The Japanese dancer, Kenji Takagi, was born in Berlin and began his training at the Folkwang Academy in 1994. On graduating in 1998 he joined the Folkwang Tanzstudio and has danced in productions choreographed by Mark Sieczkarek, Malou Airaudo and Henrietta Horn. In spring 2000 he appeared in "Whispering Colour" by Mui Cheuk Yin, a Folkwang Tanzstudio and Tanzlandschaft Ruhr co-production.