# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wakaba-higuchi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:36:13.022Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wakaba-higuchi"
name: "Wakaba Higuchi"
slug: "wakaba-higuchi"
description: "Wakaba Higuchi  is a Japanese retired figure skater. She is a 2022 Olympic team event silver medalist, the 2018 World silver medalist, the 2024 Skate America champion, a three-time Grand Prix silver medalist, a three-time Grand Prix bronze medalist, a three-time Challenger Series medalist, and a six-time Japanese national medalist. On the junior level, she is a two-time World Junior bronze medalist, the 2014–15 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and a two-time Japan Junior national champion."
tagline: "Japanese figure skater"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Photos_%E2%80%93_World_Championships_2018_%E2%80%93_Ladies_(Medalists)_(3).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "2001-01-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.32
  momentum:             2.516129032258065
  historical:           14.785832
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/wakawakaskate"
    handle:    "wakawakaskate"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/wakababy_sk8r/"
    handle:    "wakababy_sk8r"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://wakabahiguchi.com/"
sources:
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    title: "樋口新葉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "واكابا هيغوتشي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ওয়াকাবা হিগুচি"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakaba_Higuchi"
    title: "Wakaba Higuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakaba_Higuchi"
    title: "Wakaba Higuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakaba_Higuchi"
    title: "Wakaba Higuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakaba_Higuchi"
    title: "Wakaba Higuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakaba_Higuchi"
    title: "Wakaba Higuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakaba_Higuchi"
    title: "Wakaba Higuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakaba_Higuchi"
    title: "Wakaba Higuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakaba_Higuchi"
    title: "Wakaba Higuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A8%8B%E5%8F%A3%E6%96%B0%E8%91%89"
    title: "樋口新葉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakaba_Higuchi"
    title: "Wakaba Higuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakaba_Higuchi"
    title: "Wakaba Higuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakaba_Higuchi"
    title: "Wakaba Higuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B8%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0"
    title: "Хигути, Вакаба"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Хігучі Вакаба"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump