Wakaba Higuchi (Japanese: 樋口新葉) is a Ladies Singles Slater who represents Japan. She was born January 2, 2001, in Tokyo, Japan.
Wakaba is 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) tall and trains in Tokyo. She began skating in 2004 and is coached by Koji Okajima and Noriko Sato.
She is the 2022 Winter Olympic bronze medalist in the Team Event, the 2024 Skate America champion, the 2019 Japanese National silver medalist the 2020 NHK Trophy silver medalist, and the 2021 IdF bronze medalist.
Biography
ISU Biography
Ice Network (archived June 2018) Biography
Wikipedia Page
JSF Biography (in Japanese)
Rinkresults
Tracings Page
Social Media
Twitter Account
Instagram Account (Private)
Instagram Account (Public)
Snapchat Username: wakabahiguchi
Personal Bests since 2018-19 season
http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_pb_00014149.htm
Historical Personal Bests
Prior to Season 2018-19
2024-2024 Season
SP: Dune: Part Two soundtrack, by Hans Zimmer
FS:
2023-2024 Season
SP: Never Tear Us Apart by Bishop Briggs, Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence
FS: "Fix You" and "Paradise" by Coldplay
2022-2023 Season
SP: "Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS; choreo by Shae Lynn Bourne
FS: '"Talk to Her" (and another selection); choreo by Shae Lynn Bourne
2021-2022 Season
SP: "Your Song" by Ellie Goulding, Elton John
FS: "Spirit" (from "The Lion King") by Beyoncé; "Grasslands Chant" (from "The Lion King"); "Stampede" (from "The Lion King") by Hans Zimmer; "Remember" (from "The Lion King") by Hans Zimmer; choreo by Shae-Lynn Bourne
2021-22 Japanese Nationals
SP: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_rFu53ii19g
FS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c4L9SkGppEQ
2021 Internationaux de France
SP: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NbprrossKm4
FS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4OlOOiKANyc
2021 Cup of Austria
SP: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp9ma-w0gho
FS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4gvSlj3iBD4
2021 Skate Canada
SP: (partial) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jEs5ZcpF_jc
FS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ds4FktOkvRk
2021 Japan Open
FS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PT-Mu0nSfGc
2020-2021 Season
SO: "Bird Set Free" by Sia
FS: "Poeta" by Vicente Amigo; "Flamenco Passion & Soul" by Gino D'Auri; choreo by Shae-Lynn Bourne, Massimo Scali
2021 Japanese Winter Sports Festival
SP: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9pUouob4wN4
FS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=76zfT-lasJk
2020 NHK Trophy
FS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LHiEW8Y9Ruo
2019-20 Season
SP: "Bird Set Free" by Sia; choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
FS: "Poeta En El Puerto" by Vicente Amigo; "Nada Puede Dormir" by Vicente Amigo; "Poeta En El Mar" by Vicente Amigo; "Poeta En El Viento" by Vicente Amigo; "Barrio San Miguel" by Gino D’Auri; choreo. by Massimo Scali
EX: "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"by Tom Eyen, Henry Krieger, performed by Jennifer Hudson, choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
2020 Four Continents
SP: no video found
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm6GF9OzA9o
Gala: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shyBml5UV2A
2019 Japanese Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Glo6p8lHnM
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv-DxKcRE0w
2019 Internationaux de France
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tP6q4otdsQ
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwuZ-3C0vnQ
EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMIlyE34Vs0
2019 Skate America
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQwFTpY_JlY
FS:
2019 Lombardia Trophy
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQwFTpY_JlY
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxbyQ-v0gOQ
2018-19 Season
SP: "Energia" by Sofi Tukker; choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
FS: "The Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi; choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
EX: "Hallelujah" performed by Pentatonix; choreo. by Risa Mochizuki
2019 Challenge Cup
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eva2nAhn-I
EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q49eNkGuoMQ
2018 Japanese Nationals
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tAWBGJHr0M
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJj9x6nidyo
2018 Skate Canada
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i-QJiUo6CA
EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5NHrqYE0Sk
2018 Autumn Classic
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6FI9J41xXc
2017-2018 Season
SP: "Gypsy Dance" (from Don Quixote) by Ludwig Minkus; choreo. by Massimo Scali
FS: "Skyfall" by Adele; choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
EX: "Hallelujah," performed by Pentatonix
2018 World Championships
SP:
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z487TH77AE
2017 Japanese National Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_ZNSzqwgg4
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPMjeYtLdqA
2017 Grand Prix Final
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbLUyuJZhXQ
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl8txwXxeQs
EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj_d3xN8pRo
2017 Rostelecom Cup
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B40eJnqJx8
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV0BBYTN8qg
EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaTzI5NvWDM
2017 Cup of China
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cvo4VZ4fXw
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx9gAs1lgrQ
EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpHB0_EXtMk
2017 Lombardia Trophy
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpPPJLV-i7s
2016-2017 Season
SP: "La Cena" (La Califfa) by Ennio Morricone; choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
FS: Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; choreo. by Massimo Scali
EX: "Byakuyako" by Stin Kono; choreo. by Nanami Abe
2017 World Team Trophy
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytzyFAcy7q4
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W90Hol1EbQg
2017 World Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyHjF-IM6r0
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qALlzoGOmX4
2016 Japanese National.Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT_iV5axurc
2016 NHK Trophy
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft9Gwza8Rs
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U82z5_sZrIs
2016 Trophee de France
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v71VJsjhGJY
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxYaEZrlnr8
2016 Japan Open
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4iK5TKlR34
2015-2016 Season
SP: "Mambo Fantasy" by Aldemaro Romero, choreo. by Noriko Sato, Nanami Abe
FS: "The Mask of Zorro" by James Horner, choreo. by Noriko Sato, Nanami Abe
EX: "You Can't Stop the Beat" (from Hairspray), All About That Bass performed by Meghan Trainor
2016 World Junior Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf7IWm1Ihf0
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uk5YtG2Vqc
EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W7vBCUJlZA
2015 JGP Linz
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnGpPG4AhKM
2015 JGP Zagreb
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jByfkkKVmlk
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFVDnlvLZig
2014-2015 Season
SP: "Beloved Czardas" by Vittorio Monti, choreo. by Noriko Sato, Nanami Abe
LP: "Piano Concerto in F" by George Gershwin, choreo. by Noriko Sato, Nanami Abe
EX: "Somewhere Only We Know" performed by Lily Allen
2015 World Junior Championships
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AZW-bO04L4
2014 JGPF
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TenHRZ-Hu9I
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C40Gkyag06k
2014 JGP Dresden
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwiYwZzovZc
2014 JGP Ostrava
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiG4-HdJSt8
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcJzQoFXZVI
2013-2014 Season
SP: "Beloved Czardas" by Vittorio Monti, choreo. by Noriko Sato, Nanami Abe
LP: Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus, choreo. by Noriko Sato, Nanami Abe
EX: "Beloved Czardas" by Vittorio Monti, choreo. by Noriko Sato, Nanami Abe
2012-2013 Season
SP: "City Lights," "The Reel Chaplin: A Symphonic Adventure Part 2" by Charlie Chaplin, choreo. by Noriko Sato, Nanami Abe
LP: Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus, choreo. by Noriko Sato, Nanami Abe
2013 Challenge Cup Novice
SP;: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNaA4G2qtZk
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81D3rqT6UAg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utrD8WRJPKs
2011-2012 Season
2012 Val Gardena Spring Trophy
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V0kiDriF0Y
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5IYwTLvSZQ
2012 Debs Challenge Cup
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e4x7tcwP0s
Wakaba is 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) tall and trains in Tokyo. She began skating in 2004 and is coached by Koji Okajima and Noriko Sato.
She is the 2022 Winter Olympic bronze medalist in the Team Event, the 2024 Skate America champion, the 2019 Japanese National silver medalist the 2020 NHK Trophy silver medalist, and the 2021 IdF bronze medalist.
Biography
ISU Biography
Ice Network (archived June 2018) Biography
Wikipedia Page
JSF Biography (in Japanese)
Rinkresults
Tracings Page
Social Media
Twitter Account
Instagram Account (Private)
Instagram Account (Public)
Snapchat Username: wakabahiguchi
Personal Bests since 2018-19 season
http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_pb_00014149.htm
Type | Score | Event |
Personal Best Total Score | 207.46 | ISU Four Continents Championships 2020 |
Personal Best Score Short Program | 79.73 | ISU CS Cup of Austria by IceChallenge 2021 |
Personal Best Score Free Skating | 141.04 | ISU GP Internationaux de France 2021 |
Historical Personal Bests
Prior to Season 2018-19
Type | Score | Competition |
Personal Best Total Score | 217.63 | ISU CS Lombardia Trophy 2017 |
Personal Best Score Short Program | 74.26 | ISU CS Lombardia Trophy 2017 |
Personal Best Score Free Skating | 145.30 | ISU World Team Trophy 2017 |
Competitive Programs and Videos
2024-2024 Season
SP: Dune: Part Two soundtrack, by Hans Zimmer
FS:
2023-2024 Season
SP: Never Tear Us Apart by Bishop Briggs, Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence
FS: "Fix You" and "Paradise" by Coldplay
2022-2023 Season
SP: "Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS; choreo by Shae Lynn Bourne
FS: '"Talk to Her" (and another selection); choreo by Shae Lynn Bourne
2021-2022 Season
SP: "Your Song" by Ellie Goulding, Elton John
FS: "Spirit" (from "The Lion King") by Beyoncé; "Grasslands Chant" (from "The Lion King"); "Stampede" (from "The Lion King") by Hans Zimmer; "Remember" (from "The Lion King") by Hans Zimmer; choreo by Shae-Lynn Bourne
2021-22 Japanese Nationals
SP: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_rFu53ii19g
FS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c4L9SkGppEQ
2021 Internationaux de France
SP: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NbprrossKm4
FS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4OlOOiKANyc
2021 Cup of Austria
SP: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp9ma-w0gho
FS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4gvSlj3iBD4
2021 Skate Canada
SP: (partial) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jEs5ZcpF_jc
FS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ds4FktOkvRk
2021 Japan Open
FS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PT-Mu0nSfGc
2020-2021 Season
SO: "Bird Set Free" by Sia
FS: "Poeta" by Vicente Amigo; "Flamenco Passion & Soul" by Gino D'Auri; choreo by Shae-Lynn Bourne, Massimo Scali
2021 Japanese Winter Sports Festival
SP: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9pUouob4wN4
FS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=76zfT-lasJk
2020 NHK Trophy
FS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LHiEW8Y9Ruo
2019-20 Season
SP: "Bird Set Free" by Sia; choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
FS: "Poeta En El Puerto" by Vicente Amigo; "Nada Puede Dormir" by Vicente Amigo; "Poeta En El Mar" by Vicente Amigo; "Poeta En El Viento" by Vicente Amigo; "Barrio San Miguel" by Gino D’Auri; choreo. by Massimo Scali
EX: "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"by Tom Eyen, Henry Krieger, performed by Jennifer Hudson, choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
2020 Four Continents
SP: no video found
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm6GF9OzA9o
Gala: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shyBml5UV2A
2019 Japanese Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Glo6p8lHnM
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv-DxKcRE0w
2019 Internationaux de France
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tP6q4otdsQ
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwuZ-3C0vnQ
EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMIlyE34Vs0
2019 Skate America
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQwFTpY_JlY
FS:
2019 Lombardia Trophy
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQwFTpY_JlY
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxbyQ-v0gOQ
2018-19 Season
SP: "Energia" by Sofi Tukker; choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
FS: "The Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi; choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
EX: "Hallelujah" performed by Pentatonix; choreo. by Risa Mochizuki
2019 Challenge Cup
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eva2nAhn-I
EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q49eNkGuoMQ
2018 Japanese Nationals
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tAWBGJHr0M
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJj9x6nidyo
2018 Skate Canada
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i-QJiUo6CA
EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5NHrqYE0Sk
2018 Autumn Classic
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6FI9J41xXc
2017-2018 Season
SP: "Gypsy Dance" (from Don Quixote) by Ludwig Minkus; choreo. by Massimo Scali
FS: "Skyfall" by Adele; choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
EX: "Hallelujah," performed by Pentatonix
2018 World Championships
SP:
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z487TH77AE
2017 Japanese National Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_ZNSzqwgg4
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPMjeYtLdqA
2017 Grand Prix Final
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbLUyuJZhXQ
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl8txwXxeQs
EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj_d3xN8pRo
2017 Rostelecom Cup
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B40eJnqJx8
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV0BBYTN8qg
EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaTzI5NvWDM
2017 Cup of China
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cvo4VZ4fXw
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx9gAs1lgrQ
EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpHB0_EXtMk
2017 Lombardia Trophy
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpPPJLV-i7s
2016-2017 Season
SP: "La Cena" (La Califfa) by Ennio Morricone; choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
FS: Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; choreo. by Massimo Scali
EX: "Byakuyako" by Stin Kono; choreo. by Nanami Abe
2017 World Team Trophy
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytzyFAcy7q4
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W90Hol1EbQg
2017 World Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyHjF-IM6r0
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qALlzoGOmX4
2016 Japanese National.Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT_iV5axurc
2016 NHK Trophy
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft9Gwza8Rs
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U82z5_sZrIs
2016 Trophee de France
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v71VJsjhGJY
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxYaEZrlnr8
2016 Japan Open
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4iK5TKlR34
2015-2016 Season
SP: "Mambo Fantasy" by Aldemaro Romero, choreo. by Noriko Sato, Nanami Abe
FS: "The Mask of Zorro" by James Horner, choreo. by Noriko Sato, Nanami Abe
EX: "You Can't Stop the Beat" (from Hairspray), All About That Bass performed by Meghan Trainor
2016 World Junior Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf7IWm1Ihf0
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uk5YtG2Vqc
EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W7vBCUJlZA
2015 JGP Linz
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnGpPG4AhKM
2015 JGP Zagreb
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jByfkkKVmlk
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFVDnlvLZig
2014-2015 Season
SP: "Beloved Czardas" by Vittorio Monti, choreo. by Noriko Sato, Nanami Abe
LP: "Piano Concerto in F" by George Gershwin, choreo. by Noriko Sato, Nanami Abe
EX: "Somewhere Only We Know" performed by Lily Allen
2015 World Junior Championships
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AZW-bO04L4
2014 JGPF
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TenHRZ-Hu9I
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C40Gkyag06k
2014 JGP Dresden
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwiYwZzovZc
2014 JGP Ostrava
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiG4-HdJSt8
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcJzQoFXZVI
2013-2014 Season
SP: "Beloved Czardas" by Vittorio Monti, choreo. by Noriko Sato, Nanami Abe
LP: Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus, choreo. by Noriko Sato, Nanami Abe
EX: "Beloved Czardas" by Vittorio Monti, choreo. by Noriko Sato, Nanami Abe
2012-2013 Season
SP: "City Lights," "The Reel Chaplin: A Symphonic Adventure Part 2" by Charlie Chaplin, choreo. by Noriko Sato, Nanami Abe
LP: Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus, choreo. by Noriko Sato, Nanami Abe
2013 Challenge Cup Novice
SP;: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNaA4G2qtZk
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81D3rqT6UAg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utrD8WRJPKs
2011-2012 Season
2012 Val Gardena Spring Trophy
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V0kiDriF0Y
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5IYwTLvSZQ
2012 Debs Challenge Cup
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e4x7tcwP0s
Competitive History
Original Post by solar on March 10, 2015
I think Wakaba's had a FANTASTIC Junior debut season, and I'm so excited to see where she develops in the future! Her speed across the ice and powerful jumps are simply outstanding, and I hope she goes for the 3A sometime in the future!
Also this is my first post in the forum after lurking for quite a while! I'm glad I can start her fan-fest page!
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