Steve Osada
Osada (長田) family name, Steve (スティーブ) first name
Activities
Kinbakushi
Alternate Name(s)
長田スティーブ(Japanese)
Biography
1979(c): Arrives in Tokyo and begins immersing himself in Japanese and Kinbaku magazines and videos.
1997(c): Photographs approximately 500 models for fashion and rope by the end of 1997.
1998(c): Meets grandmaster Eikichi Osada at a photo shoot at the Bondage Bar in Shinjuku and becomes his disciple (deshi).
1999(c): Performed weekly with Eikichi Osada at the Master's Bar in Roppongi.
1999(c): Starts contributing to "Letters From Tokyo in the German SM magazine Schlagzeilen (Drachenmann - Germany), reporting about the Kinbaku scene in Japan.
2000: Jan. Starts his first SM website FetishJapan.com.
2000: Apr. Opens StudioSIX club and performance space in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.
2000: Oct. Registers his second SM domain Asanawa.com.
2001(c): Starts running Eikichi Osada's shows after his mentor suffered a stroke.
2001: Sep. Shibari work appears in Wired Magazine.
2001: Oct. Takes over administration of the SM website Kikkou.com (now offline).
2002(c): Starts Studying under Denki Akechi.
2003: Sep. Begins career as a bondage artist for various Japanese video production companies.
2004: Sep. Appears in a Shibari Shoot for Playboy TV.
2005(c): Starts Studying under Kanna.
2006(c): Opens up the Kinbaku market abroad by establishing yearly workshop tours around the world.
2007: Jan. Starts studying under Haruki Yukimura.
2008: Jan. Issues the first licenses to certified Osada-Ryu instructors.
2008: Jul. Receives the bakushi name "Harumine" by Haruki Yukimura.
2009: Mar. Registers the SM domain Kinbaku.com.
2009(c): Starts Kinbaku.com and publishes photobook of selected works entitled, "Aiko".
2010: Mar. Starts working with Norio Sugiura.
2011-2014(c): Frequent TV appearances on all major German TV channels.
2015(c): 500th DVD is released (Bakushiden/縛師伝).
2016(c): 500th Kinbaku Live at Studio SIX satsueikai and performance.
2017(c): Starts studying under Ren Yagami.
2017: Aug. "Letters from Tokyo" book published.
2020(c): Starts regular online workshops via Zoom.
2021(c): Launches Kinbaku Academy.
Selected Works
How-to-Kinbaku
- 『Osada Steve On Rope- #1 Getting Started』
- 『Shibari - Die Kunst des erotischen Fesselns (Tutorial Vol.1)』(Off-Limits Media, 2010)
- 『Bakushiden/縛師伝』(Directed by Haruki Yukimura, 2015)
