Yoshiko Kinoshita

Yoshiko Kinoshita began studying ballet at the age of five at the Takatori Miyoshi Ballet Studio, under the guidance of Miyoshi Takatori and Minoru Suzuki. In 1997, she joined the Star Dancers Ballet Tokyo Company, where she performed a wide range of styles, from classical ballet to contemporary dance.

In 2004, she became one of the founding members of Noism04 in Niigata, Japan. In 2005, she met martial artist Akira Hino, an encounter that profoundly transformed her understanding of body and mind through martial arts. She then pursued a career as an independent dancer.

In 2007, she joined the Ballet national de Marseille as a permanent dancer. Yoshiko is also a coach for MUNZ FLOOR®️ and MUNZ BARRE®️.