Hiroe Yuki (湯木 博恵, Yuki Hiroe^?), now Hiroe Niinuma (新沼 博恵, Niinuma Hiroe^?), is a retired female badminton player of Japan who won numerous major international titles from the late 1960's to the late 1970's. Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players (singles or two opposing pairs (doubles who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. She was perhaps the most notable of a cadre of fine Japanese players who helped Japan to win all but one of the six Uber Cup (women's world team) competitions held between 1966 and 1981^[1]. The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Team Championships for Women, is a major international Badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams With the possible exception of Etsuko Toganoo she is Japan's most successful ever player at the prestigious All-England Championships winning four singles titles (1969, 1974, 1975, 1977) and one doubles title (1971) there^[2]. (formerly Etsuko Takenaka) is a retired female Badminton player of Japan noted for her consistency and impassive demeanor The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious Badminton tournaments Yuki overcame an Achilles tendon rupture early in her career to compile her impressive record^[3]. She won the bronze medal at the 1977 IBF World Championships in women's singles. The 1st IBF World Championships were held in Malmö, Sweden in 1977. In 2002 she was inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame. The Badminton Hall of Fame honors players who have shown exceptional skill at Badminton, all-time great coaches and referees and other major contributors to the game

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