Kinoko Hajime
Hajime(一) family name; Kinoko(鬼のこ) first name, (1977- )
Activities
Kinbakushi
Alternate Name(s)
一鬼のこ(Japanese), Hide(ヒデ)
Biography
1977: Born in Nagoya.
2004: Kinbaku performance with Reina Masuyama.
2006: Show at DX Kabukicho.
2006: Regular show at Club Sleeping Beauty, Tokyo.
2008: Installation with Marti Guixé in Designtide Tokyo.
2009: Performance in Taiwan.
2010: Performance in UK.
2011 Jan 29-30: Organized Toubaku where Midori, Esinem, Nawashi Murakawa, Shin, Charm, Steve Osada, Nagare Aotsuki, Ranki Kazami, Akira Naka, Hiromi Saotome and Tsubaki Kanda perform.
2013: Appears on Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown: Tokyo (Season 2 Episode 7)
2013: Appears on Vice's "Bondage Art with Hajime Kinoko."
2020: Appears as member of "Kinbaku New Wave and Asian Humanities" symposium at University of Kyoto's Unit of Kyoto Initiatives for Humanities and Social Sciences. Model Aimi and kinbakushi Mineko Fuji also take part.
Selected Works
DVD
- Nawashi (Directed by Hirose, 2008)
- Hajime Kinoko's Intro to Modern Kinbaku - Beginner Edition (一鬼のこの現代緊縛入門 初級編) (2015)
- Hajime Kinoko's Intro to Modern Kinbaku - Intermediate Edition (一鬼のこの現代緊縛入門 中級編) (2016)
Books
- Red - Kinoko Hajime Rope Art Book (Myway, 2016)
- Kinoko Hajime Photo Essay - Once in a Lifetime (Sanwa, 2016)
