Megumi Taruno
Japanese badminton player
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Megumi Taruno (樽野 恵, Taruno Megumi; born 18 May 1988) is a Japanese female badminton player. Taruno was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, and graduated from Ishikawa Prefectural Kanazawa Koyo Kotogakko High School. She started playing badminton at aged 5, and then she joined the NTT East badminton team.[1][2] In 2007, she became the runner-up at the Indonesia - Surabaya International tournament in the women's singles event.[3] She won first international title at the 2008 Osaka International tournament, then in May 2008 she won the women's doubles event at the Smiling Fish International tournament partnered with Oku Yukina.[1][4] In February 2016, she retired from the NTT East badminton team, and started her career as a coach in the United States.[5][6]
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| Born | 18 May 1988 Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Badminton | ||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Left | ||||||||||||||
| Women's singles & doubles | |||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 32 (WS 11 March 2010) 27 (WD 9 October 2014) | ||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Indonesia - Surabaya International |  Chiu Yi-ju |
18–21, 14–21 |  Runner-up |
[7] |
| 2008 | Osaka International |  Mayu Sekiya |
21–16, 21–15 |  Winner |
[8] |
| 2008 | Australian International | Mizuki Fujii |
16–21, 17–21 | Runner-up |
[9] |
| 2008 | Smiling Fish International |  Porntip Buranaprasertsuk |
17–21, 23–21, 18–21 | Runner-up | |
| 2011 | Osaka International | Minatsu Mitani |
10–21, 10–21 | Runner-up |
[10] |
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Smiling Fish International | Oku Yukina |
Ayaka Takahashi Koharu Yonemoto |
21–15, 22–20 | Winner |
[11] |
| 2013 | Austrian International | Misato Aratama |
 Chow Mei Kuan Lee Meng Yean |
21–14, 22–20 | Winner |
[12] |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
