# Higa

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**Higa** or **Fija** (written: 比嘉) is a [Ryukyuan surname](/source/Okinawan_name). Notable people with the surname include:

- [Daigo Higa](/source/Daigo_Higa) (born 1995), Japanese boxer
- [Kohei Higa](/source/Kohei_Higa) (比嘉 厚平, born 1990), Japanese footballer
- [Ernest Higa](/source/Ernest_Higa), Ryukyuan American Entrepreneur (Domino's, Wendy's)
- [Kumiko Higa](/source/Kumiko_Higa) (born 1978), Japanese voice actress
- [Manami Higa](/source/Manami_Higa) (born 1986), Japanese actress
- [Maurren Higa Maggi](/source/Maurren_Higa_Maggi), Brazilian athlete and Olympic gold medalist
- [Maya Higa](/source/Maya_Higa), American conservationist, falconer, wildlife rehabilitator, and Twitch streamer.
- [Minoru Higa](/source/Minoru_Higa), grandmaster of Shōrin-ryū Kyudōkan
- [Pēchin Higa](/source/P%C4%93chin_Higa), Ryukyuan martial artist
- [Ricardo Higa](/source/Ricardo_Higa), former Brazilian-Japanese footballer
- [Ryan Higa](/source/Ryan_Higa), American internet personality
- [Sekō Higa](/source/Sek%C5%8D_Higa), *Gojū Ryū* karate teacher
- [Thomas Taro Higa](/source/Thomas_Taro_Higa), American inventor and World War II veteran
- [Teruo Higa](/source/Teruo_Higa), horticulturist and professor at the University of the Ryukyus
- [Yuchoku Higa](/source/Higa_Yuchoku), Japanese karate practitioner
- [Yukari Higa](/source/Yukari_Higa), Japanese manga artist
- [Byron Fija](/source/Byron_Fija), Okinawan language activist
- Suzuki Higa (born 1995), Japanese singer ([Wolf Howl Harmony from Exile Tribe](/source/Wolf_Howl_Harmony_from_Exile_Tribe), Deep Squad)

## See also

- [Higa River](/source/Higa_River), a tributary of the Bârnaru River in Romania
- [Lake Higa](/source/Lake_Higa), a small lake in eastern Burkina Faso

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