FURUKAWA KazunoriFirst Soloists

FURUKAWA Kazunori was born in Hokkaido prefecture. He was trained by HAYASHI Mari and HAYASHI Sekiko at the Chiba Ballet Academy and ISHII Shiro at the Yotsukaido Ballet Academy. In 1994 he went to the Béjart Ballet Lausanne, founded by Maurice BÉJART, where he spent two years studying different disciplines including classic ballet, modern ballet and performance. After his return in 1996, Kazunori joined the Tokyo Ballet, where he remained for 12 years before leaving in 2008. In September of the same year, he joined the National Ballet of Japan as Soloist and was promoted to First Soloist in 2013.

FURUKAWA Kazunori

Repertoire with NBJ includes

  • Alexei FADEECHEV's production: Don Quixote (title role)
  • MAKI Asami's productions: Swan Lake (Rothbart, Lead Hungary), The Nutcracker (Spain), Raymonda (Saracen)
  • Konstantin SERGYEV's production: Giselle (Hans)
  • Frederick ASHTON: Cinderella (Ugly Sisters, Prince's Friends)
  • David BINTLEY: Aladdin (Emeralds), Carmina Burana (2nd seminarian), Still Life' at the Penguin Café (Southern Cape Zebra), The Prince of the Pagodas (King of the East), Sylvia (Orion), Take Five (Four Square)
  • George BALANCHINE: Symphony in C (4th Movement Principal)
  • Nacho DUATO: Por vos Muero
  • Mikhail FOKINE: The Firebird (The Immortal Kostcheï)
  • HIRAYAMA Motoko: Ag+G
  • Kenneth MACMILLAN: Manon (Lescaut), Romeo and Juliet (Tybalt)
  • Bronislava NIJINSKA: Les Noces (Villager Soloist)
  • Twyla THARP: Push Comes To Shove