Founder of Azuki and the face of Chiru Labs.
🤓 He’s that guy people either respect or hate.
🤩 Before Azuki, he launched parody projects like CryptoPhunks and Zunks. They all eventually failed — and the community still remembers that. Some still drop “rug” jokes in his face.
😎 BUT… Zagabond never hid his past, and that honesty earned him respect.
😈 And let’s be real — if he’d quit back then, there’d be no Azuki, no bridge between anime, streetwear, and blockchain.
His so-called “dark past”? That’s where the strength comes from… Falling and rising again, that’s the way of the samurai, the way of Azuki.
🤩 He believes the community is the brand’s true core — that it should belong to everyone, not just the founders.
His edge? Turning an NFT project into something bigger — a culture, brand, community and IP.