Kai Navarro

Kai Navarro is a rigger.

Era: 2010s

RIGGER · TEACHER · ORGANIZER

Costa Rican rigger, rope educator, organizer and editor active in the EscenaCR orbit since the early 2010s. Public MsC Worldwide presenter bios identify `Master Kai` as active in community from 2012, co-director of EscenaCR and editor of its e-magazine from 2013, a shibari instructor in the rope community later known as `Sinistra`, creator of `Sinistra` as a `nawakai` in 2017, MAsT San José director from 2019 and organizer of monthly `Shibari Live Shows` from 2022; the 2026 presenter page separately lists him as director at Sinistra (Nawakai). An official Festival BDSM Fetish Colombia recording places Kai Navarro, representing EscenaCR and Costa Rica, in its June 2020 Hispano-American colloquium. Shibari Night Bogotá's programme for the third Bogotá Shibari Week names him as an international speaker and as the leader of a March 2024 practical session on pain anatomy and biomechanics in shibari. Additional public material connects Kai Navarro / Rigger Kai to EscenaCR rope education through a 2022 Genially presentation on Japanese shibari aesthetics, older EscenaCR WordPress translation and editorial work around Yukimura material, the Rigger Kai Notion blog, his public YouTube channel and the current Aethy `Rigger Kai` profile. His public record establishes a durable Costa Rican rope-organizer and educator role; it does not document a formal lineage, rank or certification.

Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: Bogotá Shibari Week.