KINOSHITA YoshitoFirst Soloist

KINOSHITA Yoshito was born in Kyoto prefecture. He began his ballet training under TERADA Hiroyasu at Terada Ballet Art School and attended the Kiev State Ballet School. He won third prize at the Serge Lifar International Ballet Competition (Senior Level) in 2006 and trained at Donetsk Ballet under the direction of Vadim PISAREV. After his career with the Thuringen Ballet, Leipzig Ballet and Salzburg Ballet as Soloist, he joined the National Ballet of Japan as First Artist in 2015 and was promoted to Soloist in 2016, and to First Soloist in 2021.

KINOSHITA Yoshito

Alexei FADEYECHEV's production: Don Quixote (Espada)

Repertoire with NBJ includes

  • Wayne EAGLING's productions: The Sleeping Beauty (Gold), Men Y Men, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (The Mouse King, Lad, Spanish, Russia)
  • Alexei FADEYECHEV's production: Don Quixote (Espada)
  • MAKI Asami's productions: The Nutcracker (China), Swan Lake (Pas de trois, Spanish), La Bayadère (Bronze Idol), Raymonda (Beranger)
  • Konstantin SERGEYEV's production: Giselle (Peasant pas de deux)
  • Frederick ASHTON: Cinderella (Jester, The Prince’s Friends)
  • David BINTLEY: Aladdin (Friends of Aladdin, Onyx)
  • August BOURNONVILLE: La Sylphide (Gurn)
  • Peter DARRELL: Tales of Hoffmann (Friends of Hoffmann)
  • NAKAMURA Megumi: The Firebird (title role)
  • Kenneth MACMILLAN's productions: Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio), Manon (Lescaut)
  • Christopher WHEELDON: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll/The White Rabbit, Footman/Fish), DGV: Danse à Grand Vitesse (2nd Region Soloist)