NAKAYA MasahiroFirst Soloist

NAKAYA Masahiro was born in Osaka prefecture. He trained ballet under HOMURA Makio, MIYAMOTO Toyoko, HOMURA Yoshio and Gennady SELUTSKY. He won Bronze medal in the Vaganova International Ballet Competition. He trained in the Vaganova Ballet School for three years and danced The Nutcracker Prince in 2007. He joined Asami Maki Ballet Tokyo in 2010 and danced the leading roles in Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker, Giselle, Frollo in Notre-Dame de Paris. He joined the National Ballet of Japan as soloist in 2015. He has danced various roles including Basilio in Don Quixote, Prince in Cinderella and Lindorf in Tales of Hoffmann. He was promoted to First Soloist in 2023.

NAKAYA Masahiro

Alexei FADEYECHEV's production: Don Quixote (Basilio)

Repertoire with NBJ includes

  • Wayne EAGLING's productions: The Sleeping Beauty (Four Princes, Puss in Boots), Men Y Men, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (Herr Drosselmeyer)
  • Alexei FADEYECHEV's production: Don Quixote (Basilio, Boléro)
  • MAKI Asami's productions: La Bayadère (Rajah, Toloragva), Raymonda (Abderachman)
  • YOSHIDA Miyako's production: Giselle (Hilarion)
  • Peter WRIGHT's production: Swan Lake (Baron von Rothbart)
  • Frederick ASHTON: Cinderella (Prince, The Prince’s Friends)
  • Christopher WHEELDON: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Butler / Executioner), DGV: Danse à Grand Vitesse (1st Region Soloist)
  • Will TUCKETT: The Tragedy of Macbeth (Macduff)
  • Peter DARRELL: Tales of Hoffmann (Lindorf)
  • Robert NORTH: Troy Game
  • George BALANCHINE: Serenade, Symphony in C (4th Movement principal)
  • David BINTLEY: Aladdin (The Maghrib, Rubies, Gold)
  • Michel FOKINE: Petrouchka (Moor)
  • FUKAGAWA Hideo: Soirée de Ballet
  • Kenneth MACMILLAN: Romeo and Juliet (Tybalt), Manon (Monsieur G.M.)
  • MORIYAMA Kaiji: RYUUGUU - The Turtle Princess (The Keeper of Time)