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Wakaba HIGUCHI

flagJPN
  • Date of birth02 Jan 2001
  • Height152 CM
  • Professionfulltime athlete
  • HometownShinjuku
  • Place of birthTokyo
  • Start skating / Club 2005 NOEVIR
  • Hobbieslistening to music, watching movies, talking a walk
  • CoachKoji Okajima, Noriko Sato
  • ChoreographerJeffrey Buttle, Shae-Lynn Bourne
  • Former CoachN/A
  • Practice low seasonTokyo
  • Practice high seasonTokyo
  • bio

Higuchi won silver with her team at 2022 Olympic Winter Games. She has landed the triple Axel in competition. She missed the 2022/23 season recovering from injury.

Music Short Program as of season 2025/2026

My Way by Chris Mann

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2025/2026

Wonder Woman Main Theme (Wonder Woman soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer, Tina Guo, Junkie XL
The Myscira (Wonder Woman Soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer
The Blue Planet (Blue Planet II soundtrack) by Jacob Shae, Hans Zimmer, David Fleming, George Fenton

skaters bests

Personal Best Total ScoreXXIV Olympic Winter Games 202217 Feb 2022214.44
Personal Best Score Short ProgramISU CS Cup of Austria by IceChallenge 202111 Nov 202179.73
Personal Best Score Free SkatingISU GP Internationaux de France 202120 Nov 2021141.04