Profile

Fumi Kaneko

Acting

Japan

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.

Filmography

15 credits across movies and TV

Movie

Apollo/ Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux/ Dances at a Gathering

2021 · Polyhymnia (Apollo) / Green (Dances at a Gathering)

Movie

Rhapsody and The Two Pigeons

2016

Movie

The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration

2022

Movie

The Nutcracker

2022 · The Sugar Plum Fairy

Movie

The Royal Ballet: Cinderella

2023 · The Fairy Godmother

Movie

Manon (The Royal Ballet)

2018 · Courtesan

Movie

Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty

2020 · Princess Aurora

Movie

La Bayadère (Royal Ballet)

2018 · Pas d'action dancer

Movie

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

2019 · Variation 1 (Raymonda Act III)

Movie

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

2019 · Dancer (Golden Hour)

Movie

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

2020 · Dancer

Movie

The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker

2018 · Rose Fairy

Movie

The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

2025 · Juliet

Movie

The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

2019 · Rosaline

Rhapsody and The Two Pigeons

2016