Naoko Fukatsu

Naoko Fukazu (Japanese深 津 尚 子, Fukazu Naoko; * 1944 in Aichi Prefecture ) is a former Japanese table tennis player. It was 1965 World Champion in singles.

Achievements

1966 Naoko Fukazu Japanese students champion. At their first participation in a World Cup 1965 in Ljubljana, they immediately became world champion in the individual by the Chinese Lin Huiqing defeated in the final. In Mixed with Ken Konaka she came into the semi-finals and with the Japanese women's team to the final. Gold she won at the World Cup in 1967, did not compete in China, with the women's team. In addition, she won silver in the individual ( behind Sachiko Morisawa ), in a double with Noriko Yamanaka and Mixed by Koji Kimura.

In 1964 she was at the Asian Championships ( Asian Championship TTFA ) First in a double with Masako Seki, in mixed with a Konaka and with the team. Two years later she won at the Asian Games in all competitions to win: Single, Double with Noriko Yamanaka, mixed with Koji Kimura and with the team.

In the ITTF World Ranking was conducted from 1965 to 1967 to square one.

Private

Fukazu is married and has since been Naoko Tokunaga. After the end of their active career as a competitive athlete, she opened a Japanese restaurant.

Results from the ITTF database