IKEDA RisakoFirst Soloist

IKEDA Risako was born in Tokyo. She trained at the Ballet Studio Duo under TANAKA Yoko. She won Bronze medal in the New York City Finals at the Youth America Gran Prix (Senior Level) in 2009. She studied at the Hungarian National Ballet School scholarship from 2010 to 2011.After her career with K-Ballet Company, she joined the National Ballet of Japan as Soloist in 2016. She made her debut as the leading role in Cinderella, and has danced principal roles in Coppélia, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcrucker, Aladdin and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. She was promoted to First Soloist in 2019.

IKEDA Risako

Frederick ASHTON: Cinderella (title role)

Repertoire with NBJ includes

  • Wayne EAGLING's productions: The Sleeping Beauty (Princess Aurora, Princess Florina), The Nutcracker of Mouse King (Clara, Louise / Butterfly)
  • Alexei FADEYECHEV's production: Don Quixote (Kitri)
  • MAKI Asami’s production: Swan Lake (Pas de trois, Neapolitan Dance), La Bayadère (2nd Variation of Kingdom of the Shades)
  • Konstantin SERGEYEV's production: Giselle (Peasant pas des deux)
  • Peter WRIGHT’s production: Swan Lake (Two Courtesans, Polish Princess)
  • Frederick ASHTON: Cinderella (title role, Fairy Autumn)
  • George BALANCHINE: Symphony in C (3rd Movement principal)
  • David BINTLEY: Aladdin (Princess Badr al-Budur), 'Still Life' at the Penguin Café (The Great Auk)
  • Peter DARRELL: Tales of Hoffmann (Olympia)
  • Michel FOKINE: Petrouchka (Ballerina)
  • FUKAGAWA Hideo: Soirée de Ballet
  • HIRAYAMA Motoko: Butterfly
  • Kenneth MACMILLAN: Manon (Courtesans)
  • MORIYAMA Kaiji: RYUUGUU - The Turtle Princess (title role)
  • NAKAMURA Megumi: Beethoven Sonata (Josephine)
  • Roland PETIT: Coppélia (Swanilda)
  • Christopher WHEELDON: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (title role)