Koharu Yonemoto

Koharu Yonemoto
米元小春
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1990-12-07) 7 December 1990 (age 33)
Hiroshima, Japan
ResidenceAkita, Akita, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Retired29 January 2021
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking4 (WD with Shiho Tanaka 14 June 2018)
37 (XD with Takeshi Kamura 11 July 2013)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Nanjing Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Uber Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bangkok Women's team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's team
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Alor Setar Women's team
East Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2013 Tianjin Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Tianjin Women's team
BWF profile

Koharu Yonemoto (米元 小春, Yonemoto Koharu, born 7 December 1990) is a retired Japanese badminton player who affiliate with Hokuto Bank.[1][2] She was the women's doubles bronze medalist at the 2018 World Championships, and the silver medalist at the 2013 East Asian Games. She won the year-end tournament Superseries Finals in 2017. Yonemoto was part of Japanese winning team at the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships, 2018 Uber Cup, 2018 Asian Games, and at the 2018 Asia Women's Team Championships.

Koharu Yonemoto (left) and her women's doubles partner Yuriko Miki (right) at the 2013 French Super Series
  1. ^ "Players: Koharu Yonemoto". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  2. ^ Koharu Yonemoto 米元小春 No.10. hokutobadmintonclub.jp (in Japanese). Hokuto Bank. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.