Kazuho Monster Suitcase Dance - A Fantastic Blend of Popping, Moonwalk and Robot Movements

Kazuho Monster is a Japanese dancer, model and social media performer best known in his home country for his extraordinary "animation dance", robot dance, and moonwalk-style illusions. His real name is Kazuho Horino (堀野 一穂), and he comes from Hadano in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.  Describing himself as the world’s most off-stage dancer, he does what it says on the label and dances anywhere, anytime, any place.  I am new to this dancer and I must say this video has massively impressed me, not just for the variety of movement that you can see on display, but his technical control which allows him to make this all seem very, very easy, casual even.  But don’t try most of these moves at home unless you want a hernia!

Kazuho Monster is known for “animation dance”, which is a recognised style name in Japan. It refers to dance that looks like stop-motion or cartoon-like movement with robotic or unreal body control.  In terms of the English-speaking world, we would probably refer to his style as a robot-moonwalk-popping hybrid.  He’s not that easy to pin down!

In this video, he has just purchased a RAWROW hard-shell suitcase and is set to take off on a trip somewhere. However, the suitcase seems to have other ideas and refuses to move!  There is one particularly clever sequence in this video where it seems to hang in mid air while Kazuho tries to pull it this way and that.  It’s incredibly clever – and Kazuho must have some pretty serious upper body strength to carry this move off, which he does perfectly. 

Does the suitcase finally comply with its new owner’s desire to get to the plane on time? Watch the video and find out!