Hayakawa Yoshikazu (早川良一)

Hayakawa Yoshikazu (早川良一), born 1949, is a Japanese writer in the Nureki lineage.

Era: 1970s

WRITER · VENUE OWNER

Japanese writer and Roppongi SM-bar operator born in 1949, publicly known as Hige. In a direct Kinbaku Today interview Hayakawa describes writing for SM Sniper and operating Hige Salon / Mugen, where Naka Akira gave his first public performance in 2001. The interview also records Hayakawa's own distinction that he did not regard himself as a kinbakushi, so the Atlas does not label him nawashi.

School: Nureki lineage

Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: Mugen SM Bar.