| Rei Higuchi | |
| Birth Name: | 樋口黎 |
| Headercolor: | Gold |
| Birth Date: | 28 January 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Japan |
| Height: | 163 cm |
| Sport: | Wrestling |
| Weight Class: | 61 kg |
| Event: | Freestyle |
| Club: | Nippon Sport Science University;Tokyo |
| Coach: | Kenichi Yumoto Kazuhito Sakae Takahiro Wada |
| Worlds: | (2022) (2023) |
| Regionals: | (2022) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
| Olympics: | (2016) (2024) |
Rei Higuchi (Japanese: 樋口黎; born 28 January 1996) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. He won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 57kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[1] He won a silver medal in the 57 kg division at the 2016 Olympics.[2] [3] He won the gold medal in the 61kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[4]
Higuchi studies at the Nippon Sport Science University. He fractured his right hand in October 2015, but won the All Japan Tournament in December that year.[5]
On 28 January 2017, Higuchi competed at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017. In qualification, he was eliminated by Gadzhimurad Rashidov of Russia, but wrestled back to win a bronze medal against Bulat Batoev of Russia.[6] On September 18, 2023, he won a silver medal in the 57-kilogram weight class at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade. In the final, he lost to Serbian wrestler Stevan Mićić.[7] In Paris 2024 he Won the Gold Medal.