Fumi Kaneko
Biography
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.
Gallery
Known For
La Bayadère (Royal Ballet)
Apollo/ Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux/ Dances at a Gathering
The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration
Rhapsody and The Two Pigeons
Manon (The Royal Ballet)
Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
Rhapsody and The Two Pigeons
The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern
The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet)
Acting History
2025
The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet as Juliet
2023The Royal Ballet: Cinderella as The Fairy Godmother
2022The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker (2022/2023) as The Sugar Plum Fairy
2022The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration
2021Apollo/ Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux/ Dances at a Gathering as Polyhymnia (Apollo) / Green (Dances at a Gathering)
2020The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet) as Dancer
2020Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty as Princess Aurora
2019Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet) as Variation 1 (Raymonda Act III)
2019The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern as Dancer (Golden Hour)
2018The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker as Rose Fairy
2018La Bayadère (Royal Ballet) as Pas d'action dancer
2018Manon (The Royal Ballet) as Courtesan
2016Rhapsody and The Two Pigeons
2016Rhapsody and The Two Pigeons