RYOJI SASAMOTO is from Japan and began his dance training at age fifteen at the Japan Aviation Academy (JAA). After graduating from high school, he moved to New York City in 2005 to continue his professional training at Dance New Amsterdam.  Since then he has performed with Nathan Trice, Earl Mosley, Ellis Wood Dance, Alexandra Beller, Makiko Tamura/Small Apple Co., and more.  As part of Nathan Trice/RITUALS dance theater, Ryoji performed, taught master classes and assisted in setting work nationally and internationally. Ryoji looks forward to performing in his fourth season with KEIGWIN+COMPANY.