Info

Senior Principal dancer

Birthplace
Hokkaido, Japan

Training
Kushiro Ballet Academy, English National Ballet School

English National Ballet
Joined 1996, Principal dancer 2000, Senior Principal dancer 2007

Favourite roles
Giselle, Juliet, The Chosen One in The Rite of Spring

Career highlight
Creating role of Aurora in Derek Deane's The Sleeping Beauty and Clara in Christopher Hampson's The Nutcracker

Other info
Best Female Newcomer in 2002 Critics' Circle Awards, enjoys reading in English and Japanese and doing yoga

" ... dances with beautiful butterfly clarity..."
The Daily Telegraph