Ken Shiozawa was born in Japan and raised in Irvine, California. They began their training at age seven at the Maple Conservatory of Dance, under the artistic direction of Charles Maple. They spent their senior year of high school attending Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s Full-Time Program and have attended various summer programs including Washington Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, and Oklahoma City Ballet. In the summer of 2018, they toured and performed works in various cities throughout Eastern Europe with Butler Ballet. In May of 2020, they graduated with a BFA in Dance Performance from Butler University and now attends the University of Wisconsin Superior as a graduate student in Clinical Mental Health.

Ken also choreographs, with their most recent works being performed at the Duluth/ Superior Pride Festival and for Renverse Ballet's Virtual Performance. In 2019, they attended Regional Dance America’s National Choreography Intensive as a Project Tier Choreographer. Ken also teaches ballet, jazz and modern for the School of Minnesota Ballet.

Among their many performances, Ken’s featured roles include Puck in Bruce Well's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Snow King and Lumberjack in Karl von Rabenau’s Nutcracker: A Duluth Tale, Prince Ivan in Flavia Garcia’s Firebird, the Wizard in Darren’s McIntyre’s Wizard of Oz, a soloist in Durante Verzola’s Spirited Syncopations, and the Bluebird in Butler Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty. They have also worked with notable choreographers including LeeWei Chao, Thom Dancy, and Ashley McQueen. This will be Ken’s fourth season with the Minnesota Ballet.