AccoDance Director / Dancer, Choreographer, Instructor

She established her professional career after joining the Sadamatsu-Hamada Ballet Company in Kobe for ten years, performing a wide range of roles from classical ballet to contemporary works. During her tenure with the company, she had the opportunity to work with world-renowned choreographers, including Larrio Ekson, Yuri Ng, Nikolai Fiodorov, Stanton Welch, Shoichiro Sadamatsu, and Kiyoko Kato.

Following her departure, she moved to New York (NY) and immersed herself in the study of contemporary dance at institutions such as Dance New Amsterdam and Steps on Broadway, deepening her artistry. She received extensive influence and gained performing opportunities with exceptional choreographers and companies possessing unique styles, including Max Stone, Diane McCarthy, Jana Hicks, Heather McCardle, Oliver Steele, and Emily Berry. After obtaining a U.S. Artist Visa, she secured a sponsorship contract with CRS Studio in NY. Since then, she has worked as a freelance dancer, choreographer, and dance instructor based in NY, performing in numerous productions across NY, Europe, and Japan. In 2011, she appeared as an extra dancer in the film ‘Frances Ha,’ which was selected for the 50th NY Film Festival.

As an instructor, she built up on her experience teaching classical technique at the Sadamatsu-Hamada Ballet School. After moving to the U.S., she obtained the Simonson Method teaching certification. Since 2010, she has instructed contemporary dance and classical ballet at prominent dance institutions both domestically and internationally, including NY’s Steps On Broadway, Dance New Amsterdam (now Gibney Dance), Peridance Center, and Joffrey Ballet School, as well as the University of Dance and Circus and Dance Forum in Sweden.

She began her choreographic career in earnest in 2009. She has presented works in numerous theaters, large and small, including the Dance New Amsterdam Theater, Chen Dance Center, City Center Studio, and Tank Theater in NY, as well as Dance Forum in Sweden and venues in Japan. She has also engaged in cross-genre creative activities, such as art collaborations using installations with glass artist Miho Ogai and co-producing the art performance ‘B’cause,’ expanding the boundaries of her work.

She has now returned to Japan and shifted her base of operations to the Kansai region. As a dance instructor, performer, and choreographer, she teaches NY Style Contemporary Dance classes at Dance Studio Point in Shinsaibashi, Osaka, Acco Space $\mu$, Box169, and Uesugi Mayu Ballet Studio, instructing a wide range of students from junior levels to professionals.

She is a director of Artistic Crosse Collaborators of Dance (AccoDance), a project-based contemporary dance company founded in 2019. They are actively expanding their reach, notably by being selected for the Contemporary Dance Association of Japan’s Creative Space event at the U Forum Museum in Kunitachi, Tokyo, for two consecutive years in 2024 and 2025.

Furthermore, her extensive experience in the educational field includes serving as a special part-time lecturer for many years at Osaka Prefectural Hirakata Nagisa High School, conducting special courses at Seika University and Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences dance clubs, and serving as a judge for the Dance Gala OSAKA hosted by the Osaka Women’s Physical Education Federation.