Sachiyo Ito is an educator, choreographer, and has performed and taught Japanese dance for the last 52 years in the United States. In 2008, she received Foreign Minister’s Award from Japan in recognition of her work of promoting Japanese arts and culture, and to bridge peoples of the USA and Japan, in 2011 received City's Proclamation commemorating her company's 30 years of community service.

Born in Tokyo, she holds a M.A. and Ph.D. in Dance from New York University, and was awarded the name Sachiyo Fujima from the Fujima School of Japanese classical dance in Tokyo. She has taught at major colleges including the Juilliard School and New York University as Adjunct Professor and has been a visiting professor at colleges around the USA.

In 1981 she founded Sachiyo Ito and Company, a professional dance company and a school of Japanese dance, as well as a non-profit organization, to dedicate community services in New York, and to further choreograph Japanese dances based on traditional Japanese aesthetics.

Extensive performance credits in Japan, USA, South America, and Europe include American Dance Festival, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Japan Society, Asia Society, New York City Center, Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Dublin Theatre Festival, and Bonn International Dance Workshop.