HANAGATA YuzukiSoloist

HANAGATA Yuzuki was born in Kanagawa Prefecture. She trained at KMA Ballet Arts and the Tokyo Ballet School, and after dancing with the Tokyo Ballet, she joined the National Ballet of Japan in 2022. Her repertory includes Friends of Kitri in "Don Quixote", Two Swan Maidens in "Swan Lake", 1st Variation in "La Bayadère", Miettes qui tombent, Sapphire and Little Red Riding Hood in "The Sleeping Beauty", Peasant pas de deux in "Giselle", Emeralds in David Bintley's "Aladdin", Nacho Duato's " Duende" and William Forsythe's "The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude". She was promoted to First Artist in 2024 and to Soloist in 2025.