HAYAMI ShogoPrincipal
Hayami Shogo was born in Kyoto Prefecture. He studied at John Cranko School Stuttgart Ballet. He won Gold medal and Outstanding Artistry Award in the New York City Finals at the Youth America Grand Prix. He joined the Houston Ballet in 2015, and the National Ballet of Japan as Soloist in 2018 and made his debut as the leading role in Don Quixote in 2020.
He performed the leading roles of Giselle, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, Swan Lake, La Bayadère, The Sleeping Beauty, Roland Petit's Coppélia, Frederick Ashton's The Dream and Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. He was promoted to First Soloist in 2021 and Principal in 2023. He was awarded Nakagawa Einosuke Award and Minister of Education Award for New Artists in 2024.
Alexei FADEYECHEV's production: Don Quixote (Basilio)
Repertoire with NBJ includes
- Wayne EAGLING's production: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (Prince), The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Désiré, The Blue Bird, Gold)
- Alexei FADEYECHEV's production: Don Quixote (Basilio)
- MAKI Asami's production: La Bayadère (Solor, Bronze Idol), Raymonda (Abderachman, Bernard)
- YOSHIDA Miyako's production: Giselle (Albrecht, Peasant pas de deux)
- Peter WRIGHT's production: Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried, Benno)
- Frederick ASHTON: Cinderella (The Prince’s Friends), The Dream (Oberon)
- Christopher WHEELDON: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Jack/The Knave of Hearts, Lewis Carroll / The White Rabbit, Rajah / The Caterpillar)
- KAIKAWA Tetsuo: Story of a Little Mermaid (The Young Prince*)
- Peter DARRELL: Tales of Hoffmann (Friends of Hoffmann)
- David DAWSON: A Million Kisses to my Skin
- David BINTLEY: Aladdin (title role, The Djinn of lamp)
- Michel FOKINE: Petrouchka (Devil)
- William FORSYTHE: The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude
- Roland PETIT: Coppélia(Franz)
- Kenneth MACMILLAN: Romeo and Juliet (Benvolio), Manon (Beggar Chief)
- MORIYAMA Kaiji: RYUUGUU - The Turtle Princess (Urashima Taro)
* Created Role / Original Cast