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{{Short description|Japanese badminton player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
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{{MedalSport | Women's badminton }}
{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[BWF World Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1980 IBF World Championships|1980 Jakarta]] | [[1980 IBF World Championships – Women's doubles|Women's doubles]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Badminton World Cup|World Cup]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1980 Badminton World Cup|1980 Kyoto]] | Women's doubles }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1979 Badminton World Cup|1979 Tokyo]] | Women's doubles }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Uber Cup]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1978 Uber Cup|1978 Auckland]] | Women's team }}
{{MedalGold | [[1981 Uber Cup|1981 Tokyo]] | Women's team }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1975 Uber Cup|1975 Jakarta]] | Women's team }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Badminton at the Asian Games|Asian Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[Badminton at the 1982 Asian Games|1982 New Delhi]] | Women's team }}
{{MedalSilver | [[Badminton at the 1986 Asian Games|1986 Seoul]] | [[Badminton at the 1986 Asian Games – Women's team|Women's team]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 1982 New Delhi | Women's doubles }}
{{MedalBronze | [[Badminton at the 1978 Asian Games|1978 Bangkok]] | Women's team }}
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{{Nihongo|'''Atsuko Tokuda'''|徳田 敦子|Tokuda Atsuko|born 15 September 1955}} is a retired [[badminton]] player of Japan who won Japanese national and international titles in the late 1970s and the 1980s. Her international victories included the [[All England Open Badminton Championships|All-England]] women's doubles with [[Mikiko Takada]] in 1978<ref>Pat Davis, The ''Guinness Book of Badminton'' (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 108.</ref> and the [[Denmark Open|Danish Open]] women's doubles in 1978 and 1987 with Takada and [[Yoshiko Yonekura|Yoshiko Yonekura Tago]] respectively. Though most of Tokuda's international success came in doubles, she won the [[Japanese National Badminton Championships|Japanese national singles title]] in 1978. She earned a bronze medal at the [[1980 IBF World Championships]] in women's doubles with Yonekura.<ref>"Details of championship", ''World Badminton'', 16.</ref> Tokuda helped Japan win world team titles in the [[Uber Cup]] competitions of [[1978 Uber Cup|1978]] and [[1981 Uber Cup|1981]] with a strong winning record in her individual matches.<ref>Davis, 136.</ref> Tokuda and Takada were the first ever women's doubles world number one in the first IBF world ranking release in 1978.<ref>{{cite news |editor-last=Scheele |editor-first=H. A. E. |title=Badminton's first world ranking |url=https://worldbadminton.com/museum/publications/WorldBadminton/documents/v07_n03_197808.pdf |work=World Badminton |volume=7 |issue=3 |date=August 1978 |page=4 |access-date=7 January 2025}}</ref>

== Achievements ==
=== World Championships ===
''Women's doubles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year
! Venue
! Partner
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|- style="background:#F3E6D7"
| align="center" | [[1980 IBF World Championships – Women's doubles|1980]]
| align="left" | [[Istora Senayan]], [[Jakarta, Indonesia]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoshiko Yonekura]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nora Perry (badminton)|Nora Perry]] <br /> {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jane Webster]]
| align="left" | 12–15, 17–15, 6–15
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze'''
|}

=== World Cup ===
''Women's doubles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year
! Venue
! Partner
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|- style="background:#F3E6D7"
| align="center" | [[1979 Badminton World Cup|1979]]
| align="left" | [[Tokyo, Japan]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Mikiko Takada]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} [[Verawaty Fadjrin]] <br /> {{flagicon|INA}} [[Imelda Wiguna]]
| align="left" | 6–15, 15–18
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze'''
|- style="background:#F3E6D7"
| align="center" | [[1980 Badminton World Cup|1980]]
| align="left" | [[Kyoto]], Japan
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoshiko Yonekura]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} Verawaty Fadjrin <br /> {{flagicon|INA}} Imelda Wiguna
| align="left" | 15–12, 17–14
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 1.png|Gold]] '''Gold'''
|}

=== Asian Games ===
''Women's doubles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year
! Venue
! Partner
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|- style="background:#FFB069"
| align="center" | [[Badminton at the 1982 Asian Games|1982]]
| align="left" | [[Indira Gandhi Arena|Indraprastha Indoor Stadium]], [[New Delhi, India]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoshiko Yonekura]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR|1984}} [[Kim Yun-ja]] <br /> {{flagicon|KOR|1984}} [[Yoo Sang-hee]]
| align="left"| 12–15, 8–15
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze'''
|}

=== IBF Grand Prix ===
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

''Women's doubles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year
! Tournament
! Partner
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|- style="background:#D4F1C5"
| align="center" | 1983
| align="left" | Scandinavian Cup
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoshiko Yonekura]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Chen Ruizhen]]<br />{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zheng Jian (badminton)|Zheng Jian]]
| align="left" | 15–12, 15–8
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|- style="background:#D4F1C5"
| align="center" | 1984
| align="left" | [[Denmark Open]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshiko Yonekura
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR|1984}} [[Kim Yun-ja]] <br /> {{flagicon|KOR|1984}} [[Yoo Sang-hee]]
| align="left" | 15–3, 5–15, 13–15
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|- style="background:#D4F1C5"
| align="center" | 1984
| align="left" | [[Swedish Open (badminton)|Swedish Open]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshiko Yonekura
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR|1984}} Kim Yun-ja <br /> {{flagicon|KOR|1984}} Yoo Sang-hee
| align="left" | 11–15, 15–8, 9–15
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|- style="background:#D4F1C5"
| align="center" | 1987
| align="left" | Denmark Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshiko Yonekura
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gillian Clark (badminton)|Gillian Clark]] <br /> {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gillian Gowers]]
| align="left" | 15–7, 15–10
| style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|}

=== International tournaments ===
''Women's singles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year
! Tournament
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|-
| align="center" | 1978
| align="left" | [[Denmark Open]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Lene Køppen]] 
| align="left" | 4–11, 11–9, 9–11
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|-
| align="center" | 1981
| align="left" | [[Japan Open (badminton)|Japan Open]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Hwang Sun-ai]] 
| align="left" | 10–12, 12–10, 7–11
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|}

''Women's doubles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year
! Tournament
! Partner
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|-
| align="center" | 1978
| align="left" | [[Denmark Open]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Mikiko Takada]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Anne Statt]]<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nora Perry (badminton)|Nora Perry]]
| align="left" | 15–11, 15–9
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | [[1978 All England Open Badminton Championships|1978]]
| align="left" | [[All England Open Badminton Championships|All England Open]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Mikiko Takada
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Emiko Ueno]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoshiko Yonekura]]
| align="left" | 18–16, 15–6
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | [[1979 All England Open Badminton Championships|1979]]
| align="left" | All England Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Mikiko Takada
| align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} [[Verawaty Fadjrin]]<br />{{flagicon|INA}} [[Imelda Wiguna]]
| align="left" | 3–15, 15–10, 5–15
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|-
| align="center" | 1979
| align="left" | English Masters
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoshiko Yonekura]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Nora Perry<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jane Webster]]
| align="left" | 2–15, 15–8, 10–15
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|-
| align="center" | 1980
| align="left" | Denmark Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshiko Yonekura
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gillian Gilks]]<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} Nora Perry
| align="left" | 15–18, 15–9, 9–15
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|-
| align="center" | 1980
| align="left" | [[Swedish Open (badminton)|Swedish Open]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshiko Yonekura
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Karen Bridge]]<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Barbara Sutton]]
| align="left" | 15–8, 15–6
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | [[1980 All England Open Badminton Championships|1980]]
| align="left" | All England Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshiko Yonekura
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Gillian Gilks<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} Nora Perry
| align="left" | 15–11, 7–15, 6–15
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|-
| align="center" | 1980
| align="left" | English Masters
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshiko Yonekura
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Nora Perry<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} Jane Webster
| align="left" | 18–14, 6–15, 15–12
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | 1981
| align="left" | Denmark Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshiko Yonekura
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Nora Perry<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} Jane Webster
| align="left" | 12–15, 15–18
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|-
| align="center" | 1981
| align="left" | [[Japan Open (badminton)|Japan Open]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshiko Yonekura
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Nora Perry<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} Jane Webster
| align="left" | 15–6, 7–15, 15–8
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | 1982
| align="left" | [[Indonesia Open (badminton)|Indonesia Open]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshiko Yonekura
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gillian Clark (badminton)|Gillian Clark]]<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} Gillian Gilks
| align="left" | 14–17, 17–14, 12–15
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|-
| align="center" | 1982
| align="left" | Scandinavian Cup
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshiko Yonekura
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Nora Perry<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} Jane Webster
| align="left" | 15–11, 9–15, 4–15
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|}

=== Invitational tournament ===
''Women's doubles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year
! Tournament
! Partner
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|- style="background:#FFE0AF"
| align="center" | [[1977 Asian Invitational Badminton Championships|1977]]
| align="left" | Asian Invitational Championships
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Mikiko Takada]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Liang Qiuxia]] <br/>{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Liu Xia (badminton)|Liu Xia]]
| align="left" | 7–15, 6–15
| style="text-align:left; background: white" | [[File:Med_2.png|Silver]] '''Silver'''
|}

== References ==
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