's team }}

{{MedalCompetition | Asian Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1970 Bangkok | Women's doubles }}

{{MedalGold | 1970 Bangkok | Women's team }}

{{MedalBronze | 1970 Bangkok | Mixed doubles }}

{{MedalBronze | 1974 Tehran | Women's team }}

{{MedalCompetition | Asian Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 1976 Hyderabad | Mixed doubles }}

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{{nihongo|Etsuko Toganoo|栂野尾 悦子|Toganoo Etsuko}} (formerly Etsuko Takenaka) is a retired Japanese badminton player noted for her consistency and impassive demeanor, who won numerous international titles during the 1970s. Along with her contemporaries Hiroe Yuki (Niinuma) and Noriko Takagi (Nakayama), 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.Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 106, 108. These three helped Japan to dominate the Uber Cup (women's world team) competition from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s.Davis, 133-136. In 1977 Mrs. Toganoo won the women's doubles with Emiko Ueno at the first IBF World Championships.Davis, 109.

Achievements

= World Championships =

Women's doubles

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! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 1977

| align="left" | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö, Sweden

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Emiko Ueno

| align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Marjan Ridder
{{flagicon|NED}} Joke van Beusekom

| align="left" | 15–10, 15–11

| style="text-align:left; background: white" | Gold Gold

= Asian Games =

Women's doubles

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! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 1970

| align="left" | Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Machiko Aizawa

| align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} Retno Kustijah
{{flagicon|INA}} Nurhaena

| align="left" | 15–11, 15–6

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

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! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 1970

| align="left" | Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Ippei Kojima

| align="left" | {{flagicon|MAS}} Ng Boon Bee
{{flagicon|MAS}} Sylvia Ng

| align="left" | –, –

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze

= Asian Championships =

Mixed doubles

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! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 1976

| align="left" | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, India

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Shoichi Toganoo

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Fang Kaixiang
{{flagicon|CHN}} He Cuiling

| align="left" | 12–15, 12–15

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Silver Silver

= International tournament (10 titles, 3 runners-up) =

Women's singles

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! Year

! Tournament

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

align="center" | 1970

| align="left" | Denmark Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Eva Twedberg

| align="left" | 2–11, 2–11

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

align="center" | 1970

| align="left" | U.S. Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Tyna Barinaga

| align="left" | 11–5, 12–9

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

align="center" | 1970

| align="left" | All England Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Heather Nielsen

| align="left" | 11–3, 11–4

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

Women's doubles

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! Year

! Tournament

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

align="center" | 1968

| align="left" | Malaysia Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Machiko Aizawa

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Noriko Takagi
{{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroe Yuki

| align="left" | 15–11, 15–10

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

align="center" | 1970

| align="left" | Denmark Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Machiko Aizawa

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroe Amano
{{flagicon|JPN}} Noriko Takagi

| align="left" | 15–17, 15–12, 15–9

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

align="center" | 1970

| align="left" | U.S. Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Machiko Aizawa

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Margaret Boxall
{{flagicon|ENG}} Susan Whetnall

| align="left" | 15–10, 15–11

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

align="center" | 1971

| align="left" | Denmark Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Machiko Aizawa

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Noriko Takagi
{{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroe Yuki

| align="left" | 10–15, 3–15

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

align="center" | 1972

| align="left" | Denmark Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Machiko Aizawa

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Noriko Takagi
{{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroe Yuki

| align="left" | 11–15, 15–11, 15–17

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

align="center" | 1972

| align="left" | All England Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Machiko Aizawa

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Margaret Beck
{{flagicon|ENG}} Julie Rickard

| align="left" | 9–15, 15–8, 15–12

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

align="center" | 1973

| align="left" | All England Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Machiko Aizawa

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Margaret Beck
{{flagicon|ENG}} Gillian Gilks

| align="left" | 15–10, 10–15, 15–11

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

align="center" | 1974

| align="left" | Denmark Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Machiko Aizawa

| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Pernille Kaagaard
{{flagicon|DEN}} Ulla Strand

| align="left" | 18–15, 15–12

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

align="center" | 1975

| align="left" | All England Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Machiko Aizawa

| align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} Theresia Widiastuti
{{flagicon|INA}} Imelda Wiguna

| align="left" | 15–11, 17–14

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

align="center" | 1977

| align="left" | All England Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Emiko Ueno

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Margaret Lockwood
{{flagicon|ENG}} Nora Perry

| align="left" | 7–15, 15–3, 15–7

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

= Invitational tournament =

Women's doubles

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! Year

! Tournament

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 1974 (Glasgow)

| align="left" | World Invitational Championships

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Machiko Aizawa

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Margaret Beck
{{flagicon|ENG}} Nora Perry

| align="left" | 15–7, 15–8

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Gold Gold

References

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{{Footer World Champions Badminton Doubles Women}}

{{Footer Uber Cup Champions Badminton Team Women}}

{{Footer All England Open Championships Badminton Singles Women}}

{{Footer All England Open Championships Badminton Doubles Women}}

{{Footer World Invitation Tournament Champions Badminton Doubles Women}}

{{Footer Asian Games Champions Badminton Doubles Women}}

{{Footer Asian Games Champions Badminton Team Women}}

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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:Living people

Category:Japanese female badminton players

Category:Badminton players at the 1970 Asian Games

Category:Badminton players at the 1974 Asian Games

Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Japan

Category:Asian Games badminton players for Japan

Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan

Category:Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games

Category:Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games

Category:Asian Games gold medalists in badminton

Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in badminton

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