MIZUI ShunsukeFirst Soloist

MIZUI Shunsuke was born in Niigata prefecture. He began his ballet training under WATANABE Tamami and UEDA Megumi at Sado Ballet Friend. After studying at A.M. Students, he went to study at Ballettakademie der Wiener Staatsoper. In 2011, he joined Wiener Staatsballett as an apprentice, then transferred to the Polish National Ballet, where he was promoted to Coryphée in 2016. Since 2019, he has joined the Asami Maki Ballet Tokyo and has performed leading roles in numerous productions. In 2024, he joined the National Ballet of Japan as First Soloist. He danced as the leading role in Frederick Ashton's Cinderella and The Nutcracker. His repertory also includes The Blue Bird in The Sleeping Beauty, Benno in Swan Lake, Bernard in Raymonda, David Dawson's A Million Kisses to my Skin, Principal Males in Etudes, Peasant pas de deux in Giselle , Beggar Chief in MacMillan's Manon and Rajah / The Caterpillar in Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.