Nationality

Japan

Education

Trained at Ballet School “Homura Tomoi” and graduated from “Princess Grace Academy of Dance” in Monaco.

Experience

Shota started his professional career at the National Ballet and Opera in Bordeaux in 2007, dancing with the Leipzig Ballet inGermany (2008 – 2012), Dance company Theater Regensburg in Germany(2012-2014), Luzerner Theater Dance company in Switzerland(2015 – 2017) and then Croatian National ballet in Rijeka in Croatia(04.2018-11.2018).

Shota has worked with choreographers such as Idan Sharabi, Marco Goecke, Yuki Mori, Fernando Melo, Shumpei Nemoto, Jo Strømgren, Meryl Tankard, Stephan Thoss, Georg Reichl and many others.

What will we sing about by Pieter Ampe is Shota’s first performance with IDC.

Awards

Shota was awarded “Dancer of the Year” at the Icelandic Performing Arts Awards 2020 (Gríman).