Nicolas Yoroi is a Belgian nawashi in the Osada / Western.
Era: 2010s
NAWASHI · TEACHER · PHOTOGRAPHER
Belgian rope artist, educator, rigger and photographer with 20+ years in rope. Aikidoka since 1997 — martial-arts background became his main influence for life and kinbaku. Spent four years in Japan studying under Go Arisue, dedicating himself to Aikidō, Japanese culture and the art of rope. Has also studied with Tesshin Doyama, Hajime Kinoko, Ottonawa, Kazami Ranki, Felix Ruckert, Shadow, and Pedro Cordas. Began teaching rope bondage in 2011; upon returning to Europe developed his own tying style, 'Yoroi-ryu'. Opened a Brussels dojo in 2015; the current Nicolas's Dojo site lists a Brussels / Anderlecht dojo address and frames the dojo around rope art, self-study, dance, massage, martial arts, performance, power exchange and safety. His work integrates Aikidō, Thai massage, contact-improvisation and the System A approach. Recurring EURIX teacher and Anatomie Studio guest; collaborator with Felix Ruckert.
School: Osada / Western
Teachers / direct apprenticeship lineage: Go Arisue.
An interactive genealogy of bakushi and kinbaku —
the Japanese rope traditions that grew from Edo-period hojōjutsu
through twentieth-century SM magazines into today's global
shibari scene.
The map currently holds 320 people,
238 studios, events, works and context nodes
and 1394 documented connections across
9 eras. Each record is sourced
from public material — Nawapedia, ShibariStudy, festival
rosters, interviews, archived studio pages — and curated by a
single researcher.
This is a beta version: the structure, sources
and interface are public enough to explore, but the map is still
being expanded and corrected.
How to read it
Vertical position is time: the 1800s at the
top, the 2020s at the bottom. Cards are coloured by
school or lineage; lines between them carry
the relationship type — solid amber for direct apprenticeship
(deshi), dashed for influence or peer study, thinner
coloured lines for venues, magazines, or productions. Click a
card to open its bio, antecedents and descendants. Filters in
the top bar narrow by era, entity type, or relationship.
Caveats
Inclusion is selective: a person or studio appears only when
there's enough public evidence to anchor them meaningfully.
Missing birth years are deliberate — many practitioners don't
publicise them. Errors and gaps will exist; corrections
welcome at pussynawa@proton.me.