KINOSHITA YoshitoFirst Soloist

KINOSHITA Yoshito was born in Kyoto prefecture. He began his ballet training under TERADA Hiroyasu at Terada Ballet Art School and attended the Kiev State Ballet School. He won third prize at the Serge Lifar International Ballet Competition (Senior Level) in 2006 and trained at Donetsk Ballet under the direction of Vadim PISAREV. After his career with the Thuringen Ballet, Leipzig Ballet and Salzburg Ballet as Soloist, he joined the National Ballet of Japan as First Artist in 2015 and was promoted to Soloist in 2016, and to First Soloist in 2021. He enthusiastically choreographed works at the project of NBJ Choreographic Group and "Contact" was performanced at New Year Ballet in 2021.

KINOSHITA Yoshito

Alexei FADEYECHEV's production: Don Quixote (Espada)

Repertoire with NBJ includes

  • Wayne EAGLING's productions: The Sleeping Beauty (Gold), The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (The Mouse King, Lad, Russia)
  • OGURA Sachiko: Cinderella (Prince)
  • Alexei FADEYECHEV's production: Don Quixote (Espada, Two Gypsies)
  • MAKI Asami's productions: La Bayadère (Bronze Idol), Raymonda (Beranger)
  • YOSHIDA Miyako's production: Giselle (Hilarion)
  • Peter WRIGHT's production: Swan Lake (Benno)
  • Frederick ASHTON: Cinderella (Jester, The Prince’s Friends), The Dream (Bottom)
  • Christopher WHEELDON: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll / The White Rabbit, Footman / Fish), DGV: Danse à Grand Vitesse (2nd Region Soloist)
  • Peter DARRELL: Tales of Hoffmann (Friends of Hoffmann)
  • NAKAMURA Megumi: The Firebird (title role)*, Beethoven Sonata (R. von GALLENBERG)
  • Robert NORTH: Troy Game
  • George BALANCHINE: Symphony in C (3rd Movement principal)
  • HIRAYAMA Motoko: The Afternoon of a Faun
  • David BINTLEY: Aladdin (Friends of Aladdin, The Djinn of the Lamp, Onyx), 'Still Life' at the Penguin Café (Southern Cape Zebra)
  • August BOURNONVILLE: La Sylphide (Gurn)
  • Kenneth MACMILLAN: Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio), Manon (Lescaut)
  • MORIYAMA Kaiji: RYUUGUU - The Turtle Princess (Shark Guardmen, HIKOBOSHI (Altair))

    * Created Role / Original Cast