Rumi Kasuga
春日 (姓) family name, ルミ (名) first name
Rumi Kasuga is a popular Showa-era kinbakushi and mistress who first appeared in Kitan Club in 1954. She had a passion for tormenting men, and she was often identified as a "Sadistine."[1] She wrote articles about herself in the 1950s, and she continued with a series of scene reports in Kitan Club in the 1970s. There are also a small number of photos where she is tied as a model.
Activities
Model, Mistress, Kinbakushi.
Alternate Names
春日ルミ (Japanese)
Biography
1930: Born in Osaka. Parents were an office worker and a shopkeeper.
1940s: Spends a lot of time around the red light district growing up.
1940s: After the war, Kasuga discovers her desire for dominating men during a relationship with a man who was four years older than her.
1950s: While looking at photos of women pressing high heels in men’s necks, Kasuga writes, “some kind of animal instinct flared up within my body.”[2]
1954: Kasuga contacts Kitan Club and is hired on a monthly contract.[※ 1]
1954: Debuts in Kitan Club July.
1973: After and extended break, Kasuga appears in Kitan Club again in the August issue.
Interesting points
Rumi Kasuga’s bondage was credited as “Design by Rumi Kasuga”.[3]
Owner of “Bridge” in Shinsekai, Osaka, which broke new ground in gay SM. There is evidence[4] that Kitagawa[5] witnessed SM play between Kasuga and a male partner, and this is the basis for saying she was a mistress in private.
She worked often with Masako Ibuki and Shozo Konuma (Onuma).
Selected Works
- Don't Hurt Me So Much (Kitan Club, 1954) Pin-up page
- The Gentleman I Led Around by the Nose (Kitan Club, Oct 1973)
- People of Kitan Club (2003) Features: Rumi Kasuga.
Notes
References (※)
- ↑ Kasuga, Rumi. The Men Under My Bottom. Kitan Club. Aug 1973.
