Van Darkholme

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Van Darkholme
Born	Van Saama (1972-10-24) October 24, 1972 (age 49)[1] South Vietnam
Nationality	American (naturalized)
Other names	Van Darkholm[2] Tadashi[3] TDN Kosugi VAN-sama
Known for	Male bondage (particularly shibari), gay pornography, gachimuchi, online streaming[4]
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Twitch information
Channel	VansamaOfficial
Years active	2020–present
Total views	520,955 (30 May 2020)
YouTube information
Channel	Vansamaofficial
Years active	2020–present
Subscribers	15,000[5]
Total views	413,345[5]
Updated: September 2020
Follower and view counts updated as of 30 May 2020.
Website	www.vandarkholme.com

Van Darkholme (born October 24, 1972),^{[failed verification]} also known by the nickname VAN-sama (Japanese: VAN様), is a Vietnamese-American dungeon master,^[6][7][8] 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.^[9]

Career[]

Darkholme's book of bondage photography, Male Bondage, was published by Bruno Gmünder in June 2006.^[10]

In 2008 Darkholme created Kinkmen.com for Peter Acworth, who is the owner of Kink.com.^[11]

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^[12] or TDN Kosugi.^[13] Van has reacted positively to these memes and featured his favourite one on his personal blog.^[14]

In 2017, a character based on him had a main role in the fan-made visual novel Deep Dark Fantasies.^[15] Also in 2017, another fan-made Deep Dark Fantasy video game was created based on his character.^[16]

Since 2020 Van has been regularly streaming on Twitch^[17] and also started a YouTube channel.^[18]

Major appearances[]

• 1999 (as a leatherman in jabroni outfit)^[19][20]
• 2002 ^[21][22]
• 2020 ^[23]

(All below are produced by Muscle Bound Productions)

• 2001　White Rope
• 2002　Black Rope
• 2004　Raw Rope^[24]
• 2004　Bondo Gods, Vol. 1^[25]
• 2004　Bondo Gods, Vol. 2
• 2005　Van-Nilla Reloaded^[26]
• 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[]

• List of male performers in gay porn films
• Gachimuchi

References[]

External links[]

• Van Darkholme official website
• weibo.com/vandarkholmeofficial
• Van Darkholme at IMDb
• Van Darkholme at the Internet Adult Film Database
• Van Darkholme at the Adult Film Database
• Media related to Van Darkholme at Wikimedia Commons
• Van Darkholme on Twitter