is a former Japanese badminton player.
Career
Takada won the Japanese National Badminton Championships back to back in 1977 and 1978 with her partner, Atsuko Tokuda. Takada and Tokuda won the All England Open Badminton Championships women's doubles title in 1978.Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 108. The pair managed to get back to the final in 1979 but lost to the Indonesian pair of Imelda Wiguna and Verawaty Wiharjo. Takada and Tokuda also won the Denmark Open in 1979. In the Badminton World Cup, Takada won two women's doubles bronze medals, one with Tokuda and another one with Saori Kondo.
Takada helped Japan's team to win consecutive Uber Cups in 1978 and 1981.Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 134, 135. Paired with Tokuda and Kondo respectively, she lost only one match in the 1978 and 1981 challenge rounds in four matches against Indonesia.In the first ever official IBF world rankings released in 1978 Takada and Tokuda were the first women's doubles team to be ranked number one.
Awards and nominations + Award Year Category Result Asahi Sports Award 1978 Victory at the 1978 Uber Cup with the Japanese women's national team Asahi Sports Award 1981 Victory at the 1981 Uber Cup with the Japanese women's national team
Achievements World Cup Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1979 Tokyo, Japan Atsuko Tokuda Verawaty Fadjrin Imelda Wiguna 6–15, 15–18 Bronze 1980 Kyoto, Japan Saori Kondo Verawaty Fadjrin Imelda Wiguna 9–15, 15–11, 3–15 Bronze
International tournaments Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 1978 All England Open Atsuko Tokuda Emiko Ueno Yoshiko Yonekura 18–16, 15–6 Winner 1979 Denmark Open Atsuko Tokuda Anne Statt Nora Perry 15–11, 15–9 Winner 1979 All England Open Atsuko Tokuda Verawaty Fadjrin Imelda Wiguna 3–15, 15–10, 5–15 Runner-up
Invitational tournament Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1977 Asian Invitational Championships Atsuko Tokuda Liang Qiuxia Liu Xia 7–15, 6–15 Silver
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