Mihoko Higuchi
{{short description|Japanese figure skating coach and choreographer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox figure skater
| name = Mihoko Higuchi
| native_name = 樋口美穂子
| native_name_lang = ja
| image = Higuchi - 2017 GPF (cropped).jpg
|imagesize = 220px
| caption = Higuchi at the 2017 Grand Prix Final.
| country = {{JPN}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|5|13}}
| birth_place = Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
| residence =
| height = {{convert|1.61|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| coach =
| formercoach = Machiko Yamada
| choreographer =
| formerchoreographer =
| skating club =
| former skating club =
| currenttraininglocations =
| formertraininglocations =
| beganskating =
| retired = 1990
}}
{{nihongo|Mihoko Higuchi|樋口美穂子|Higuchi Mihoko|born May 13, 1969}} is a Japanese figure skating coach, choreographer, and former competitive figure skater.
Biography
Higuchi was born on May 13, 1969, in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
Throughout her figure skating career, Higuchi was coached by Machiko Yamada and trained alongside Midori Ito, who was also a classmate of hers in junior high school. During her figure skating career, Higuchi won the silver medal at the 1980–81 Japan Junior Championships. Additionally, Higuchi is a Chukyo University graduate.
Following her retirement from competitive figure skating in 1990, at the age of twenty, Higuchi became long-time coach, Machiko Yamada's, coaching assistant and a choreographer at the Grand Prix Tokai Figure Skating Club in Nagoya. She would work with Yamada until March 2022, when she left the Grand Prix Tokai Figure Skating Club to become the head coach at the LYS Figure Skating Club.
Her current and former students include:
- Mao Asada{{cite web|title=Mao Asada, ISU Biography |url=http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00006588.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620135454/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00006588.htm |archive-date=2009-06-20 }}
- Mai Asada{{cite web | title = Mai Asada, ISU Biography | url = http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00006587.htm | access-date = 2009-05-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040207065053/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00006587.htm | archive-date = 2004-02-07 | url-status = dead }}
- Mana Kawabe
- Yukari Nakano{{cite web |title=Yukari Nakano, ISU Biography |url=http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00004417.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603131101/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00004417.htm |archive-date=2004-06-03 }}
- Rino Matsuike
- Kanako Murakami{{cite web |title=Kanako Murakami, ISU Biography |url=http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00009568.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628111420/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00009568.htm |archive-date=2009-06-28 }}
- Rena Uezono
- Shoma Uno
- Sōta Yamamoto
- Mako Yamashita
As a choreographer, Higuchi has worked with:
- Mao Asada
- Mai Asada
- Mana Kawabe
- Rino Matsuike
- Satoko Miyahara{{cite web |title=Satoko Miyahara: "There was a time when Stephane Lambiel and Papadakis/Cizeron performed one after another. During those moments, my world view completely changed, and I truly felt "this is art." |url=https://fs-gossips.com/12464/ |website=FS Gossips |publisher=FS Gossips |access-date=10 November 2024}}
- Haruna Murakami
- Kanako Murakami
- Yukari Nakano
- Haruya Sasaki
- Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda
- Rena Uezono
- Shoma Uno
- Sōta Yamamoto
- Mako Yamashita
Competitive highlights
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=2 align=center | National | |
|---|---|
| Event
! 1980–81 | |
| align=left | Japan Junior | bgcolor=silver | 2nd |
References
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