Yui Ugai

Yui Ugai was born in Hiroshima, Japan. She majored in drama at high school and studied dance and music at Kobe Jugakuin University. Yui obtained professional ballet training at the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD), and she was awarded a prize for excellence in dance by the magazine, Dance Dance Dance in 2008. Yui holds BFA and MFA in Dance from York University in Toronto. She has danced and toured nationally and internationally with The Toronto Blue Jays, Skindivers, Limitless Productions, The Parahumans, Little Pear Garden Dance Company, Ballet Creole, Kashe Dance Company, Kaeja d’Dance, Anima Inc. (Mexico/Peru) and more. Yui also has her career as an actress, which began with the film “Summer Days” (Toho) directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, and she has worked with the Hollywood casting director Yoko Narahashi and has appeared in Netflix, Disney Channel, and Sony Pictures. In Japan, she produced the annual dance festival, "Dance Kotoen" sponsored by Nishinomiya City in order to support youth dance artists and community since 2011.