Promotions, joiners and leavers at The National Ballet of Japan for 2025/2026 season
The National Ballet of Japan is pleased to announce promotions, joiners and leavers for the 2025/2026 Season.
Promotions
LEE Myeonghyun, KAMINAKA Yuki, HANAGATA Yuzuki and YAMAMOTO Suzu are promoted to Soloist.
LEE Myeonghyun,
Young NBJ GALA 2025
(La Sylphide)
KAMINAKA Yuki,
The Sleeping Beauty
(Hop-o'-My-Thumb)
HANAGATA Yuzuki,
Giselle
(Peasant pas de deux)
YAMAMOTO Suzu,
The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude
KIKUOKA Yuma, KINJO Honoka, SEKI Akiho, SEKI Yuna and HIGASHI Maho are promoted to First Artist.
KIKUOKA Yuma
KINJO Honoka
SEKI Akiho
SEKI Yuna
HIGASHI Maho
Joiners
For the 2025/2026 season, the National Ballet of Japan welcomes eleven new dancers as follows to the Company as the season contracted dancers.
Artists
- ARAI Rikuya (graduated from NNT Ballet School)
- ENOMOTO Shiyu (graduated from NNT Ballet School)
- SHIROKOMA Sara (The National Ballet of Japan, Apprentices)
- SOTOME Shoko (graduated from Koninklijke Balletschool Antwerpen)
- TANAKA Jinnosuke (BalletStudio Highlily)
- MITSUHASHI Takumi (Opera Nova)
- YAMAMOTO Rei ( Opera Bałtycka)
- YOKOI Ayano ( The National Ballet of Japan, Apprentices))
Apprentices
- SHIMOKAWA Karin
- NAKAMURA Mizuki (graduated from NNT Ballet School)
- FUKAWA Monami (graduated from NNT Ballet School)
Leavers & other
The following dancers will leave the Company.
Soloist
- NAKAJIMA Shunya
- HIROKAWA Mikuri
First Artists
- TAMAI Rui
- NAKADA Misato
Artists
- IMAMURA Miyuki
- FURUGORI Jay
Apprentices
- FUJIMOTO Hazuki
NAKAJIMA Shunya,
Coppélia Ballet by Roland Petit
(Coppelius)
HIROKAWA Mikuri ,
La Bayadère
(Nikiya)
The National Ballet of Japan will start its upcoming season with Cinderella from 17 Oct. We all look forward to presenting our performance to the audience with these new members.