Keni Styles

Keni Styles (born 27 May 1981) is a British former pornographic actor.

Keni Styles
Styles at the 2011 XBIZ Awards
Born	Thailand
Nationality	British
Occupation	Pornographic actor
Years active	2006–2015

Early life

Styles was born in Thailand to a single mother who worked as a sex worker.^[1] They two later moved to the United Kingdom after she married a British national.^[1] Once the marriage ended, his mother returned to Thailand, leaving Styles at an orphanage.^[1] He remained in the orphanage until the age of 16.^[1]

Styles took up boxing, becoming a regional champion as a teen.^[1] He was considered but ultimately passed on to represent Team Britain for the Youth Olympic Games.^[1] He later joined the British Army and served in Northern Ireland^{[citation needed]}, Bosnia, Kosovo twice, and Iraq twice during his seven years of active duty.^[1]

Career

After leaving the army, he entered the pornography industry, starting a company called "Superman Stamina".^[1] Styles was active in pornographic movies from August 2006, and retired in 2015.^[2] He first found steady work in Eastern Europe, relocating to live in both Prague and Budapest. In January 2010, Styles moved to Los Angeles.^[1] He is regarded as the first heterosexual Asian male porn star in American pornography^[3] by some. In July 2015, Styles announced his retirement from the porn industry on his blog, KeniCamz.^[4]

Select filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2009	The Human Sexipede	Katsuro	Parody of The Human Centipede (First Sequence)	[5]
	Pure	Kichi		[6]
2010	This Ain't Star Trek XXX 2: The Butterfly Effect	Sulu	Parody of Star Trek	[7]
	Malice in Lalaland	Chester Katz		[8]

Awards

AVN Awards

Year	Nominated work and artist	Category	Result	Ref.
2009	Keni Styles	Best Male Newcomer	Nominated	[9]
2010	Pure	Best Actor	Nominated	[10]
		Best Couples Sex Scene	Nominated
	Rocco's Dirty Dreams 8	Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production	Nominated
2011	Keni Styles	Male Performer of the Year	Nominated	[11]
	Malice in Lalaland	Best Couples Sex Scene	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
2012	Joanna Angel and James Deen's Summer Vacation	Best Double Penetration Sex Scene	Nominated	[12]
		Best Group Sex Scene	Nominated
	Rough Sex 3: Adriana's Dangerous Mind		Nominated
		Best Three-Way Sex Scene (G/B/B)	Nominated
2015	Lola, Dressage En Orgy	Best Group Sex Scene	Nominated	[13]

Erotic Awards

Year	Nominated work and artist	Category	Result	Ref.
2008	Keni Styles	Best Porn Artist	Won	[14]

UK Adult Film Awards

Year	Nominated work and artist	Category	Result	Ref.
2006	Keni Styles	Best Male Newcomer	Won	[15]
2007		Best Supporting Male Actor	Won	[16]

XBIZ Awards

Year	Nominated work and artist	Category	Result	Ref.
2010	Pure	Acting Performance of the Year - Male	Nominated	[17]
2011	Keni Styles	Male Performer of the Year	Nominated	[18]
	Malice in Lalaland	Acting Performance of the Year - Male	Won	[19]

XRCO Awards

Year	Nominated work and artist	Category	Result	Ref.
2010	Pure	Single Performance - Actor	Nominated	[20]

See also

• List of British pornographic actors

References

1. Jeff Yang (25 March 2010). "Mightier than the sword". San Francisco Chronicle. p. 2. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
2. "MYSPACE". Retrieved 31 May 2009.
3. Harry Mok (4 February 2011). "Bruce Lee Porn Parody Star Keni Styles Breaks Asian Male Stereotypes". Hyphen. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
4. Escape Porn ValleyArchived 23 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
5. Barton, Steve (9 August 2010). "The Human Sexipede Slithers its Way to Pornland". Dread Central. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
6. Miller, Dan (29 September 2009). "Prime Evil Unveils David Aaron Clark's 'Pure'". AVN. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
7. Koga (25 January 2010). "LAist Was There: 'This Ain't 'Star Trek' XXX #2' (SFW)". LAist. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
8. "Malice In Lalaland". AVN. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
9. "Nominations 2009 AVN Adult Movie Awards" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
10. "2010 Nominees". Archived from the original on 4 March 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
11. "Nominations for the 2011 AVN Awards" (PDF). AVN. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
12. "AVN Awards 2012 - Nominations" (PDF). AVN. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
13. "2015 AVN Award Nominees". AVN. Archived from the original on 25 November 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
14. "Erotic Awards 2008". EROTIC-AWARDS.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 May 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
15. "The UK Adult Film & TV Awards 2006". BGAFD.co.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
16. "The UK Adult Film & TV Awards 2007". BGAFD.co.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
17. Javors, Steve (16 December 2009). "XBIZ Announces Finalist Nominees for 2010 XBIZ Awards". XBIZ. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
18. Miller, Dan (24 December 2010). "XBIZ Announces Finalist Nominees for 2011 XBIZ Awards". XBIZ. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
19. Miller, Dan (11 February 2011). "2011 XBIZ Award Winners Announced". XBIZ. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
20. Johnson, Bob (4 March 2010). "XRCO Announces 2010 Awards Nominees". XBIZ. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

Further reading

• Shimizu, Celine Parreñas (2013), "Bound by expectation: the racialized sexuality of porn star Keni Styles", in Shimizu, Celine Parreñas; Taormino, Tristan; Penley, Constance; Miller-Young, Mireille (eds.), The feminist porn book: the politics of producing pleasure, New York, NY: Feminist Press at the City University of New York, pp. 287–302, ISBN 9781558618183.

External links

• Official website
• Keni Styles at IMDb
• Keni Styles on Twitter
• Keni Styles at the Internet Adult Film Database
• Keni Styles at the Adult Film Database
• Keni Styles (28 December 2012). "8 Questions: Keni Styles, Asian American Male Adult Film Star" (Interview). Interviewed by Koji Steven. Retrieved 24 November 2014.