Otonawa (音縄)

Otonawa (音縄) is a Japanese kinbakushi in the Ichinawa-ryū.

Era: 2010s

KINBAKUSHI · TEACHER

Tokyo-based kinbakushi, teacher and performer in Hajime Kinoko's Ichinawakai / ROPES orbit. Kinoko's ROPES page says Otonawa debuted in January 2009 through a collaborative kinbaku show with Hajime Kinoko, studied under Kinoko for many years, teaches at Ichinawakai, and has toured shows and workshops with his wife Tsubasa across 14 countries / 25 cities. RopeMarks additionally frames his practice as having Kitagawa-ryu roots and describes him as a long-time member of Kinoko's Ichinawa-kai group. Nawapedia and the official Titty Twister site place him at Titty Twister, the Kabukicho / Shinjuku SM & fetish bar that opened in the mid-2010s, and list early international teaching / performance traces including Peer Rope Copenhagen, Australia, Canada and Los Angeles.

School: Ichinawa-ryū

Certifications / instructor licenses from: Hajime Kinoko.

Influences (mutual or directional): Kitagawa, Andrea Ropes, Alberto Noshibari, Yukiscream.

Collaborators: Tsubasa Wing, Wakabayashi Miho.

Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: Ichinawakai, Titty Twister, London Festival of Rope Art / Japanese Bondage, Onawa Asobi, Jyo-mon / 縄門, Toubaku, Bondage Expo Dallas.