Megumi Taruno

is a Japanese female badminton player. Taruno was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, and graduated from Ishikawa Prefectural Kanazawa Koyo Kotogakko High School. She started playing badminton at aged 5, and then she joined the NTT East badminton team. In 2007, she became the runner-up at the Indonesia - Surabaya International tournament in the women's singles event. She won first international title at the 2008 Osaka International tournament, then in May 2008 she won the women's doubles event at the Smiling Fish International tournament partnered with Oku Yukina. In February 2016, she retired from the NTT East badminton team, and started her career as a coach in the United States.

Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 2007 Indonesia - Surabaya International Chiu Yi-ju 18–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2008 Osaka International Mayu Sekiya 21–16, 21–15 Winner 2008 Australian International Mizuki Fujii 16–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2008 Smiling Fish International Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 17–21, 23–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2011 Osaka International Minatsu Mitani 10–21, 10–21 Runner-up

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2008 Smiling Fish International Oku Yukina Ayaka Takahashi Koharu Yonemoto 21–15, 22–20 Winner 2013 Austrian International Misato Aratama Chow Mei Kuan Lee Meng Yean 21–14, 22–20 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament