What do you feel about the fixed-gear trend amongst the fashion kids and Harajuku scene?
Well it doesn’t bother me. A trend is a trend. But I don’t think that it’s a bad trend that most of the youngsters are now using bikes to commute around the city.
Do you feel integrated within the Tokyo fixed-gear community?
Well some people think of me as one of the originators of the fixed-gear movement in Tokyo. But the first two years after I came back to Tokyo I got a lot of hate from many bicycle-heads who couldn’t understand why a New Yorker like myself would come to Tokyo and start riding and bringing to the scene those illegal bikes. So now that it became a trend most of the people see me as a pioneer and all the hate kind of faded out.
Any projects for 2010?
Yes. I would like to bring my art abroad and showcase Sunsex in a different country maybe in the US and New York of course. Sometimes I feel like my art is misunderstood by the Japanese audience so I would like to take it overseas to see how different cultures approach my art.
Anything you would like to say to our readers?
Thank you very much for the opportunity!
