Asagi Ageha meets me on a back street in Kabukicho in dramatic fashion, sirens blaring from two arriving ambulances just as she steps out of the shadows.
The popular kinbaku (bondage) model is surprisingly petite in person, with striking hazel eyes.
She has just finished her self-suspension performance (a kinbaku-influenced acrobatic style) at the DX Club and we retire to a small Golden-Gai bar to discuss her career.