Moscow rigger, teacher, performer, writer and Shibaru organizer. RopeFest Peterburg 2026 says Yakov began his broader kink path in 2007, entered shibari in 2018, worked at Kinky Party, Kinky Soft, NZM, RedClub, WPP and other events, became a RopeDay / SON resident, performs shibari numbers and art performances, teaches master classes, and joined Shibaru as an organizer in summer 2023. A separate RopeFest 2026 listing gives him a lecture / partial-demonstration master class on functional one- and two-rope bondage. His 2023 Telegraph article under the KINKKNIGHT name was published as part of the Shibaru project and includes RopeDayMoscow action context, while a Wonderful People post places him in a Moscow rope-practice lineup with Nikita Ropekit, Nick Freerider, Zevsa and Alex Hitch.
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.