The 1996 Yonex Festival was held at Ariake Colisseum in Tokyo on October 6, 1996. This was Kimiko's last public appearance in Japan as a WTA professional.

The 1996 Yonex Festival

Yuko Taguchi took these photos of Kimiko, on the occasion dressed in a pink tennis dress and ponytail!

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Oohps! I lost a ball! Check here what really happened!

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Got a ball in my head! Well, figuratively speaking it's been there for a long, long time.

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	(.... I hate those photographers behind me...)
This is going to be a rising shot!		If serving always would be this fun!