Kinichi Tanaka
Tanaka (田中) family name, Kinichi (欣一]) first name
Kinichi Tanaka is a photographer for SM magazines and was involved in erotic films during the Pink Film era.
Activities
Photographer
Alternate Name(s)
田中欣一(Japanese)
Biography
1947: Born in Saitama prefecture.
1968: Graduates from Department of Photographic Art, School of Art, Nippon University.
1969: Is hired as a photographer for Toei.
1970: Becomes a still photographer for Pink Films.
1971: Founds photographic office and took still photos of pink films.
1971: Photographs for SM Fan.
1987: Main photographer of S&M Sniper.
1997: Founds Tanaka Kinichi Photograph Office.
2002: Distributes SM kinbaku photos on the "Sadistic Monkey" website.
2010: Opens "Kin's Bar" at Kannon Studio. Hiromi Saotome and Shikou Shima participate in first show.
2010: Vanilla Gallery holds the "Kinichi Tanaka X Kiyoaki Kanai #2 'Joint Exhibition'" from Sep 20th to Oct 2nd.
2014: Conducts his kinbaku photo club until around this year.
Interesting Point(s)
Was in charge of bondage for many Pink Films.
Used the name Baron Skunk in "Uniform Collection."
Used the name John Manichiro in S&M Sniper's "World's Fair Hall of Cruelty."
Selected Works
- Fury of the Queen Bee of Flowers (1975)
- Naomi Tani Shibaru! (1977)
- DOMINA - Hitomi Kodo Photo Collection (Tairiku Shobo, 1992)
- Ukiyo Soushi Kate Asabuki Kinbaku Photo Collection (Hokuo Shobo, 1995). Bondage by Denki Akechi.
- Kinbaku Travelogue - Kinichi Tanaka Photo Collection (Hokuo Shobo, 1997)
- SEX CINE-MATRIX: the earliest works of Kin-ichi Tanaka~the "Pink" era (Wailea Publishing, 2007)
