Kumiko Ogura

Kumiko Ogura (小椋 久美子, Ogura Kumiko, born 5 July 1983) is a Japanese badminton player, affiliated with the Sanyo Electric team.[1]

Kumiko Ogura
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1983-07-05) 5 July 1983 Kawagoe, Mie, Japan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	6
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Japan World Championships 2007 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles Uber Cup 2004 Jakarta Women's team Asian Games 2006 Doha Women's team 2006 Doha Women's doubles Asian Championships 2005 Hyderabad Women's doubles 2007 Johor Bahru Women's doubles Asian Junior Championships 2000 Kyoto Girls' team
BWF profile

Born in Kawagoe, Mie, Ogura started playing badminton at the age of eight. When she was in grade 1 in Shitennoji Senior High School, she entered the Japanese junior team. After graduating from high school in 2002, she joined the Sanyo Electric team.[2]

She partnered with Reiko Shiota, and they became the women's doubles runner-up at the 2005 Asian Championships. The two won their first world grand prix title at the 2005 Denmark Open. In 2006, she won the bronze medal at the Doha 2006 Asian Games, after being defeated by Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen in the semifinals. She also won the women's doubles bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In May 2008, she and Shiota ranked 6 in BWF World Ranking, and qualified to compete at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics.[3] In the first round they beat the Danish pair Lena Frier Kristiansen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl in the rubber games, but were defeated by Du Jing and Yu Yang of China in the second round in the straight games.[4]

In March 2010, she retired from the Sanyo team, and started to affiliate with Kay Enterprises as a coach.

In March 2011, she married Japanese rugby union player Daisuke Yamamoto, but in September 2012, she submitted a divorce letter.[5][6]