Jun Masuda

After training in Japan, he departed to the renowned Académie Princesse Grace in Monte Carlo, Monaco, and studied under the direction of Luca Masala for three years. After graduation he joined Tulsa Ballet II in 2019, the main company the following year, and was promoted to Principal dancer in 2023. 

- Title role in Romeo and Juliet, Dorothy and Prince of Oz by Edwaard Liang.  

- Strictly Gershwin by Derek Deane 

- Basilio in Don Quixote by Anna-Marie Holmes after Marius Petipa 

- Cinderella by Andrew McNicol 

- Carmen by Kenneth Tindall  

- Swan Lake staged by Marcello Angelini 

- The Nutcracker by Ma Cong & Val Caniparoli 

- Vendetta; A Mafia Story by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa 

Masuda has also performed in many works by world renowned choreographers such as Alexander Ekman, Marco Goecke, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Luciano Cannito, Katarzyna Kozielska, among others. 

Masuda has won numerous prizes and accolades for his dancing, including Gold Medals at Youth America Grand Prix and Tokyo National Dance Competition, and the Silver Medal at the Varna International Ballet Competition 2016, which was broadcast on the TV news in Japan.