Keni Styles

British pornographic film actor (born 1981)

Keni Styles
Styles at the 2011 XBIZ Awards
Born
Thailand
NationalityBritish
OccupationPornographic actor
Years active2006–2015

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

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i 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. ^ . XBIZ XBIZ Award Winners%5d http://www.xbizawards.com/winners.php XBIZ Award Winners]. Retrieved 8 July 2024. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  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.
  • Official website Edit this at Wikidata
  • Keni Styles at IMDb
  • Keni Styles on X Edit this at Wikidata
  • 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.