| Cole Horibe | |
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| Season | Season 9 |
| Birthday | August 26, 1985 |
| Age | 39 |
| Hometown | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| So You Think You Can Dance Profile | |
| Age during Season | 26 |
| Partner(s) | Lindsay Arnold Anya Garnis (all-star) Allison Holker (all-star) Melanie Moore (all-star) Eliana Girard |
| Placement | Top 6 |
| All-Star Profile | |
Cole Horibe (born August 26, 1985) is a Martial Arts Fusion dancer. He competed in the ninth season of So You Think You Can Dance and placed in the Top 6.
Biography[]
Horibe was born and raised in Honolulu. He graduated from the University of Hawaii with a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies. After dancing for three years in high school, he quit dancing, believing he had relatively little talent in dance (as opposed to martial arts) and continued to train in various martial arts and studied acting - his career aspiration. Having studied martial arts for most of his life, Cole incorporates a martial arts flavor into his choreography - a dance style which he calls "Martial Arts Fusion." His sister Cara Horibe is a member of the dance troupe Fanny Pak, which performed in contention on the television show America's Best Dance Crew. He has been trained in jazz, hip-hop, ballet, modern, and ballroom.
So You Think You Can Dance[]
Horibe first auditioned for season 9 in Los Angeles, California.
To see all of Cole Horibe's performances from Season 9, click here.
Post-SYTYCD[]
Horibe has since performed in Broadway productions of The King and I (Lincoln Center Theatre Broadway Revival, 2015) and M. Butterfly (Broadway Revival Production, 2017)as well as Off-Broadway in Kung Fu (Signature Theatre Company Production, 2014) as Bruce Lee. He as guest starred in film and television, Hawaii Five-O, Another Dance With Death, Unspoken and Precision.
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Trivia[]
- Cole is a descendant from the famous 47 Ronin Samurai.
- He not only takes his dancing seriously, but he also takes his acting very seriously.
- He, along with Chehon and Cyrus, have a hand gesture signifying that all their names start with the letter C. They call themselves "Cx3".
| Season 9 Contestants |
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Alexa Anderson · Amber Jackson · Amelia Lowe · Audrey Case · Brandon Mitchell · Chehon Wespi-Tschopp · Cole Horibe · Cyrus Spencer · Daniel Baker · Dareian Kujawa · Eliana Girard · George Lawrence · Janaya French · Janelle Issis · Lindsay Arnold · Matthew Kazmierczak · Nick Bloxsom-Carter · Tiffany Maher · Will Thomas · Witney Carson |