Sayaka Wakita

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Works

  • (Media) Online Magazine

    December 26, 2023

    Interview: 「ただいま日本」

    Language: Japanese

  • (Media) Pivot Pointe

    August 9, 2023

    Interview: Career Transition with Sayaka Wakita

    Language: English

  • (Media) Chunichi Shinbun

    July 13, 2023

    「夢追い人」”Dream Chaser”

    Language: Japanese

  • (Media) WDR Live TV

    June 22, 2023

    Language: German

  • (Media) Radio 91.2

    June 14, 2023

    Language: German

  • (Degree) Harvard University

    May 2023

    Graduated cum laude (honors) from Harvard University

  • (Award) Dean's List of Academic Achievement Harvard University

    May 2023

    Dean’s List of Academic Achievement Award for the Academic Year 2022-2023 (Photo with Dean Coleman)

  • (Media) LIVE TV Der schwarzgelbe Talk BVB

    February 28, 2023

    Guest at the Ruhr Nachrichten BVB “Der schwarzgelbe Talk” alongside football players Julian Ryerson, Marius Wolf und Roman Weidenfeller.

    Language: German

  • (Lecture) Teikyo University/BVB

    February 17, 2023

    Guest lecturing at BVB Dortmund for Teikyo University, Faculty of Economics, Department of Business Administration.

    Language: Japanese/German

  • (Award) Dean's List of Academic Achievement Harvard University

    November 2022

    Dean’s List of Academic Achievement Award for the Academic Year 2021-2022 (Photo with Dean Coleman)

  • (Lecture) Harvard University

    Jun 13, 2022

    “Meaninglessness Could Kill You“

    Virtual speech about research findings on how meaninglessness can be a strong indicator of depression and suicidal tendencies.

    Language: English

  • (Media) Bild Zeitung

    October 21, 2020

    “Ein Job-Leben im Spagat”
    Language: German

  • (Media) BBC World News

    May 15, 2020

    “Dancers During Lockdown”

    Language: English

  • (Media) Ruhr Nachrichten

    February 5, 2020

    “Ich bin ein Zahlen-Typ“

    Language: German

  • (Media) Top Leaders in the Business World

    November 2020

    Global Success Innovation (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, President Junko Okawa), which provides educational consulting, held a seminar in Tokyo. Sayaka Wakita, a principal ballerina and Harvard University student, was invited as a lecturer and explained how to achieve her goals based on her own experiences applying visualization.

    Language: Japanese

  • (Media) WDR Radio

    January, 2021

    “Discipline and Creativity”

    Language: German

  • (Media) Real Life Heroes

    March 2021

    Language: English

  • (Lecture) Nagoya University of Arts

    December 2020

    Nagoya University of Arts, Graduate School of Human Development, Guest Lecturer

    名古屋芸術大学人間発達学部ゲスト講師「21世紀だからこそ考えるべき芸術の力」

    Language: Japanese

  • (Media) Keizai Club Newsletter

    September 5, 2019

    “Goal Achievement Seminars with Eminent Educators and a Principal Ballerina“

    経済界倶楽部会報誌「著名な教育者やプリンシパルバレリーナと目標達成セミナーを開催」

    Language: Japanese

  • (Project) Coca-Cola, Harvard Business School

    July 2019

    Prototyped internal communication platform for the Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta Headquarters

  • (Media) WDR Lokalzeit

    March 2019

    Language: German

  • (Media) Keizaikai

    November 2018

    Close-up on Top Economic Leaders, Keizaikai November 2018 Issue

    経済のトップに立つ人にクローズアップ経済界 2018年11月号

  • (Media) Keizaikai

    July 2018

    Keizaikai: Close-up on Top Economic Leaders, Keizaikai July 2018 Issue

    経済のトップに立つ人にクローズアップ経済界 2018年7月号

    Language: Japanese

  • (Media) Benesse

    March 07, 2018

    Benesse/Shinkenzemi Junior High School Course <Junior 1 TEAM-C> July 2017 Issue

    ベネッセ・進研ゼミ中学講座<中1TEAM-C>2017年7月号紙面

    Language: Japanese

  • (Media) President Family

    April 2017

    プレジデントFamily 2017年04月号(2017春号:わが子の受験大激変! )

    Language: Japanese

  • (Performance) Principal Dancer, Turkish State Opera and Ballet Theater

    September 2016

    Danced leading roles in ballets such as the Firebird, Nikiya from La Bayadere, and Penthesilea from The Amazon.

  • (Performance) Principal Dancer, Yerevan National Ballet

    May 2015

    Invited by the First Lady of Armenia to dance for the commemoration of the 100th Year Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Worked in a leading role together with dancers from the Stuttgart Ballett and Washington Ballett under the direction of Mr. Rudolf Kharatian.

  • (Performance) Principal Dancer, Yakutsk National Ballet, Russia

    2014

    Dancing Sugar Plum Fairy as the principal dancer with Yakutsk National Ballet

  • (Media) Gazeta Yakutia

    November 2013

    “Ballet Artists of Yakutsk and Japan Dance in a Gala Concert”

    Language: Russian

  • (Media) Chunichi Shimbun

    October 2013

    “Sayaka Wakita Dances Main Role of The Nutcracker”

    Language: Japanese

  • (Media) Sports Hochi

    July 2012

    First Place in the Junior A Category (14-17 Years Old) at Tokyo Youth Ballet Competition

    第6回ザ・バレコン東京 青少年のためのバレエ・コンクール女子ジュニアA部門【一位】

    Language: Japanese

  • (Media) Chunichi Shimbun

    February 2011

    “Sayaka Wakita wins Gold Medal at the Berlin International Ballet Competition”

    ベルリン国際コンクールで金賞を受賞

    Language: Japanese