Barcelona-based shibari/kinbaku artist, rope switch, teacher and performer, working with partner Vik as Vik & Gala. Started from the bottom/model role before developing curiosity for tying others and self-tying. Yugen Studio's 2026 bottoming-workshop bio presents her as an international teacher and performer as bottom, rigger and self-suspender, with a dark, strong, delicate and erotic Semenawa-oriented style and an active, conscious bottoming focus. Together Vik and Gala teach internationally, perform live sessions, were invited to Milan to participate in the Kinbaku Lab research group, created Kinbaku Lab Barcelona with other riggers and bottoms, and run Shizen Studio Barcelona. EURIX 2023 / 2026 presenter, including a separate 2026 Gala Kinshinawa newcomer trace.
An interactive genealogy of bakushi and kinbaku —
the Japanese rope traditions that grew from Edo-period hojōjutsu
through twentieth-century SM magazines into today's global
shibari scene.
People
343
Entities
269
Connections
1546
Eras
9
Each record is sourced from public material — Nawapedia,
ShibariStudy, festival rosters, interviews, archived studio
pages — and curated by a single researcher.
Beta — structure and interface are public;
data is still being expanded and corrected.
How to read it
Vertical position is time: the 1800s at the
top, the 2020s at the bottom. Cards are coloured by
school or lineage; lines between them carry
the relationship type:
deshi — direct apprenticeship
influence — peer study, mentorship
thinner colours — venue, magazine, production
card colour = school / lineage
Click a card to open its bio, antecedents and descendants.
Filters in the top bar narrow by era, entity type, or
relationship.
Caveats
Inclusion is selective: a person or studio appears only when
there's enough public evidence to anchor them meaningfully.
Missing birth years are deliberate — many practitioners don't
publicise them. Errors and gaps will exist; corrections
welcome at pussynawa@proton.me.