Junko was born in Yomitan Village, on the main island of Okinawa, Japan. Her late uncle, a professional actor of Taishin Za and dancer of the Okinawa Dance Company, took Junko to the theater when she was only six months to play the part of a baby in a play.

She began practicing Ryukyu Dance at the age of five when her mother, also a dancer, began taking Junko along to dance school. Starting with her first performance at the age of seven at the Yomitan Village Town Hall, Junko had numerous performance experiences during her years in Okinawa, including recitals of the dance school.

Moving to Tokyo after graduating high school, Junko studied Japanese traditional dance at the Gojo Ryu School while attending college, and she attained a certificate of Natori, Gojo Miyano. Her first performance in that style was at the National Theater in Tokyo in 1985.

Junko resides in New York City and performs at cultural events and recitals in the New York metropolitan area, upstate New York, and Connecticut.

Also known for her choreography, Junko performed her original dance in the cast of "Hana, A Chamber Opera in One Act" in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 2011. She also performed in the Harlem Dance Caravan Summer Stage program in 2014.

Junko performs a wide range of Ryukyuan dances. The genres of these dances are:

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Program of lecture and workshop:

Classical dance and Classical Sanshin playing and singing, Popular dance and Popular Sanshin playing and singing, and Folk dance and Folk Sanshin playing and singing.

Please contact Junko to book her for your next event at (718) 631-2637, or you may e-mail her at Junko@JunkoFisher.com