Kenichi Ebina

**Kenichi Ebina** was a Dancer act from FantasyAGT: Battle of the Champions. He was eliminated in the Semifinals.

## Background

Kenichi Ebina is a solo self-taught dance performer, started out dancing Freestyle HipHop and expanding his style to Poppin’, Lockin’, 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 “Amateur Night” at the world famous Apollo Theater in 2001 as the first Japanese performer. In 2007, Kenichi appeared on dance contest of “Showtime at the Apollo” 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 Arts's first full-length show premiered at USA's 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 "Angelina Ballerina" as a featured dance performer. Occasionally he has been performing for high class show club, "The BOX" in NYC and London, and "The ACT" in Las Vegas. [1]

## Preliminary

Kenichi Ebina's preliminary performance in Episode BC04 consisted of dancing a Matrix-inspired performance with martial arts and mime included. Mike, Saf, Pennies and Fresh all gave him standing ovations. His performance was strong enough for the judges to send him to the Judge Cuts instead of Robotboys.

## Judge Cuts

Kenichi Ebina's Judge Cuts performance in Episode BC06 consisted of dancing and miming to create the impression of him fighting monsters, swimming, encountering a fire breather, and destroying a robot. To create the illusion, a video played on a screen behind him; the video featured pre-recorded footage in which he dressed up and acted as the monsters, fire breather, and robot in a video game-themed story. Mike, Saf, guest judge Fuz, Pennies and Fresh all gave him standing ovations. His performance was strong enough for the judges to send him to the Quarterfinals.

## Quarterfinals

Kenichi Ebina's Quarterfinals performance in Episode BC011 consisted of dancing a routine in which he told the story of him dying and being resurrected into an angel, flying into heaven, at one point portraying the illusion of him flying with flashing lights. Mike, Saf, Pennies and Fresh all gave him standing ovations. He finished in either 6th or 7th place in the vote. In the Judges' Choice, although Mike didn't voted for him, Saf, Pennies and Fresh did, sending him to the Semifinals instead of John Mulaney.

## Semifinals

Kenichi Ebina's Semifinals performance in Episode BC016 consisted of dancing a routine in front of a pre-recorded video to create the impression of him confronting an alternate self in a mirror. Mike, Saf, Pennies and Fresh all gave him standing ovations. He did not receive enough votes to advance to the Finals, eliminating him from the competition along with Kristy Sellars and instead of Zurcaroh.