Where is Naoki Kawamae? I thought that guy is Japan's secret weapon with the world's 2nd most powerful smash.
A special thread for Misaki Matasutomo . I have created a special thread for Misaki Matsutomo. It is located at: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?88300-Misaki-Matsutomo .
http://www.badmintonasia.org/newspage.aspx?newsID=97 According to this article Kenichi Tago's mother is Eriko Ueda. I tend to believe this article as having seen Kenichi's mother on youtube she definitely looks nothing like Yoshiko Yonekura. Apologies for mistakes.
Well... keep losing to low-ranked pairs with Shoji Sato nowadays... when was the last time I saw him get past the first round...
..Kenichi's mom is not Eriko Ueda; there was some typo/confusion on a couple of online articles on this & we've somewhat discussed/cleared this not too long ago in a couple of the threads.. More references here: http://www.thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2009/8/13/sports/4512100&sec=sports http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/kenichi-tago-face-of-the-new-generation/
Mayu Sekiya, from Ehime, Shikoku. She was a finalist in the recently concluded Swedish International 2011.