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