Kinichi Tanaka
Tanaka (田中) family name, Kinichi (欣一]) first name
Kinichi Tanaka is a photographer for SM magazines and was involved in erotic films during the Pink Film era.
Activities
Photographer
Alternate Name(s)
田中欣一(Japanese)
Biography
1947: Born in Saitama prefecture.
1968: Graduates from Department of Photographic Art, School of Art, Nippon University.
1969: Is hired as a photographer for Toei.
1970: Becomes a still photographer for Pink Films.
1971: Founds photographic office and took still photos of pink films.
1971: Photographs for SM Fan.
1987: Main photographer of S&M Sniper.
1997: Founds Tanaka Kinichi Photograph Office.
2010: Vanilla Gallery holds the "Kinichi Tanaka X [Kiyoaki Kanai]] #2 'Joint Exhibition'" from Sep 20th to Oct 2nd.
2014: Conducts his kinbaku photo club until around this year.
Interesting Point(s)
Was in charge of bondage for many Pink films.
Selected Works
Books
- SEX CINE-MATRIX: the earliest works of Kin-ichi Tanaka~the "Pink" era (Wailea Publishing, 2007)
