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Japanese ballerina

Misa Kuranaga (Japanese: 倉永美沙, romanized: Kuranaga Misa, born 1982/1983) is a Japanese ballerina.

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She is a principal dancer at the San Francisco Ballet.^[3][4] She was formerly a dancer at Boston Ballet, and was the first Asian person to be promoted to principal dancer there.

Career

Misa Kuranaga initially trained at the Jinushi Kaoru Ballet School in her native Japan and then received additional training at the School of American Ballet in New York City.

Before joining Boston Ballet in 2003 she was a member of the San Francisco Ballet. .^[5] In Boston she was promoted to soloist in 2005 and to principal dancer in 2009.^[6] Kuranaga was the first Asian person to be promoted to principal dancer at Boston Ballet.^[7] She returned to San Francisco Ballet as a principal dancer in 2019.^[4]

Kuranaga started her competition career at the Chubu National Ballet Competition where she MISA KURANAGA - Dance for You Magazine RISYF