Yoshi Tomo Kaneda   カネダ　ヨシトモ

School Director, Basic Acting, Karate & Stunt, Turns & Jumps Instructor

He graduated from Santa Monica College as a Theater Arts major. He was also the first scholarship student of a dance school called EDGE Performing Arts Center in Hollywood. Since he signed with the agency, he has done various movies, TV shows, theaters and commercials. His works include Movies, Letter from Iwojima and Brother. TV shows include ER and Nickelodeon. His voice over credits are Memoirs of a Geisha, Inception and Tokyo Disney Sea’s Aladdin Magic House. As a martial artist, he has studied four different styles of  karate and holds a forth degree black belt.

Lara Lihia   ララ　リヒーヤ

English Acting Instructor

Lara Lihiya is a working young actress who trained in theatre acting for 6 years. She has her B.F.A. in Acting from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle. Her performance experience includes various plays in Seattle, Los Angeles, and Berlin, Germany, where she is originally from. She has performed in various student films and is currently here in Los Angeles working toward a career in film. She has also performed in many musicals over the years and has trained in singing since she was very young. Her original training in music comes from studying the violin for 10 years and singing in school choir along side taking private singing lessons for 5 years. She is currently taking acting classes from a master teacher, Harry Mastrogeorge.

Michelle Garman  ミッシェル　ガ―マン

Hip Hop Dance Instructor

Her parent's being dancers, Garman has started dancing at an early age. By the time she was fifteen, she started her career as an instructor and a performer. She has worked with many famous choreographers and has made television appearances on MTV and FOX. Garman also is an instructor for the dance seminar group, Urban Jam.

Natsuo Tomita  トミタ　ナツオ

Ballet Instructor

After taking ballet at the Tokyo Ballet Company Junior Academy in Japan, Tomita made further studies at the New York Conservatory of Dance under the instructions of David Howard and Robert Denver. Tomita later joined the Golden States Ballet, the Nevada Ballet Company, and moved to Los Angeles where she resides now. She has then appeared on Michael Jackson's Black & White music video, TV dramas, movies, commercials, and has also been an inspiring instructor.

Frit & Frat Fuller フリット＆フラット

Jazz Dance Instructor

As performers, co-hosted KCAL TV’s-“9 On The Town” &PAX TV “Extreme Fakeover”. Their Commercials Include:Truth, Sony, Captain Morgans, Califonia Lotto, Lexmark, General Motors, 7up & PATH. They've worked under choreographer’s Keith Young, Patty Columbo,Russell Clark, Maranda Garrison & Tina Landon. In Film/Television: worked with directors Joel Schumacher, Henry Selick, Greg Beeman, Bruce Gowers, F. Gary Gray, Larry Einhorn & Woody Frazer& Jeff Androsky. Frit & Frat co-created KIN Dance Company & choreographed KIN’s performances at Shrine Auditorium, Ford Amphitheater, Japan American Theater,Luckman Theater, California Plaza and Painted Bride Theater. Other choreography includes -“21 Stories”,"Flirting With Morty", “Universoul Circus”U.S./International Tour, The Women Entertainment Channel sponsored Mrs. America & Mrs. World Pageants 2004 to the present. Vox Lumiere: "The Hunchback of Notre Dam"Also performed at The Ford Amphitheater and The Prince Theater in Philadelphia. In addition to choreography Frit & Frat has also directed Vox Lumiere: "THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME" performed in February 2007 at the EL Portal Theater. They have also created a show titled "Down Around Brown Town" Celebrating the music of James Brown to be performed in July 2007 at the Nate Holden Theater．

Eiko Nijo 　ニジョウ　エイコ

Modeling Instructor 　

Nijo moved to Los Angeles after being a fashion model in Japan. After studying singing and acting, she later became a Ford model as well as countless appearancee in fashion, commercial print, over forty TV commercials around the world. She's also appearing in many major studio movies and TV dramas in United States.