Masato Marai
Masato Marai, born 1957, is a Japanese nawashi in the Akechi lineage.
Born: 1957
Present Era: 1980s
NAWASHI · WRITER · TEACHER
Japanese kinbakushi born 1957. In the 1970s attended university and worked in architectural design while writing SM stories for SM Select and SM Fan magazines. Served as assistant to Chimuo Nureki and Norio Sugiura for SM Fan. His documented instructional work includes 'Masato Marai's Art of Bondage for Advanced 2' (Sanwa Publishing, 2010). The four-volume 2002 'Secrets of Shibari Tying for SM' series was previously misattributed here and belongs to Nagaike Takeshi.
School: Akechi lineage
Places
Sources
- Nawapedia: Masato Marai catalogue record
- Kinbakunomicon: About Shibari catalogue record
- Kinbakunomicon: Tying With 4.8mm Asanawa - Aimi Sawada catalogue record
- Kinbakunomicon: A Different Kind of Bondage and a Beautiful Woman - Haruki Oka catalogue record
- Kinbakunomicon: Plump Kinbaku - Mariko Miura catalogue record
- Kinbakunomicon: The shibari model who appeared in a cosmetics commercial - Yuko Tamura catalogue record
- Nawapedia: S&M Sniper catalogue record
Collaborators: Nureki Chimuo, Norio Sugiura.
Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: S&M Sniper.