Riku Ito

Born: Yokohama, Japan

Trained: Yumi Kitamori Ballet Studio and the School of the Hamburg Ballet

Joined: 2022 as Soloist, First Soloist 2024

Other companies: Northern Ballet (2014-2022)

REPERTORY INCLUDES

With Birmingham Royal Ballet:

Pontus Lidberg, Raúl Reinoso, Cassi Abranches: Black Sabbath – The Ballet
Jorge Garcia: Majisimo
Juliano Nunes: Interlinked
Morgann Runacre-Temple in collaboration with Jess and Morgs Films: Hotel
Agrippina Vaganova: Diana and Actaeon pas de deux, Le Corsaire
Ben Van Cauwenbergh: Les Bourgeois
Peter Wright​: Coppélia ('Call to Arms'),The Nutcracker (Prince), Swan Lake (Benno), The Sleeping Beauty (The Bluebird, Pas de quatre)

With Northern Ballet:

Kenneth MacMillan​: Gloria (Lead man), Concerto, Three solo men, Elite Syncopations (‘Friday Night’)
David Nixon​: Dracula (Dracula), Cinderella (Prince), Three Musketeers (D'Artagnan), The Nutcracker (Prince, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, French, Mouse King), Dangerous Liaisons (Vicomte de Valmont), The Great Gatsby (Jay Gatsby, George Wilson), Beauty and the Beast (Beast), Little Mermaid (Sealord Lyre), Peter Pan (Michael, Peter Pan’s Shadow), Powerhouse Rhumba.
Jean Christophe Maillot: Romeo and Juliet (Benvolio and Acolytes)
Cathy Marston: Victoria (Lord Melbourne)
Drew McOnie: Merlin (Lead role)
John Neumeier: Mozart 338 (Main couple), Yondering (Jeannie with The Light Brown Hair), The Sleeping Beauty (Bluebird), Spring and Fall
Kenneth Tindal: Geisha (Takeda male lead role), I am Mer-Lin, For an Instant, State of Mind and Shape of Sound.

Created roles: David Nixon’s Dracula (Old Dracula); Kenneth Tindal’s Geisha (Takeda male lead role); Charlotte Edmonds's I am Mer-Lin