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{{Infobox ballet company
| name                    = K-Ballet
| logo                    = [[File:K-ballet logo.jpg|250px]]
| local_name              = K-バレエカンパニー
| previous_names          = 
| predecessor             = 
| founded                 = 1999
| founders                = [[Tetsuya Kumakawa]] 
[[William Trevitt]] 
[[Michael Nunn]]
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| venue                   = 
| website                 = http://k-ballet.co.jp
| chief_executive         = 
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| company_manager         = 
| ballet_staff_type       = 
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| artistic_director       = Tetsuya Kumakawa
| deputy_director         = Stuart Cassidy
| ballet_master_in_chief  = 
| ballet_mistress         = Shiori Asakawa, Ran Yamada
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| principal_conductor     = 
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| artistic_staff_type     = Ballet Master
| artistic_staff_name     = Hayato Nishino, Rei Sakoh
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| orchestra               = Theatre Orchestra of Tokyo
| official_school         = K-Ballet School
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}}
'''K-ballet''' is a Japanese [[ballet]] company. The company started in 1999, and has since held approximately 50 annual performances.

K-Ballet's activity was first recognised internationally in July 2004, when the ballet group was invited to [[New York City|New York]]'s [[Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center)|Metropolitan Opera House]] with [[The Royal Ballet]], one of the World's leading ballet companies.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.k-ballet.co.jp/profile/index.html  | title = Company Profile: Tetsuya Kumakawa, Artist Director | publisher = K-ballet Company|language=ja}}</ref> The honorary president is currently renowned ballet dancer, [[Sir Anthony Dowell]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.k-ballet.co.jp/profile/enkaku.html | title = Company History | publisher = K-ballet Company|language=ja}}</ref>

== Company members ==
There are currently almost 70 dancers and artists involved in K-Ballet's productions. The most notable include Artistic Director [[Tetsuya Kumakawa]], Principal Dancer Shohei Horiuchi, and Principal Soloist Dancer Mina Kobayashi (as of June 2022).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.k-ballet.co.jp/members/index.html | title = Company Members | publisher = K-ballet Company|language=ja}}</ref>

=== Principals ===
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* Shiori Asakawa
* Nozomi Iijima
* Shoya Ishibashi
* Sena Hidaka
* Shohei Horiuchi
* Masaya Yamamoto
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=== Principal soloists ===
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* Mina Kobayashi
* Kei Sugino
* Saya Narita
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=== First soloists ===
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* Mayuka Asano
* Yuka Iwai
* Ren kuriyama
* Kaito Sekino
* Risako Toda
* shuhei Yoshida
* Gregoire Lansier
}}

=== Soloists ===
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* Yoshitomo Okuda
* Shu Kurihara
* Miho Saeki
* Rei Takahashi
* Kumiko Tsuzi
* Shohei Honda
* Natsuki Yamada
* Saori Yoshida
}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{in lang|ja}} [http://www.k-ballet.co.jp/ K-Ballet], official website
* [https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2001/jan/21/featuresreview.review3 The boyz are back in town] // ''[[The Guardian]]'', 21 Jan 2001
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