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RUMI OYAMA is originally from Hiroshima, Japan. She studied Law and graduated from Chuo University.  After working as a recruiting advisor for the largest human recourse company in Japan, she decided to give it all up to pursue a career as a professional singer and dancer. She performed in Disney's THE LION KING for several years in Japan. Rumi moved to the United States  after she left the musical company and became a bi-coastal actress/singer/dancer. She's a proud member of SAG/AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild), AEA (Actors Equity Association) and SDC (Stage Directors and Choreographers Society).  

 

Rumi made her broadway debut in 2015 in the show ALLEGIANCE starring George Takei and Lea Salonga, originating the role of "Mrs. Tanaka". Rumi appeared in the feature film RUNNING FOR GRACE as Miss Hanabusa playing opposite Matt Dillon and Jim Caviezel. The film now is on Amazon Prime. 

 

Rumi choreographed and performed in SAYONARA at Theatre Row and received a 2016 Fred and Adele Astaire Award for OUTSTANDING FEMALE DANCER Off-Broadway. The first time this award was given to a Japanese artist. 

 

Rumi choreographed A Dance for Learning 2017. A global conference with Michelle Obama as keynote speaker. She has been working with Broadway producer Elliott Masie on creating several new dance performances. In 2018, she was nominated by the BroadwayWorld Regional Awards for ALLEGIANCE - LA, Aratani Theater. 

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Her past credits include;

 

ALLEGIANCE (Broadway/ Longacre Theatre)

 

MISS SAIGON (Sacramento Music Circus and Gateway Playhouse) 

 

THE KING AND I (Sacramento Music Circus, Olney Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Theater Of The Stars and Carousel Dinner Theater)

 

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNUM COUNTY SPELLING BEE (Porthouse Theatre)

 

BRUCE LEE: JOURNEY TO THE WEST Broadway workshop (Dir. Bartlett Sher)

 

SAYONARA (Pan Asian Theater Rep)

 

BYE BYE BIRDIE (Porthouse Theatre)

 

HEART OF HERO (Opera at National Constitution Center)

 

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Player’s Theater)

 

Disney's Production of THE LION KING (Shiki Theater Company, Tokyo and Nagoya)

 

and many more.

 

She has worked with talented and amazing directors such as Bartlett Sher, Stafford Arima, Baayork Lee, Marcia Milgrom Dodge, David Henry Hwang, Suzan Kikuchi, Richard Stafford, Marc Robin, Bob Durkin, Stephen Bourneuf, Vince Pesce and Kim Weild. 

 

Rumi is always grateful of the precious experience with them and hoping to teach what she learned from them back to others.