Wakaba Higuchi
Wakaba Higuchi (樋口 新葉, Higuchi Wakaba, born January 2, 2001) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2018 World silver medalist and a five-time Japanese national medalist (bronze in 2015, silver in 2016, 2017, 2020, and 2022). On the junior level, she is a two-time World Junior bronze medalist (2015, 2016), the 2014–15 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and a two-time Japan Junior national champion (2015, 2016). She won a bronze medal in team event, representing Japan at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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| Native name | 樋口 新葉 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 2, 2001 Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Skating club | Meiji University Noevir | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Higuchi is the seventeenth woman to land a clean triple Axel internationally and the fifth woman to land a clean triple Axel at the Olympics.
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