Originally from Japan, her dance journey has taken her through Boston’s performance scenes, including musical theater, hip hop productions, and citywide events. She was a ballet company dancer with Boston Dance Company and toured throughout Greater Boston in The Nutcracker. After continuing her ballet training in New York City, she relocated to Hawaiʻi, where she began choreographing seasonal productions for a local ballet school—marking her transition from performer to creator.

Kyoko refined her choreographic voice through the ICONS Choreographic Institute in Washington, DC. Her work is known for its playfulness, musical inventiveness, and ability to connect across cultural and linguistic boundaries. She has taken on unique creative challenges, such as crafting a comedy ballet, where humor must transcend language.

In parallel with her artistic career, Kyoko holds a B.A. in Physics from Boston University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Her interdisciplinary background enables her to develop choreography on themes rarely explored in dance—such as medical imaging or mathematical equations—inviting audiences to engage with ideas they might not expect to encounter on stage. Her work resonates with broad audiences, including those from scientific and technical fields who rarely see their worlds reflected in performance. She is a recipient of the FY25 Arts and Humanities Fellowship Grant from the District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

Kyoko teaches ballet at the VIVA School of Dance and is passionate about giving back to the community by sharing the beauty and power of movement with the next generation of dancers.