Megumi Eda was born in Nagano, Japan. At the age of 17 she joined the Hamburg Ballet. There, and later as a member of the Dutch National Ballet and the Rambert Dance Company she worked with several legendary choreographers including John Neumeier, Christopher Bruce, Jiri Kylian, Hans van Manen and William Forsythe. In 2004 she moved to NYC as a founding member of the Armitage Gone! Dance company. In addition to her 15 years of work with Karole Armitage, she has collaborated with Yoshiko Chuma since 2014 as a performer and filmmaker. She won a Bessie Award in 2004.