Kiko Rope

Kiko Rope is a Japanese teacher in the Kazami-ryū.

Era: 1990s

TEACHER · KINBAKUSHI

Japanese mistress, kinbakushi, interpreter and Kazami-style teacher publicly working as Kiko Rope / Mistress Kiko. Nawapedia traces her professional SM start to 1994, S&M Sniper modeling and 1996 BAR-BARA Kyoto performance work, and later documents her interpreter / coordinator role for Japanese kinbakushi in North America including Kinoko Hajime, Kasumi Hourai, Ranki Kazami, Akira Naka and Nawashi Kanna. Her official KIKO ROPE site and 2023 Shibari Study podcast place her in Los Angeles as a shibari instructor and Japanese dominatrix; in that interview she says Kazami Ranki taught her and names Koizumi as another teacher. Nawapedia records that in 2025 she became an official teacher of Ranki Kazami's style of kinbaku.

School: Kazami-ryū

Certifications / instructor licenses from: Kazami Ranki.

Influences (mutual or directional): Naka Akira.

Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: BAR-BARA Kyoto.