YAMAMOTO SuzuSoloist

YAMAMOTO Suzu was born in Saitama Prefecture. After training at Acri Horimoto Ballet Academy and the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, she joined the National Ballet of Japan in 2022. Her repertory includes Courtesans and Polish Princess in Swan Lake, 2nd Variation in La Bayadère, Carabosse and Emerald in The Sleeping Beauty, Myrtha- Queen of the Wilis in Giselle, Lescaut's Mistress in Kenneth MacMillan's Manon, David Dawson's A Million Kisses to my Skin, Nacho Duato's Duende, Diamond in Aladdin, William Forsythe's The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude and Mother / The Queen of Hearts in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. She was promoted to First Artist in 2024 and to Soloist in 2025.

YAMAMOTO Suzu

William FORSYTHE: The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude

Repertoire with NBJ includes

  • Wayne EAGLING's productions: The Sleeping Beauty (Carabosse, Grâce), The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (Spanish Dance)
  • Alexei FADEYECHEV's production: Don Quixote (Friends of Kitri, 1st Variation)
  • MAKI Asami's productions: La Bayadère (2nd Variation), Raymonda (2nd Variation, Grand Pas Classique Variation)
  • YOSHIDA Miyako's production: Giselle (Myrtha- Queen of the Wilis)
  • Peter WRIGHT's production: Swan Lake (Polsih Princess, Courtesans, Two Swan Maidens)
  • Frederick ASHTON: Cinderella (Fairy Godmother, Fairy Summer)
  • Christopher WHEELDON: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Mother / The Queen of Hearts)
  • Nacho DUATO: Duende
  • David DAWSON: A Million Kisses to my Skin
  • David BINTLEY: Aladdin (Diamond)
  • William FORSYTHE: The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude
  • Kenneth MACMILLAN: Manon (Lescaut's Mistress)