Shoganai

Japanese MMA fighter portrait in black and white, Shoganai — Flowers of Carnage, Tokyo — Victor Marvillet photographer

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Personal documentary WIP
Tokyo / 2025-2026

Inspired by the tragic ideal, this series views combat not as violence, but as transformation. Through pain, discipline, and sacrifice, the fighter approaches a state where identity disappears and consciousness merges with action.

A search for transcendence through struggle.

AKTR

Shanghai