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Born in Tokyo. Yuri began her ballet training at the age of ten,and at twelve she joined Hiraoka Shiga Dance Company to learn modern ballet. She took interests in various forms of performing arts and saw many dance and theater performances untill she encountered Butoh in her late teens.

Since then, she has been active in creating and showing her own performance pieces, both in Japan and overseas. From 1997 to 2001, she performed and gave workshops in many countries such as South Korea, Poland, Hungary, Germany, the

In June ,making tour in Europe (Poland, France, Germany) for teaching workshop and performing solo and duo pieces.
In July and August, staying France for appearing as an actress in the theatrical film 'Vermilion Souls' directed by Masaki Iwana.' Vermilion Souls' will be released in May 2005.

Her work in the past include: void doll(1994);Astral Head(1995);Stone Work(1996);White Serpent, and Lam's Blood(1997);Fire Works(1998);Your Favorite Special Chair, and Mirror Wings(1999);Dizziness,and Last Hotel(2001);and Crash and Dizziness-Lights and Dark of Mexico(2002);Under the woods of cherry brossom in full bloom, and La chambre de Madame Dangerouse(2003)