Maiko Nishino

Born in Osaka, Japan, and arrived at the Norwegian National Ballet after studying with Sachiyo Hashimoto and Hans Meister, as well as at the Royal Ballet School in London. 

Since arriving at the Norwegian National Ballet in 1999, Maiko Nishino has starred in both the classical and modern repertoire and become one of the company’s leading dancers. She was appointed Principal Dancer in 2025, the same year in which she received the Critics’ Award for the role of Odette/Odile in Swan Lake. In 2009 she was awarded the inaugural Tom Wilhelmsen Opera and Ballet Prize. 

In 2022 opened the studio Maiko and still performing as freelancer in Norway and Japan.