Otonawa (おとなわ)
A Tokyo rope performer and teacher at the Kabukicho bar Titty Twister who debuted in 2009 in a show with Hajime Kinoko and has trained with him since, toured Europe, Australia and North America, and whose students teach the Otonawa-kai classes.
Otonawa is a Japanese rope performer and teacher based in Tokyo and one of the staff of Titty Twister, an SM bar in Kabukichō whose opening in September 2016 his profile records. Classes under his name, Otonawa-kai, are held there, and he holds an Ichinawakai instructor license.
Training
According to his profile on the Titty Twister site, Otonawa began learning rope in 2008 under a teacher named Ikki no Ko. In January 2009 he debuted in a bondage show with Hajime Kinoko and from then on trained with Kinoko. He took part in Ichinawakai’s seasonal rope gatherings, designed the stage art for its seasonal shows and became one of its instructors; Ichinawakai’s lesson page lists him among the holders of its second-class instructor license, which allows teaching up to the school’s 3rd grade. His profile also mentions earlier work as an instructor at two other rope classes and an instructional DVD from Sanwa Shuppan’s Mania Club line in which he demonstrated ties.
Performances
The profile describes him as a regular in the SM live shows at the DX Kabukichō theater, known for story-driven shows that draw on experience in theater and kabuki, and lists work in adult video.
Tours abroad
His profile lists a run of appearances outside Japan from 2011: the London bondage festival in October 2011, a fringe festival performance in Taiwan in 2012, a workshop in Rome in March 2013 and a tour of eleven cities in five European countries that October. In 2014 he performed at a festival in Melbourne as part of an Australian tour, appeared at a bondage event in Toronto, and visited New York, Florida, Los Angeles and Vancouver. In November 2015 he toured three US cities, Florida, Dallas and Los Angeles, with shows and workshops.
Otonawa-kai
The Otonawa-kai classes at Titty Twister are run by teachers who studied with him. A beginner session announced for October 2026 needed no booking and let people without a partner practice with other students or on their own bodies; the announcement notes that intermediate levels and above expect students to bring their own partner. The three instructors it names all trained with Otonawa, one of them having completed the Otonawa-kai intermediate course in 2023.