Kenichi EbinaΒ was a dancer fromΒ Season 8Β ofΒ Americaβs Got Talent. He was the winner of the competition, winning $1,000,000 and the headlining of a show at Las Vegas and an Americaβs Got Talent tour. Kenichi returned forΒ Americaβs Got Talent: The ChampionsΒ where he was eliminated in the Preliminaries.
Kenichi Ebina is a solo self-taught dance performer, started out dancing Freestyle HipHop and expanding his style to Poppinβ, Lockinβ, Mime, House, Jazz, Contemporary and Ethnic dance.
In 2001, Kenichi founded a dance group with all Japanese dancers, BiTriP. BiTriP won in the final grand championship of βAmateur Nightβ at the world famous Apollo Theater in 2001 as the first Japanese performer. In 2007, Kenichi appeared on dance contest of βShowtime at the Apolloβ as a solo performer and became the grand champion of 2007 season after winning 7 times. Kenichi is the only two-time grand champion in the Apollo theater history.
Kenichi has been performing at many events, TV shows and teaching in the United States, Europe, Russia, China, Korea, Singapore, Japan, Morocco and Australia. Kenichi has also performed, directed and choreographed for many projects and dance and theater companies.
Ebina Performing Artsβs first full-length show premiered at USAβs national Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Also, Kenichi was invited as a speaker to TED 2007. Kenichi has appeared on the show, PBS Kids βAngelina Ballerinaβ as a featured dance performer. Occasionally he has been performing for high class show club, βThe BOXβ in NYC and London, and βThe ACTβ in Las Vegas. 1
