Van Darkholme

Van Darkholme (born October 24, 1972), also known by the nickname VAN-sama (Japanese: VAN様), is a Vietnamese-American dungeon master,[5][6][7] performance artist and film director, as well as a photographer. Being of Vietnamese descent, he is among the few Asian American men working in Western gay porn as a director and actor.[8]

Van Darkholme
BDSM Dungeon master
Born
Van Saama

(1972-10-24) October 24, 1972[1]
Vietnam
NationalityVietnamese
Other names
  • Van Darkholm[2]
  • Tadashi[3]
  • TDN Kosugi
  • VAN-sama
Known forMale bondage (particularly shibari), gay pornography, gachimuchi, online streaming[4]
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Twitch information
Channel
Years active2020–present
Total views520,955
(30 May 2020)
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2020–present
Subscribers15,000
Total views413,345
Updated: September 2020
Follower and view counts updated as of 30 May 2020.
Websitewww.vandarkholme.com

Career

Darkholme's book of bondage photography, Male Bondage, was published by Bruno Gmünder in June 2006.[9]

In 2008 Darkholme created Kinkmen.com for Peter Acworth who is the owner of Kink.com.[10]

Together with other porn actors and personalities such as Billy Herrington he has frequently been featured in Gachimuchi internet memes, gaining considerable notoriety in Japanese video-sharing website Niconico, in which he is often referred to by the nickname VAN-sama[11] or TDN Kosugi.[12] Van has reacted positively to these memes and featured his favourite one on his personal blog.[13]

In 2017, a character based on him had a main role in the fan-made visual novel Deep Dark Fantasies.[14] Also in 2017, another fan-made Deep Dark Fantasy video game was created based on his character.[15]

Since 2020 Van has been regularly streaming on Twitch[16] and also started a YouTube channel.[17]

Major appearances

(All below are produced by Muscle Bound Productions)

  • 2001　White Rope
  • 2002　Black Rope
  • 2004　Raw Rope[23]
  • 2004　Bondo Gods, Vol. 1[24]
  • 2004　Bondo Gods, Vol. 2
  • 2005　Van-Nilla Reloaded
  • 2005　Rear Window
  • 2005　Once Upon a Time Reloaded
  • 2005　Bondo Gods, Vol. 3
  • 2005　Bondo Gods, Vol. 4
  • 2006　Bondo Gods, Vol. 5
  • 2007　Anatomy of Bondage
  • 2008　Bondo Gods, Vol. 6
  • 2008　Bondo Gods, Vol. 7

See also

References
  1. "BIO 2007". vandarkholme.com. Archived from the original on December 13, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2007.
  2. Van Darkholme at IMDb. Retrieved December 3, 2007.
  3. Van Darkholme at the Internet Adult Film Database . Retrieved December 12, 2012.
  4. Van Darkholme on Twitch
  5. Van Darkholme Kink interview
  6. House of Detention
  7. Van Darkholme's full transcript of the interview
  8. Michelle Man, "Hot For Porn? Adult Entertainment in the Vietnamese Community" at the Wayback Machine (archived May 5, 2007), BN, January 8, 2006. Archived from the original
  9. Darkholme, Van (June 30, 2006). Male Bondage: Art Deserves a Witness. Bruno Gmunder Verlag. ISBN 3-86187-990-5.
  10. "Van Darkholme Bio | Van Darkholme Blog". Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  11. "Van-sama / Fercussion". Know Your Meme. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  12. "TDNコスギとは (タダノコスギとは) [単語記事]". ニコニコ大百科 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  13. "VAN DARKHOLME - JOURNAL - BLOG". 2010-04-10. Archived from the original on 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  14. Says, Thehasbrogamer (2017-10-19). "Deep Dark Fantasies Is A Game That Doesn't Understand Kink [NSFW]". Kotaku Australia. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  15. "Deep Dark Fantasy - The Hardcore Gay BDSM Game No-one Wanted". Destructoid. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  16. "I'm live on Twitch". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  17. "My official Youtube channel is up". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  18. "Lords of the Lockerroom (1999) - IMDb". Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  19. Lords of the Locker Room
  20. House of Detention - IMDb
  21. House of Detention
  22. House of Detention (video game)
  23. Raw Rope (Video 2004) - IMDb, retrieved 2020-09-22
  24. Bondo Gods, Vol. 1, retrieved 2020-09-22
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