IINO MoekoSoloist

IINO Moeko was born in Hokkaido prefecture and trained at the Nemoto Ballet Studio and Chida Toshiko Ballet Studio. She went to Russia to study at the Novosibirsk State Ballet School, and graduated in 2010. She won first prize at the 2010 Kazakhstan International Ballet Competition and joined the National Ballet of Japan in 2012. She was promoted to First Artist in 2016, and to Soloist in 2021. Her repertory includes Two Courtesans, Polish Princess and Hungarian Princess in Swan Lake, Peasant pas de deux in Giselle, Friends of Kitri in Don Quixote, Sapphire in Wayne Eagling's Sleeping Beauty, Louise in The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, Fairy Summer in Frederick Ashton's Cinderella, Pearls in David Bintley's Alladin and Alice's sisters in Christpher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. She was promoted to Soloist in 2021.

IINO Moeko

MAKI Asami's production: Raymonda (Grand Pas Classique- Variation)

Repertoire with NBJ includes

  • Wayne EAGLING's productions: The Sleeping Beauty (Fairy Miettes qui tombent, Sapphire), The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (Louise / Butterfly, Lead Snowflakes, Lead Flowers)
  • Alexei FADEYECHEV's production: Don Quixote (2nd Variation, Friends of Kitri)
  • MAKI Asami's productions: Raymonda (Grand pas Classique Variation)
  • YOSHIDA Miyako's production: Giselle (Peasant pas de deux)
  • Peter WRIGHT's production: Swan Lake (Two Courtesans, Polish Princess, Hungarian Princess)
  • Frederick ASHTON: Cinderella (Fairy Summer)
  • Christopher WHEELDON: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Alice’s Sisters)
  • Will TUCKETT: The Tragedy of Macbeth (Lady Macduff)
  • David DAWSON: A Million Kisses to my Skin
  • David BINTLEY: Aladdin (Pearls)
  • Roland PETIT: Coppélia (Swanilda's friends)