Noriko Nakayama

Noriko Nakayama (née Takagi; born 1943) is a Japanese former badminton player, the first true international badminton star from that nation, who won numerous Japanese national and major international titles from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.

Noriko Nakayama
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
Uber Cup
1966 Wellington Women's team
1972 Tokyo Women's team
1975 Jakarta Women's team
1978 Auckland Women's team
Asian Games
1966 Bangkok Women's singles
1966 Bangkok Women's team
1966 Bangkok Women's doubles

Nakayama claimed seven of these at the Danish Open, two in singles and five in women's doubles. She was the champion at World Invitational Championships held in Glasgow, in 1969 in Women's doubles category with Hiroe Amano. At the prestigious All-England Championships she shared the women's doubles title with her compatriot and singles rival Hiroe Yuki in 1971, and won the singles title over Yuki in 1972, having previously lost twice in the finals.[1] She also won the women's singles event at the Olympic Games Demonstration in 1972. In four successive Uber Cup (women's international team) competitions, between 1965 and 1975 she was unbeaten in singles, thus leading the way to three world team titles for Japan.[2] With the birth of her eldest daughter, she hung her racket in 1975. As of 2017, she is still actively associated with the sport, coaching at the local level.

Achievements

Olympic Games (demonstration)
Women's singles
Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1972 Munich, West Germany Utami Dewi 11–5, 11–3 Gold

Asian Games
Women's singles
Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1966 Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Sumol Chanklum 11–0, 11–4 Gold
Women's doubles
Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1966 Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Kazuko Goto Minarni
Retno Kustijah		 5–15, 11–15 Bronze

International tournaments
Women's singles
Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1967 All England Open Judy Hashman 11–5, 8–11, 10–12 Runner-up
1967 Denmark Open Imre Rietveld 11–5, 11–3 Winner
1968 Singapore Open Hiroe Yuki 11–7, 10–12, 11–4 Winner
1968 Denmark Open Eva Twedberg 9–12, 12–9, 10–12 Runner-up
1969 All England Open Hiroe Yuki 5–11, 5–11 Runner-up
1969 Denmark Open Hiroe Yuki 10–12, 2–11 Runner-up
1971 U. S. Open Hiroe Yuki 11–5, 11–9 Winner
1971 Denmark Open Hiroe Yuki 11–7, 11–7 Winner
1972 All England Open Hiroe Yuki 11–5, 3–11, 11–7 Winner
1972 Denmark Open Eva Twedberg 4–11, 6–11 Runner-up
Women's doubles
Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1967 Singapore Open Hiroe Amano Minarni
Retno Kustijah		 6–15, 13–18 Runner-up
1967 Denmark Open Hiroe Amano Imre Rietveld
Ulla Strand		 15–12, 9–15, 15–8 Winner
1968 All England Open Hiroe Amano Minarni
Retno Kustijah		 5–15, 6–15 Runner-up
1968 Singapore Open Hiroe Yuki Rosalind Singha Ang
Eva Twedberg		 15–6, 15–11 Winner
1968 Denmark Open Hiroe Amano Karin Jørgensen
Ulla Strand		 15–11, 15–11 Winner
1969 Denmark Open Hiroe Yuki Hiroe Amano
Tomoko Takahashi		 15–9, 15–9 Winner
1970 Denmark Open Hiroe Amano Etsuko Takenaka
Machiko Aizawa		 17–15, 12–15, 9–15 Runner-up
1971 All England Open Hiroe Yuki Gillian Gilks
Judy Hashman		 15–10, 18–13 Winner
1971 U. S. Open Hiroe Yuki Ethel Marshall
Dorothy O'Neil		 15–8, 15–2 Winner
1971 Canadian Open Hiroe Yuki Winner
1971 Denmark Open Hiroe Yuki Etsuko Takenaka
Machiko Aizawa		 15–10, 15–3 Winner
1972 Denmark Open Hiroe Yuki Etsuko Takenaka
Machiko Aizawa		 15–11, 11–15, 17–15 Winner
Mixed doubles
Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1968 Singapore Open Svend Andersen Sangob Rattanusorn
Pachara Pattabongse		 15–8, 15–11 Winner

References
  1. Pat Davis. The Guinness Book of Badminton (Guinness Superlatives Limited, Enfield, Middlesex, England, 1983). 106, 108. and Herbert Scheele, Ed. The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England, 1971). 164.
  2. Pat Davis. The Guinness Book of Badminton (Guinness Superlatives Limited, Enfield, Middlesex, England, 1983). 133, 134, 135. and Herbert Scheele, Ed. The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 (Canterbury, Kent, England, 1967). 105-107.
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