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About Midori

An educator and columnist on adventurous sexuality, she's also the author of "The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage", "Master Han's Daughter" and "Wild Side Sex: The Book of Kink". Midori travels the world presenting to universities, education events, organizations and media.

She's known for her humanistic, humorous and warm classes that help people to spice up their sex lives and encourage self discovery and personal growth.

Her weekend intensives called "Femme Forte" and "Rope Bondage Dojo^®" have been sell-out hits for years. Information on her Rope Bondage Dojo^® Weekend Intensive is at www.RopeDojo.com

Information on her classes and special performance schedule: Fire Horse Productions, Inc.

Her art: Photography, Installation and Performance is at www.Ranshin.com

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Above image ©2006,
David Voltz

The Buzz About Midori

- "Men's Health Guide to the Best Sex in the World" - "LA Fashion scene notices Midori, in The J C Report" - "Dr. Lori talks to Midori about Sex Ed for Adults" - "Aurally Fixated on Midori - Babeland Blog Class Review" - "Taste of Sex Interviews Midori about Going Beyond Vanilla Sex"
- The San Francico Chronical - Madomoiselle - London Magazine UK, - Men's Health UK, - Here Magazine, - Scarlet UK - Der Spiegel - Black+White photography - Wired - British Esquire - Sojourner		- Mondo Eros BBC interview - Chronical podcast - On Our Backs - Secret - Skin Two - Ritual - Playboy - Penthouse - Taboo - Prometheus - Cuir Underground

Art Work Showcased at

- www.Ranshin.com
- Femina Potens Gallery, San Francisco, Art of Restraint 2009
- Seattle Erotic Art Festival, 2007, 2008, 2009
- Visual AID, San Francisco, 2006, 2007
- Femina Potens Gallery, San Francisco, BeefCake by CheeseCake Photography Exhibit 2006
- Tanz Quartier Wien of Museum Quartier, Vienna, Austria. Invited artist for Ong Keng Sen project 'Urban Fetish 2006
- Femina Potens Gallery, San Francisco, 'Path-Web-Choice' enveloping environment installation 2006
- Gallery Flux, San Francisco, installation and performance 2005
- Visiting artist 2004 & 2007, Das Arts, post-graduate performing art school in Amsterdam
- Rope art for Nick Knight, British Vogue 2003
- Rope art for Titiano Magni, several projects 2003

Books And Other Writings

* Master Han's Daughter ©2006 Circlet Press
* Wild Side Sex: The Book of Kink, ©2005 Daedalus Publishing
* Toybag Guide to Foot & Shoe Worship ©2005 Greenery press
* The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage, ©2001 Greenery Press
* Men's Health Guide to the Best Sex in the World,©2008 Contributing sex educator
* Men's Health UK "Ask Midori"
* Inamarata,©2005 MBN Publishing by Michael Manning, forward by Midori
* Beauty of Fetish Steve Diet Godde, Essay by Vicci Goldberg, Text by Midori ©1998 Edition Stemmle
* Readings in Contemporary Sexuality Edited by John P. Elia, Albert Angelo, ©2000 Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., contributed chapter on Sex and Technology
* Family Jewels by Hardy Haberman, ©2001 Greenery Press, forward by Midori
* Tough Girls edited by Lori Selke, ©2001 Black Books. An erotic fictionanthology, contributed "Aya's Blade" * J-Mag
* On Our Backs
* Secret
* Black Sheets
* Spectator
* Skin Two
* Ritual
* Taboo
* Cuir Underground

Presented For

- University of Maryland
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California at Santa Cruz
- University Houston
- University of Winnipeg
- San Francisco State University
- Mensa, Annuel Conference San Francisco
- Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality
- Das Arts, Post Graduate Institute for the Performing Arts
- SM.art Cafe, Vienna
- TanzQuartier of Museum Quartier, Vienna
- San Francisco Public Health Department, AIDS Prevention
- San Francisco Sex Information
- Public Netbase, Vienna
- Museum of Sex, New York
- Come As You Are, Toronto
- Come As You Are, Montreal
- Good Vibrations, San Francisco
- Good Vibrations, Berkeley
- Good Vibrations, Brookline
- Toys in Babeland, Seattle
- Toys in Babeland, Los Angeles
- Toys in Babeland, New York
- Stop AIDS Project, San Francisco
- Chicago, Pleasure Chest

- Coco De Mer, London
- Lustwandel, Berlin
- Pleasure Chest, Los Angeles
- Grand Opening, Brookline
- Grand Opening, West Hollywood
- Venus Envy, Ottawa
- Venus Envy, Halifax
- Breathless, Ottawa
- Southern Exposure, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Babington House, Bath, UK
- The Expo, London
- Kinky Copenhagen, Copenhagen
- Melbourne, Australia
- Brisbane, Australia
- Sydney, Australia
- OneTaste Urban Retreat, San Francisco
- Seattle Erotic Art Festival
- Michigan Womyn's Music Festival
- Purple Passion, New York
- Avatar, Los Angeles
- GMSMA, New York
- San Rafael, Pleasures of the Heart

Performed At

London, UK
- Skin Two Rubber Ball (multiple years) MC, main show, opening act, fashion show performer, side-stage show
- Torture Garden (multiple occasions),

San Francisco
- Slick Ball (multiple years)
- San Francisco Fetish Ball (multiple years)
- Bondage A Go Go (multiple occasions)
- Death Guild for History Channel
- Club Jesus
- Club Sin

Los Angeles
- LA Fetish Ball
- Bondage Ball
- Club Sinister

Copenhagen
- Club Manifest

New York
- Black & Blue Ball
- BondCon

Melbourne, Australia
- Hellfire Club - Hellfire Resurrection

Sydney, Australia
- Hell Fire Club (multiple years)
- L'Erotica

Chicago
- Hot Apple Pie

Berlin
- Berlin Fetish Ball

Christchurch, New Zealand
- The Fetish Ball (multiple years)

Atlanta
- Atlanta Fetish Ball

Dallas
- The Church at Lizard Lounge (multiple occasions),

Amsterdam
- Das Arts Post Graduate Performance Center (multiple years)

Vienna
- Public NetBase
- TanzQuartier Wien, curated by Ong Ken Sen