Mai Randa

Randa (乱田) family name, Mai (舞) first name (1959- 2022)

Mai Randa is a kinbakushi who became famous and influential in the worldwide rope scene in the early 2000s through discovery of his works.

Mai Randa

Activities

Kinbakushi, AV Director.

Alternate Names

乱田舞(Japanese)

Biography

1959: Born in Tokyo on March 25th.

1979: Starts SM club and rope bondage activity.

1986: Begins to question his interests and starts to form his own new style of SM.

1997: Kinbaku Course Supplement in the July issue of Bizarre Magazine (Japan).

2003: Launches SM bar “Ranbukan” in Roppongi.

2005: Starts “Mai Randa’s Kinbaku School.”

2006: Produces DX Kabukicho SM Show.

2016: Launches "Bar Ranbukan" in Roppongi.

2022: Randa passes away on September 4th.

Interesting points

• For a time, Randa passes on the name "Mai Randa II" to Natsuki Aoyama.

• Mai Randa was impressed after watching Denki Akechi’s performance in the 1980s and looked up to him. During the interview, he said, “If I hadn't seen that Akechi's show, I would never be who I am now.”

Selected Works

How-to-Kinbaku (Video)

• Complete Manual for Kinbaku: Beginners Edition (Bucky Visual Planning, 2002)
• Complete Manual for Kinbaku: Intermediate Edition (Bucky Visual Planning, 2002)
• Complete Manual for Kinbaku: Advanced Edition (Bucky Visual Planning, 2002)
• Randa Mai's Manual for Kinabaku: Beginners' Class 1 (Bakki-Ryu, 2004)
• Randa Mai's Manual for Kinabaku: Beginners' Class 2 (Bakki-Ryu, 2004)
• Randa Mai's Manual for Kinabaku: Intermediate Class 1 (Bakki-Ryu, 2004)
• Randa Mai's Manual for Kinabaku: Intermediate Class 2 (Bakki-Ryu, 2004)
• Randa Mai's Manual for Kinabaku: Intermediate Class 3 (Bakki-Ryu, 2004)
• Randa Mai's Manual for Kinabaku: Advanced Class 1 (Bakki-Ryu, 2004)
• Randa Mai's Manual for Kinabaku: Advanced Class 2 (Bakki-Ryu, 2004)

DVD

• The Slave Oath 2 (Attackers) Director: Mai Randa
• Tokyo Torture Chamber #1-#5 (Samurai Video, 1998)
• SM ism 2nd (2008)
• Pain Gate (Kumon Ranbu) (2008)

Magazines

• Rope Use Taught by a Pro: How to Tie for Sex - Positions Incorporating Kinbaku (BIZARRE MAGAZINE, 2001)
• Mai Randa's SM Forum (SM Spiral, Oct 1996 - Sep 1997)
• Kinbaku Course Addendum (BIZARRE MAGAZINE, Jul 1997)
• Kinbaku Course Addendum (BIZARRE MAGAZINE, Sep 1997)

Books

• Kinbakushi Monologues (Kindle)

External Links

• Monologue: "Masochism". Ranbu HP. (English translation)
• Monologue: "Kinbakushi". Ranbu HP. (English translation)
• Monologue: "SM". Ranbu HP. (English translation)

Connections

Natsuki Aoyama