Kanako Yonekura

Kanako Yonekura
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1976-10-29) 29 October 1976
Kodaira, Tokyo
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st)
HandednessRight
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
Uber Cup
2004 JakartaWomen's team
Asian Games
1998 BangkokWomen's singles
2006 DohaWomen's team
1998 BangkokWomen's team
Asian Championships
2004 Kuala LumpurWomen's singles
East Asian Games
1997 BusanWomen's team
World University Championships
1996 StrasbourgWomen's singles
1996 StrasbourgWomen's doubles
BWF profile

Kanako Yonekura (米倉加奈子, Yonekura Kanako, born 29 October 1976 in Kodaira, Tokyo) is a badminton player from Japan.

Yonekura won the gold in women's singles of the badminton tournament in the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games, by defeating Gong Zhichao of People's Republic of China in the final.

She played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Camilla Martin of Denmark in the round of 32.