Makoto

Makoto is a semenawa rigger.

Era: 2020s

SEMENAWA RIGGER · PERFORMER

Tokyo-based semenawa rigger and performer working publicly as Makoto / @Htomakoto. Makoto formerly worked at Bar UBU as staff and a rope instructor and has studied NAKA Style aesthetics with Naka Akira since 2023. Makoto and Imo have worked together since 2022, performed at Onawa Asobi Europe in 2024 and return to Antwerp in 2026.

Places

Based in Tokyo, Japan

Official links

@Htomakoto

Sources

X: Makoto / @Htomakoto catalogue record
Onawa Asobi Europe: Makoto & Imo catalogue record
Shibari Lounge: Onawa Asobi Europe 2024 — Makoto & Imo catalogue record
Onawa Asobi Europe 2026: current two-day programme catalogue record

Influences (mutual or directional): Naka Akira.

Collaborators: Imo.

Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: Bar UBU, Onawa Asobi Europe.