Nagare Aotsuki (蒼月流)

Nagare Aotsuki (蒼月流) is a Japanese kinbakushi.

Era: 2000s

KINBAKUSHI · DOMINANT

Japanese kinbakushi / dominant and Kansai / Tokyo SM-scene organizer. The official ARCADIA Osaka site traces Nagare's venue network from Alcatraz SM Circle in 2000 to ARCADIA Osaka in 2003, ARCADIA Tokyo in 2009 and Titty Twister in 2016; Nawapedia also identifies him with MAJESTIC SM Bar in Shinjuku in 2014 and regular TOKYO ULTIMANIA SM-event organizing at ARCADIA Tokyo. ARCADIA Tokyo sources place Tesshin Doyama as the Tokyo venue's 2009 general manager and later owner, while Nagare remains the ARCADIA Group / Osaka origin location. Kinbaku Today's 2015 interview frames Nagare as an Osaka-based kinbakushi dom, ARCADIA / MAJESTIC operator, Alcatraz Circle and Shibunawa-kai instigator, with a style fusing traditional rope and sadomasochism. He describes Akechi Denki's ropework as a partial influence and links Shibunawa-kai to close collaboration with Ranki Kazami and Nawanojoh in the Kansai kinbaku scene.

Influences (mutual or directional): Akechi Denki, Tesshin Doyama, Sin.

Collaborators: Kazami Ranki.

Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: ARCADIA Group, ARCADIA Osaka, ARCADIA Tokyo, Titty Twister, Onawa Asobi, Toubaku.