All posts tagged "Wakaba Higuchi"
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Sakamoto claims ladies’ title at 2020 NHK Trophy
Kaori Sakamoto of Japan maintained her overnight lead to win the Ladies at the 2020 NHK Trophy...
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Sakamoto soars to lead at NHK Trophy
Kaori Sakamoto leads the Ladies after the Short Program concluded at the 2020 NHK Trophy in Osaka,...
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Kihira defends title at Four Continents
2020 Four Continents Ladies’ Free Skate Japan’s Rika Kihira defended her title on Saturday afternoon, while new-comer...
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Japan’s Kihira leads ladies at Four Continents
2020 Four Continents Ladies’ Short Program Rika Kihira of Japan took the lead in the Ladies’ Short Program...
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Rika Kihira claims first Japanese National title
2019-20 Japanese Figure Skating Championships Ladies’ Free Skate Surprises were in abundance at the 2019-20 Japanese Figure...
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Rika Kihira leads ladies at Japanese Nationals
2019-20 Japanese Figure Skating Championships Ladies’ Short Program Rika Kihira took first in the Ladies’ Short Program...
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Russia’s Alena Kostornaia takes gold in Grand Prix debut
2019 Internationaux de France Ladies’ Free Skate In her Grand Prix debut, Russia’s Alena Kostornaia took the gold...
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Alena Kostornaia of Russia leads ladies in Grand Prix debut
2019 Internationaux de France Ladies’ Short Program In her Grand Prix debut, Russia’s Alena Kostornaia sits in...
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Shcherbakova of Russia captures gold at Skate America in Grand Prix debut
2019 Skate America Ladies’ Free Skate In her debut on the Grand Prix circuit, Anna Shcherbakova of...
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USA’s Bradie Tennell leads at 2019 Skate America
2019 Skate America Ladies Short Program USA’s Bradie Tennell took the lead in the Ladies’ Short Program...
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Sakamoto shakes it up at Japanese Nationals; win’s first title
2018-19 Japanese Figure Skating Championships Ladies Kaori Sakamoto edged out Rika Kihira to claim her first national...
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Tuktamysheva cruises to the lead at Skate Canada
2018 Skate Canada Ladies’ Figure Skating Elizaveta Tuktamysheva of Russia took the lead in the Ladies’ Short...
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Canada’s Osmond cinches gold at Worlds
2018 World Figure Skating Championships: Ladies Free Skate In what was a surprising turn of events in...
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Miyahara captures fourth national title in Tokyo
Figure Skating News Satoko Miyahara won her fourth consecutive national title at the 2017-18 Japanese National Figure...
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Zagitova pockets gold at Grand Prix Final debut
Figure Skating News Alina Zagitova of Russia captured the gold in her debut at the 2017-18 Grand...
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Zagitova captures gold in Grand Prix debut
Figure Skating News Alina Zagitova jumped from fourth place after the short program to win the ISU...
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Medvedeva: ‘Discipline’ is key to success
Two-time World Champion Evgenia Medvedeva achieved another breakaway victory in Moscow by scoring 231.21 points to win...
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Japan’s “power girl” Higuchi gears up for Olympic year
Following the retirement of Mao Asada and Kanako Murakami, the attention in Japan is shifting to the...
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Japan wins World Team Trophy
Japan’s up and coming Mai Mihara and Wakaba Higuchi carried their team to the gold medal at...
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Miyahara claims third consecutive national title
Having captured the national title for the last two years, Satoko Miyahara, the reigning Grand Prix Final...
Did You Know?
Sonja Henie (8 April 1912 – 12 October 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater who won more Olympic gold medals and World titles than any other ladies figure skater. She was a three-time Olympic Champion (1928, 1932, 1936), a ten-time World Champion (1927–1936) and a six-time European Champion (1931–1936).
