Mikiko Takada

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.^[1] The pair managed to get back to the final in 1979 but lost to the Indonesian pair of Imelda Wiguna and Verawaty Wiharjo.^[2] Takada and Tokuda also won the Denmark Open in 1979.^[3] In the Badminton World Cup, Takada won two women's doubles bronze medals, one with Tokuda and another one with Saori Kondo.^[4][5]

Takada helped Japan's team to win consecutive Uber Cups in 1978 and 1981.^[6][7] Paired with Tokuda and Kondo respectively, she lost only one match in the 1978 and 1981 challenge rounds in four matches against Indonesia.^[8]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.^[9]

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

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1978	Denmark Open	Atsuko Tokuda	Anne Statt Nora Perry	15–11, 15–9	Winner
1978	All England Open	Atsuko Tokuda	Emiko Ueno Yoshiko Yonekura	18–16, 15–6	Winner
1979	All England Open	Atsuko Tokuda	Verawaty Fadjrin Imelda Wiguna	3–15, 15–10, 5–15	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1977	Asian Invitational Championships	Atsuko Tokuda	Liang Qiuxia Liu Xia	7–15, 6–15	Silver