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 Moriyama Kaiji's RYUUGUU - The Turtle Princess, Giselle, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, Roland Petit's Coppélia and Frederick Ashton's The Dream. His repertory also includes Abderachman in Raymonda, Benvolio in Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet and Lewis Carroll/The White Rabbit in 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.

HAYAMI Shogo

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 (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 (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)
  • 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