Ricardo Murillo : Champion of the Cabaret division at the World Salsa Championship (WSC) held in Las Vegas in 2005. He is a skilled dancer with a track record of placing in numerous salsa world competitions. He served as a judge at the 2007 WSC in Beijing and was selected as the image character and special guest for the 2008 Salsa World Congress in Switzerland.

Claudia Nuñez : A native of Cali, Colombia, she achieved numerous first and second-place finishes in national salsa competitions before participating in international competitions such as salsa world championships. She is currently an active dancer and instructor at Baile Stilo y Sabor, the dance academy founded by her instructor, Ricardo.

He is the one of the most important representatives of the Afro dance in the world. He has danced for 21 years in the national folklore of Cuba, becoming first dancer from the year 2005. He has not only danced in the best stages of the world, but also given his knowledge to the professionals who dance today, teacher of teachers.
He is a percussionist and multifunctional dancer, not only dances Afro Cuban, manages all Cuban popular rhythms. He knows the history of the dances, including in his classes or his dances the history of the Black Dance, in the other word, He is the living culture of Cuba.

After graduating from university, she moved to New York alone. There, she was selected as the first and only Asian professional member of the Yamulee Dance Company, the world's top salsa team, since its founding. After four years at Yamulee, she went to France and worked in Europe as a professional dancer invited by the Aregria Dance Company.
Her beautiful long limbs, expressiveness, and precision in spinning are the best among world-class professional salsa dancers.
She has been invited to congresses and competitions in more than 20 countries and has performed on many big stages. From 2018 she will challenge the world competition. She has won World Salsa Solo, Canadian International Competition, Liberty Dance Championship, etc. In 2020, she won 3rd place in the world's largest salsa competition, the first Asian to do so. She is now a mother of one child, but while performing overseas, she is the only one who combines a method for Asians to dance like Latin people and a salsa dance training method that has been prepared in Japan. The second lesson is being developed nationwide and around the world.

RAVSHAN VALIEV : Mambo Dancer / Instructor / Choreographer / Rav & Yuko Mambo Academy Director / Adolfo Indacochea Mambo Excellence Certified Instructor

Rav & Yuko Mambo Academy Director / Adolfo Indacochea Mambo Excellence Certified Instructor

Originally from Uzbekistan.
Since his days at the Palaidium, he has pursued the modern mambo in both dance and music, and is energetically disseminating it. As a mambo dancer, he has appeared on numerous stages in Japan and abroad. He is also active as an invited instructor. His energetic dance style unique to men and powerful and gentlemanly pair dance leader lessons are popular.

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Yuko Akiba

Salsa Dancer / Choreographer / National Public Safety Commission Approved / Japan Dance Sports Federation Certified Instructor / Japan Salsa Association Certified Instructor

Rav & Yuko Mambo Academy Director / Adolfo Indacochea Mambo Excellence Certified Instructor

Born in Yokohama City.
She has performed on stages in North America, South America, Europe, Russia, Asia and Oceania. She is also works as an invited instructor and competition judge. She has also appeared as a salsa dancer in TV commercials, variety shows, national programs, Univision, and music videos.
She also visits numerous salsa music live stages, and her motto is to convey the relationship and enjoyment of music and dance.

Since 2019, they have been active as a sensual bachata and salsa dance duo, primarily based in Okinawa, while also conducting various workshops and performances both in Japan and abroad, including in Asia. With a dynamic and musicality-rich style, they are dedicated to conveying the joy of dance to both dancers and spectators. Their workshops are known for being fun and easy to understand, as they skillfully teach the charm of bachata with humor and clarity.

Andrés, a Japanese-Peruvian, has been living in Japan since 2009 and has more than 10 years of experience as an instructor of salsa and bachata. He actively participates in international bachata congresses, such as in the U.S. and South Korea, and performs as part of the men's team AndroLatino, both domestically and internationally.

Yuno, born and raised in Okinawa, began dancing salsa in 2013 and was later captivated by sensual bachata. She currently teaches bachata and salsa alongside Andrés, conducts boot camps, and performs as part of the ladies’ team Yunicas.

He has various experience of performing dance performances at the opening of the Salsa World Congress and many other shows. He has contributed greatly to the spread of salsa and casino in Fukuoka as a dancer and lecturer since he visited to Japan in 2000.
Currently he lives in Fukuoka. He is not only an experienced dancer and lecturer, but he has also worked as an event producer, director, DJ and choreographer.

She has been learning Latin dance at Tiempo Iberoamericano since 2013.
From the fall of 2015, she studied abroad for about 9 months in Cuba at the Afro-Cuban Dance Course at Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) where she studied with local students. Additionally, Yuka was taken under former National Folkloric Company of Cuba top dancers such as Israel Valdés, Yenis Flores and Ernesto Trujillo.
She is Tiempo Iberoamericano's Latin Dance Troupe "Anacaona" member since 2017.
From November 2019 she went to Barcelona and returned to Japan in March 2020.

Representative of San'in Salsa
In May 2019, she started promoting salsa in the San'in region from scratch. Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, she transformed her home’s old traditional house into a self-renovated studio, “Studio Mundo,” steadily establishing a Latin dance hub in her hometown.
At the age of 16, she went to study in Argentina. After living in Okinawa (MambOki) and joining the professional team of Majesty in Motion in the U.S., dance became her lifestyle. She also collaborated with dancers of various genres in Mexico, Peru, and Cuba. With a dream of sharing the potential and beauty of dance, she returned to her hometown in Shimane.
She continues to perform salsa, hold workshops, and lead classes both in Japan and internationally.

Current Main Activities :
• Every 3rd Saturday: Dance Lovers’ Night, Hiroshima
• Every 4th Friday: Dance Lovers’ Night, Yokohama
(Mio Fire) NIGHT FIRE In Shimane :
- Monthly Latin Night, Matsue
- Water Month Latin Fest (June)
- Kamiarizuki Latin Live (October)
- Dance in English (for preschoolers)
- San’in Chuo Culture Classes
- Salsa experience classes at the Citizens' Activity Center