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Hisako Chako Higuchi (Japanese: 樋口久子 born 13 October 1945 in Kawagoe Saitama) is a Japanese professional golfer.Higuchi won the LPGA Championship on 12 June 1977 making her the first Asian-born player to win a major championship for either men or women. (No Asian-born player would win a men’s major until Yang Yong-eun won the 2009 PGA Championship.) She remains the only Japanese woman to win an LPGA major championship.