# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yutaka-higuchi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:28:29.697Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yutaka-higuchi"
name: "Yutaka Higuchi"
slug: "yutaka-higuchi"
description: "Yutaka Higuchi  is a Japanese figure skater who is now a coach and figure skating commentator. He is a three-time Japanese national champion. He placed 25th in the 1968 Winter Olympic Games, and 16th in the 1972 Winter Olympic Games."
tagline: "Figure skater"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hanyu_and_Asada_in_Yutaka_'_s_room_at_the_2012_NHK_Trophy_(cropped)_-_Yutaka_Higuchi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1949-09-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.43
  momentum:             25
  historical:           5.724842666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yutaka_Higuchi_(figure_skater)"
    title: "Yutaka Higuchi (figure skater)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A"
    title: "يوتاكا هيجوتشي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%89"
    title: "يوتاكا هيجوتشى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B8%2C_%D0%AE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Хигути, Ютака"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yutaka_Higuchi"
    title: "Yutaka Higuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A8%8B%E5%8F%A3%E8%B1%8A_(%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B)"
    title: "樋口豊 (フィギュアスケート選手)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4497469"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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