ONODERA YuSoloist

ONODERA Yu was born in AOMORI Prefecture and trained under Sakuraba Akane, Maki Asami and Kojima Naoya. He enrolled at the New National Theatre Ballet School in 2012. After his career as Junior Artist, he joined the National Ballet of Japan in 2013. She was promoted to First Artist in 2018 and to Soloist in 2023. His repertory includes Cinderella's Step-Sisters in Ashton's Cinderella, Hop-o'-My-Thumb in The Sleeping Beauty, Dancing Gentleman in Kenneth MacMillan's Manon, Onyx in David Bintley's Aladdin, Jester in Swan Lake, Magician/The Mad Hatter in Christpher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Fleance (Banquo's son) in Will Tuckett's The Tragedy of Macbeth.

ONODERA Yu

Wayne EAGLING's production: The Sleeping Beauty (Hop-o'-My-Thumb)

Repertoire with NBJ includes

  • Wayne EAGLING's productions: The Sleeping Beauty (Hop-o'-My-Thumb, Gold)
  • Alexei FADEYECHEV's production: Don Quixote (Sancho Panza)
  • MAKI Asami's productions: Swan Lake (Jester), Raymonda (Saracen)
  • Peter WRIGHT's production: Swan Lake (Neapolitan Dance)
  • Frederick ASHTON: Cinderella (Cinderella's Step-Sisters)
  • Christopher WHEELDON: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland ( Magician/The Mad Hatter, Footman/Frog)
  • Will TUCKETT: The Nutcracker (Fritz, Popcorn), The Tragedy of Macbeth (Fleance (Banquo's son))
  • Peter DARRELL: Tales of Hoffmann (Friends of Hoffmann)
  • David BINTLEY: Aladdin (Friends of Aladdin, Onyx)
  • Kenneth MACMILLAN: Manon (Dancing Gentleman)
  • Jessica LANG: Escaping the Weight of Darkness