Wakaba Higuchi

I'll be honest, Wakaba Higuchi is one of those skaters I find myself rooting for almost involuntarily. She's tiny, just over five feet, but the second she pushes off the boards the whole rink seems to tighten up around her, and those jumps come out with a kind of fearless snap you don't expect from someone that compact. What gets me is the contrast: a delicate face hiding a real competitor, and over the years her performances have grown warmer and more grown-up. Juggling Meiji University on top of chasing the world's best, and still taking Olympic team silver in 2022, tells you plenty about her grit. She retired from competition in March 2026 and turned professional. I quietly cheer for the ones who leave everything on the ice, and she's exactly that.

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Wakaba Higuchi (born January 2, 2001, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese retired competitive figure skater known for her powerful jumps and expressive skating. Standing at 152 cm, she competed at the international level while studying at Meiji University, won team silver at the 2022 Olympics, and retired from competition in March 2026 to turn professional. She maintains an official website and active social media presence under the handles focused on her skating career.

Name (English)

Wakaba Higuchi

Name (Japanese)

樋口新葉

Reading

ひぐち わかば

Born

January 2, 2001 (age 25)

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Height

152 cm

Occupation

Figure skater

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Snake

University

Meiji University

• Official sitehttps://wakabahiguchi.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/wakababy_sk8r/
• Xhttps://x.com/wakawakaskate
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A8%8B%E5%8F%A3%E6%96%B0%E8%91%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18054662

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Figure skater

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.