Promotions, joiners and leavers at The National Ballet of Japan for 2024/2025 season
The National Ballet of Japan is pleased to announce promotions, joiners and leavers for the 2024/2025 Season.
Promotions
OKUDA Kasumi is promoted to First Soloist.
OKUDA Kasumi, Tales of Hoffmann (Olympia)
MORIMOTO Ryosuke and YOSHIDA Akari are promoted to Soloist.
MORIMOTO Ryosuke, Tales of Hoffmann (Friend of Hoffmann)
YOSHIDA Akari, Don Quixote (Leader of Dryads)
AKAI Ayano, ISHIYAMA Ren, NAKAMURA Satoshi, HANAGATA Yuzuki and YAMAMOTO Suzu are promoted to First Artist.
AKAI Ayano
ISHIYAMA Ren
NAKAMURA Satoshi
HANAGATA Yuzuki
YAMAMOTO Suzu
AKAI Ayano
ISHIYAMA Ren
NAKAMURA Satoshi
HANAGATA Yuzuki
YAMAMOTO Suzu
Joiners
For the 2024/2025 season, the National Ballet of Japan welcomes eleven new dancers as follows to the Company as the season contracted dancers.
First Soloist
- MIZUI Shunsuke (Asami Maki Ballet Tokyo)
First Artists
- LEE Myeonghyun (Universal Ballet)
- HASEGAWA Ryota (Ballet de l'Opéra National de Bordeaux)
Artists
- ODA Nana (graduated from NNT Ballet School)
- KAWAMOTO Miyu (K-BALLET TOKYO)
- SAKU Motonobu (graduated from NNT Ballet School)
- TAJIRI Sana (graduated from NNT Ballet School)
- HANADA Mizuki (The National Ballet of Japan, Apprentices)
- HIGASHI Maho (STAR DANCERS BALLET)
- HORINOUCHI Saki (graduated from NNT Ballet School)
Apprentices
- FUJIMOTO Hazuki (European School of Ballet)
Leavers & other
The following dancers will leave the Company.
First Soloist
- FUKUDA Keigo
Soloist
- WATANABE Atau
First Artists
- SHIMIZU Yuzaburo
- NAKAJIMA Haruna
Artists
- ASAEDA Naoko
- ONODA Haruto
- KATO Tomoko
- HIJIKATA Momoka
Apprentices
- ITO Hana
- EIHARA Arisa
FUKUDA Keigo, David Bintley's Aladdin (The title role)
WATANABE Atau, Tales of Hoffmann (La Stella)
The National Ballet of Japan will start its upcoming season with The Sleeping Beauty from 20 Oct. We all look forward to presenting our performance to the audience with these new members.