Azuki founder Zagabond stated on the X platform that he is Chinese and was born in Harbin. Describing himself as returning to his home country for the first time in more than five years (since before the coronavirus outbreak), his personal life goal is to better connect the East and the West. Azuki had previously raised 20,000 ETH, but Zagabond was questioned by the community due to its opaque use. Azuki DAO hired a lawyer to recover 20,000 ETH from founder Zagabond and initiated a lawsuit against it, but later withdrew the lawsuit. In May 2022, ZAGABOND.ETH published a document on the mirror admitting that the Azuki team had operated three projects: CryptoPhunks, Tendies, and CryptoZunks in the past year.