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.

Awards and nominations + Award Year Category Result Asahi Sports Award 1969 Victory at the 1969 Uber Cup with the Japanese women's national team Asahi Sports Award 1977 Victory at the 1st World Championships and the 1977 All England Open Championships in women's doubles

Achievements

World Championships Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1977 Malmö Isstadion, Malmö, Sweden Emiko Ueno Marjan Ridder Joke van Beusekom 15–10, 15–11 Gold

Asian Games Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1970 Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Machiko Aizawa Retno Kustijah Nurhaena 15–11, 15–6 Gold

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1970 Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Ippei Kojima Ng Boon Bee Sylvia Ng –, – Bronze

Asian Championships Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1976 Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, India Shoichi Toganoo Fang Kaixiang He Cuiling 12–15, 12–15 Silver

International tournament (10 titles, 3 runners-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 1970 Denmark Open Eva Twedberg 2–11, 2–11 Runner-up 1970 U.S. Open Tyna Barinaga 11–5, 12–9 Winner 1970 All England Open Heather Nielsen 11–3, 11–4 Winner

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1968 Malaysia Open Machiko Aizawa Noriko Takagi Hiroe Yuki 15–11, 15–10 Winner 1970 Denmark Open Machiko Aizawa Hiroe Amano Noriko Takagi 15–17, 15–12, 15–9 Winner 1970 U.S. Open Machiko Aizawa Margaret Boxall Susan Whetnall 15–10, 15–11 Winner 1971 Denmark Open Machiko Aizawa Noriko Takagi Hiroe Yuki 10–15, 3–15 Runner-up 1972 Denmark Open Machiko Aizawa Noriko Takagi Hiroe Yuki 11–15, 15–11, 15–17 Runner-up 1972 All England Open Machiko Aizawa Margaret Beck Julie Rickard 9–15, 15–8, 15–12 Winner 1973 All England Open Machiko Aizawa Margaret Beck Gillian Gilks 15–10, 10–15, 15–11 Winner 1974 Denmark Open Machiko Aizawa Pernille Kaagaard Ulla Strand 18–15, 15–12 Winner 1975 All England Open Machiko Aizawa Theresia Widiastuti Imelda Wiguna 15–11, 17–14 Winner 1977 All England Open Emiko Ueno Margaret Lockwood Nora Perry 7–15, 15–3, 15–7 Winner

Invitational tournament Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1974 (Glasgow) World Invitational Championships Machiko Aizawa Margaret Beck Nora Perry 15–7, 15–8 Gold

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