It’s been a while, but I finally went out for a night shoot with Koichi Higo aka FORKONE again.
His creativity always pushes my motivation and keeps my shooting spirit alive.
We captured a few scenes, and here’s one of his signature moves — the boomerang.
Rider: Koichi Higo
Camera: Satoshi Hashimoto
Location: Kawasaki Japan
January 2026
Satoshi will now be a contributor to the blog! Here’s his first post featuring Shun, a young rider from the Kokura area of Japan. Here’s what Satoshi had to say about his first feature:
Shun and Satoshi recently had a photo session. We’d like to share a part of it with you all.
Wall ride
Rider : Shun Goma
Camera : Satoshi Hashimoto
Location: Kitakyushu Japan
January 2026
2nd up on the Master Courttek promo edits to be released is Satoshi’s! His silky smooth riding is always a pleasure to watch and his veteran status in the scene deserves some serious recognition.
Satoshi went with a classic 3Rensho inspired design with a beautiful bright orangish reddish paint job. Surely inspired by his old Trick Track build.
Pick up Satoshi’s signature colorway on the Master site here!
Japan’s Shun gives us the rundown on his beautifully beat up Fast Pier Seeker build!
Another 84Kick bike check featuring Tatsuhiro’s old school Hurricane setup!
Really great visuals on this one. The euro boys Cairns and Deythos were assigned the task of creating a high production video showing off some cool night riding and showcasing some of the nice Skream colorways. These guys are making Fixed Gear street riding look cool.
Side note, this video prompted me to look at the Skream Youtube channel and I noticed a Kyle Pagcu video from over a year ago that completely went under my radar! This video is so cool and Kyle is such a wizard with the flat combos. Funny that I don’t even think he rides for Skream anymore but you should still watch it!
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: Satoshi is doing an incredible job documenting the Japan scene. He has covered so many riders that I’ve never even heard of, including this newest one of Shun from the far east Japanese island of Kokura. He’s got some great 700c flow and style with a good bag of tricks. So much potential and it makes me so happy to see the Japan scene thriving.
After over 10 years off the Fixed Gear bike, the legend Kozo returns! Although Fixed Gear isn’t Kozo’s native bike style, in 2010 he transferred his BMX skills to a Fixed Gear bike and became the first person to backflip on fixed.
Satoshi recently hooked up with Kozo, let him use his bike, and he pulled some magic on it. 180 whip on quarter is soooo next level. He pulls some other nice moves in this video too, great work guys!
Our old friend Tadashi runs down his equally old Bombtrack Dash bike courtesy of Satoshi. He was nice enough to add english subtitles on this so we can keep up with the conversations!
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