Keni Styles
Birth placeThailand
OccupationPornographic actor
Years active2006–2015

Keni Styles (born 27 May 1981) is a British-French-Thai 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 in 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 since 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

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2009The Human SexipedeKatsuroParody of The Human Centipede (First Sequence)[5]
PureKichi[6]
2010This Ain't Star Trek XXX 2: The Butterfly EffectSuluParody of Star Trek[7]
Malice in LalalandChester Katz[8]

Awards

AVN Awards
YearNominated work and artistCategoryResultRef.
2009Keni StylesBest Male Newcomer[9]
2010PureBest Actor[10]
Best Couples Sex Scene
Rocco's Dirty Dreams 8Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production
2011Keni StylesMale Performer of the Year[11]
Malice in LalalandBest Couples Sex Scene
Best Supporting Actor
2012Joanna Angel and James Deen's Summer VacationBest Double Penetration Sex Scene[12]
Best Group Sex Scene
Rough Sex 3: Adriana's Dangerous Mind
Best Three-Way Sex Scene (G/B/B)
2015Lola, Dressage En OrgyBest Group Sex Scene[13]
Erotic Awards
YearNominated work and artistCategoryResultRef.
2008Keni StylesBest Porn Artist[14]
UK Adult Film Awards
YearNominated work and artistCategoryResultRef.
2006Keni StylesBest Male Newcomer[15]
2007Best Supporting Male Actor[16]
XBIZ Awards
YearNominated work and artistCategoryResultRef.
2010PureActing Performance of the Year - Male[17]
2011Keni StylesMale Performer of the Year[18]
Malice in LalalandActing Performance of the Year - Male[19]
XRCO Awards
YearNominated work and artistCategoryResultRef.
2010PureSingle Performance - Actor[20]

See also

References

  1. ^ Jeff Yang (2010-03-25). "Mightier than the sword". San Francisco Chronicle. p. 2. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  2. ^ "MYSPACE". Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  3. ^ Harry Mok (2011-02-04). "Bruce Lee Porn Parody Star Keni Styles Breaks Asian Male Stereotypes". Hyphen. Archived from the original on 8 February 2011. 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". Archived from the original on January 5, 2009. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  10. ^ "2010 Nominees". Archived from the original on 4 March 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  11. ^ "Nominations for the 2011 AVN Awards". AVN. Archived from the original on March 29, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  12. ^ "AVN Awards 2012 - Nominations". AVN. Archived from the original on March 29, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 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 May 28, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  15. ^ "The UK Adult Film & TV Awards 2006". BGAFD.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  16. ^ "The UK Adult Film & TV Awards 2007". BGAFD.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  17. ^ Javors, Steve (December 16, 2009). "XBIZ Announces Finalist Nominees for 2010 XBIZ Awards". XBIZ. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  18. ^ Miller, Dan (December 24, 2010). "XBIZ Announces Finalist Nominees for 2011 XBIZ Awards". XBIZ. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  19. ^ Miller, Dan (February 11, 2011). "2011 XBIZ Award Winners Announced". XBIZ. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
  20. ^ Johnson, Bob (March 4, 2010). "XRCO Announces 2010 Awards Nominees". XBIZ. Retrieved July 8, 2024.

Further reading

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