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Fumi Kaneko
Sign in to saveJapanese ballet dancer (1991–)
Film & TV
Japan
Kaneko trained at Jinushi Kaoru Ballet School, Osaka. In the 2010/11 Season she joined the Royal Ballet and was promoted to First Artist in 2012, Soloist in 2013, First Soloist in 2018, and Principal, 2021.
Known for
- The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet — Juliet2025
- The Royal Ballet: Cinderella — The Fairy Godmother2023
- The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration2022
- The Nutcracker — The Sugar Plum Fairy2022
- Apollo/ Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux/ Dances at a Gathering — Polyhymnia (Apollo) / Green (Dances at a Gathering)2021
- Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty — Princess Aurora2020
- The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet) — Dancer2020
- Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet) — Variation 1 (Raymonda Act III)2019
- The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern — Dancer (Golden Hour)2019
- The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet — Rosaline2019
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Japanese dancer Fumi Kaneko is a Principal of The Royal Ballet. She joined the Company during the 2010/11 Season and was promoted to First Artist in 2012, Soloist in 2013, First Soloist in 2018, and Principal, 2021. Kaneko trained at the Jinushi Kaoru Ballet School, Osaka. She won gold medal at the Varna International Ballet Competition, 2008, and silver medals at the Moscow International Ballet Competition, 2009, and the USA International Ballet Competition, 2010. That year she joined the Jinushi Kaoru Ballet Company, where her roles included Clara and the Sugar Plum Fairy ( The Nutcracker ) and Kitri ( Don Quixote ). Principal Dancer Fumi Kaneko discusses highlights from her incredible career with The Royal Ballet. A celebration of the enduring artistry of acclaimed Royal Ballet ballerina Marianela Nuñez and the Company and audiences she loves. Kenneth MacMillan’s devastating ballet of decadence and decay – a woman torn between luxury and love.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Jōtō-ku
- Occupation
- ballet dancer
- Position held
- principal dancer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.rbo.org.uk/people/fumi-kaneko
- Image
- FUMI KANEKO, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY.png
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- Fumi Kaneko
- name in kana
- かねこ ふみ
- described at URL
- www.rbo.org.uk/people/fumi-kaneko
- date of birth
- 1991-10-00
- member of
- The Royal Ballet
- name in native language
- 金子扶生
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