Megumi Taruno

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]

Megumi Taruno
Personal information
Country	United States
Born	(1988-05-18) 18 May 1988 (age 37) Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Handedness	Left
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	32 (WS 11 March 2010) 27 (WD 9 October 2014)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Japan East Asian Games 2013 Tianjin Women's team
BWF profile

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
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	[9]

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	[10]
2013	Austrian International	Misato Aratama	Chow Mei Kuan Lee Meng Yean	21–14, 22–20	Winner	[11]

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  BWF International Series tournament