Wakaba Higuchi is one of the world's best, most emotive & expressive skaters!

Her programs are always unique, iconic & memorable, perfectly portraying her music! Her 3A is magnificent!

She has won medals at the World Championships and the Olympics!

I've been so privileged, to see her beautiful skating live so many times!

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Happy Chinese New Year! 🎊🎉🥳
The Year of the Dragon! 🐲

Wakaba was born in the 2000-2001 Year of the Dragon...

So this year... is Wakaba's year!

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Praying for Wakaba to continue her great come-back progress, at the NHK Trophy this weekend!
⛩️👏👏🙏

Hope she skates clean with no regrets, and has fun!
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Random thought: I have been especially impressed by Wakaba's use of her hands, in this season's programs..

The shapes of her hands frequently look like exquisite Leonardo da Vinci studies..!

It may seem a small detail, but I think it makes a big difference to the overall the imagery and expressiveness of her performances?

And of course it makes her photos even more beautiful! 🤩

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I uploaded all my photos of Wakaba at the Grand Prix de France, to my website!

Image quality is better there & there's a lot that have not been shared anywhere else.

81 photos:
https://phantomkabocha.com/FigureSkating/GPdF2023/WakabaHiguchi/index.html

Lots more soon, of other skaters that were there..

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When we were at the gala of the Grand Prix de France... holding up Wakaba's support banner, and waving...

And she waved back!

...Twice! 🤩

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Wakaba had a lot of fun at the Grand Prix de France!😊

Seeing her so happy...
Laughing and smiling...
It heals your soul...!

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And some more photos of Wakaba's gala performance at the Grand Prix de France!

She is majestic!

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I know what you're thinking - it's been way too long since I posted some new photos of Wakaba! 😉😇

So here's a few from the her breathtakingly beautiful gala performance, at the Grand Prix de France...

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