is a common

Japanese surname Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames, as determined by their kanji, although many of these are Japanese orthography, pronounced and romanization of Japanese, romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames w ...

People with the surname

*Akihiro Higuchi, Ukrainian-born film director known by his alias

Higuchinsky Akihiro Higuchi, also known by the alias Higuchinsky, is a Ukrainian-born film director known for directing the 2000 film ''Uzumaki'', an adaptation of the manga of the same name by Junji Ito. Higuchinsky also directed ''Long Dream'', a 2000 tel ...

*, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese manga artist *

Dean Higuchi Dean Kiyoshi Higuchi (July 18, 1940 – February 20, 2021) was an American bodybuilder and professional wrestler, known by his ring name, Dean Ho. He competed in North American promotions including Pacific Northwest Wrestling, the World Wide Wres ...

, American professional wrestler better known as Dean Ho *, Japanese golfer *, Japanese Meiji-era author *, Japanese actress *, Japanese samurai better known as Naoe Kanetsugu *, Japanese journalist * Keiko Sofía Fujimori Higuchi (born 1975), Peruvian politician, daughter of Alberto Fujimori and Susana Higuchi *, Japanese photographer *, Imperial Army lieutenant-general *, Japanese swimmer * Motoya Higuchi, Japanese race-car driver *, Japanese drummer for the band Loudness *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese storyboard artist *, Japanese professional wrestler known as "Ikemen" Jiro Kuroshio *

Susana Higuchi Susana Shizuko Higuchi Miyagawa ( ja, 樋口静子, Higuchi Shizuko; 26 April 1950 – 8 December 2021) was a Peruvian politician and engineer. She served as First Lady of Peru from 1990 to 1994 as the wife of President Alberto Fujimori. A mem ...

, Peruvian politician, wife of Alberto Fujimori and mother of Keiko Sofía Fujimori Higuchi *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese football player *

Wakaba Higuchi 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, ...

(樋口新葉, born 2001), Japanese figure skater *

William Higuchi William Higuchi is an American chemist and pharmaceutical scientist and known figure in his field, currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus at University of Utah and who was given an honorary degree from University of Michigan , mottoeng ...

(樋口宇生利明夢), American chemist and professor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese figure skater *, Japanese bassist for the band Buck-Tick

Fictional characters

*, ''Pita-Ten'' character *, ''Death Note'' character

Others

* Higuchi Station (Ibaraki) * Higuchi Station (Saitama) {{Surname Japanese-language surnames