Masahiro Haneji

A native of Japan, Masahiro Haneji joined the company in 2014 from the PBT School Graduate Program and was promoted to soloist in 2018. He was promoted to principal in 2022. Haneji trained with Houston Ballet II before joining PBT School in 2012. Haneji has earned honors in a number of international ballet competitions, advancing to the semi-final round of the 2011 Prix de Lausanne competition and earning the bronze medal in the 2014 World Ballet Competition’s pas de deux category. With PBT, Haneji’s repertory includes The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, La Bayadère, Jerome Robbins’ The Concert and Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort.