Born and raised in Japan, Miu Kato has trained in classical ballet since childhood at the Kaneta Kono Ballet Academy. She has received numerous awards in national and international competitions, including second place at the Japan Dance Competition in 2014 and third place at the Youth American Grand Prix New York in 2016. Since 2018, she has been actively involved with La Dance Contrastée. In 2019, she was assistant choreographer to Megumi Nakamura for the KAAT production of Huis clos.

Miu has also performed works by Ayuko Kaneta, Megumi Nakamura, Mari Nakahara, Masahiro Yanagimoto, Kaoru Kagaya, Naoko Ikegami, Harumi Takeuchi, Yuya Yoshizaki, Travis Clausen-Knight, Paul Julius, and others. Since 2021, she has been a member of the artistic team at the Japan Choreographic Center. In recent years, she has also been actively involved in choreography and teaching. Miu joined Ballets Jazz Montréal in August 2023.