OKUMURA KosukePrincipal

OKUMURA Kosuke was born in Osaka and began his ballet studies with JINUSHI Kaoru at the Jinushi Kaoru Ecole de Ballet at the age of 5. He won first place in the senior division at the 18th All Japan Ballet Competition in 2007, silver medal in the senior division at the 11th Moscow International Ballet Competition and also secured silver in the same division at the 9th USA International Ballet Competition. He also received the New Artist Award at the 2010 National Arts Festival as well as the Encouragement Prize at the Osaka Cultural Festival in 2012. From the 2011/2012 season, he joined the National Ballet of Japan as Soloist. He was awarded the 45th Dance Critics Society of Japan's New Comer Award and was promoted to First Soloist in 2014. In 2016 he was promoted to Principal, was awarded Nakagawa Einosuke Award. He was awarded Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts in 2022.

OKUMURA Kosuke

Christopher WHEELDON: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll/The White Rabbit)

Repertoire with NBJ includes

  • Wayne EAGLING's productions: The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Désiré, The Blue Bird), The Ｎutcracker and the Mouse King (Prince, The Mouse King)
  • Alexei FADEYECHEV's production: Don Quixote (Basilio, Gamache)
  • MAKI Asami's productions: Raymonda (Jean de Brienne), La Bayadére (Bronze Idol)
  • YOSHIDA Miyako's production: Giselle (Albrecht) *
  • Peter WRIGHT's production: Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried)
  • Frederick ASHTON: Cinderella (Prince, Jester, Ugly Sisters)
  • Christopher WHEELDON: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll/The White Rabbit)
  • KAIKAWA Tetsuo: Story of a Little Mermaid (The Deep Sea Queen)
  • Will TUCKETT: The Tragedy of Macbeth (Macbeth)
  • Peter DARRELL: Tales of Hoffmann (title role)
  • Nacho DUATO: Duende
  • David DAWSON: A Million Kisses to my Skin
  • Bronislava NIJINSKA: Les Noces (Villager Soloist)
  • George BALANCHINE: Symphony in C (3rd Movement Principal), Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Theme and Variations (Principal)
  • HIRAYAMA Motoko: Butterfly, The Afternoon of a Faun *
  • David BINTLEY: The Prince of the Pagodas (Prince), Aladdin(title role), Carmina Burana (1st Seminarian), Take Five (Four Square), E=mc² (Energy), 'Still Life' at the Penguin Café (Southern Cape Zebra), Faster (Aerials)
  • Michel FOKINE: Petrouchka (title role)
  • FUKAGAWA Hideo: Soirée de Ballet
  • Roland PETIT: La Chauve-souris (Garçons), Coppélia(Franz)
  • August BOURNONVILLE: La Sylphide (James)
  • Kenneth MACMILLAN: Manon (Beggar Chief), Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio, Benvolio)
  • MORIYAMA Kaiji: RYUUGUU - The Turtle Princess (Urashima Taro)

    * Created Role / Original Cast