Fumi Kaneko

Personal Info

Birthday

Place of Birth

Japan

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.

Known For

The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern

The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet)

La Bayadère (Royal Ballet)

Manon (The Royal Ballet)

Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)

The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet)

The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

The Royal Ballet: Cinderella

Filmography

2025
The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
as Juliet
2023
The Royal Ballet: Cinderella
as The Fairy Godmother
2022
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker (2022/2023)
as The Sugar Plum Fairy
2021
Apollo/ Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux/ Dances at a Gathering
as Polyhymnia (Apollo) / Green (Dances at a Gathering)
2020
The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet)
as Dancer
The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet)
as Princess Aurora
2019
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
as Variation 1 (Raymonda Act III)
The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern
as Dancer (Golden Hour)
2018
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
as Rose Fairy
La Bayadère (Royal Ballet)
as Pas d'action dancer
Manon (The Royal Ballet)
as Courtesan