Career
Yuki was among the most notable of a cadre of fine players who helped Japan to win all but one of the six Uber Cup (women's world team) competitions held between 1966 and 1981. With the possible exception of Etsuko Toganoo she was Japan's most successful ever player at the prestigious All-England Championships winning four singles titles (1969, 1974, 1975, 1977) there, as well as a doubles title (1971) in partnership with her friendly rival Noriko Takagi.
She overcame an Achilles tendon rupture early in her career to compile her impressive record. She won the bronze medal at the 1977 IBF World Championships in women's singles.
In 1986, she married Kenji Niinuma, a Japanese popular enka singer, and together they later had two children, a son and a daughter. In 2002, Yuki was inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame.
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