Keni Styles

Keni Styles (born 27 May 1981) is a British former pornographic actor of Thai descent.[1]

Keni Styles
Styles attending the XBIZ Awards in 2011
Born (1981-05-27) 27 May 1981[1]
Lamphun, Thailand[1]
Other namesKeni Stiles, Kenny, Keni Style[1]
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]

Early life

Styles was born to a single mother who was a sex worker in Thailand.[2] They moved to the United Kingdom when she married a British national.[2] When the marriage ended, she moved back to Thailand, leaving Styles at an orphanage, where he lived until the age of 16.[2] After living several years in a halfway house, he started boxing and joined the British Army and served in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo twice, and Iraq twice during his seven years of active duty.[2] After leaving the army, he entered the pornography industry, starting a company called "Superman Stamina".[2]

Career

Styles was active in pornographic movies from August 2006, and retired in 2015.[3] He first found steady work in Eastern Europe, relocating to live in both Prague and Budapest. In January 2010, Styles moved to Los Angeles.[2] He is regarded as the first heterosexual Asian male porn star in American pornography[4] by some. In July 2015, Styles announced his retirement from the porn industry on his blog, KeniCamz.[5]

Awards
YearAwardTitleResult
2006UK Adult Film AwardsBest Male NewcomerWon[6]
2007UK Adult Film AwardsBest Supporting Male ActorWon[7]
2008Erotic AwardsBest Porn ArtistWon[8]
2011 XBIZ Award Male Acting Performance Of The Year Won[9]
AVN Awards Male Performer of the Year Nominated[10]

See also

References
  1. "Keni Styles". Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  2. Jeff Yang (25 March 2010). "Mightier than the sword". San Francisco Chronicle. p. 2. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  3. "MYSPACE". Retrieved 31 May 2009.
  4. Harry Mok (4 February 2011). "Bruce Lee Porn Parody Star Keni Styles Breaks Asian Male Stereotypes". Hyphen. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  5. Escape Porn ValleyArchived 23 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "The UK Adult Film & TV Awards 2006". BGAFD.co.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  7. "The UK Adult Film & TV Awards 2007". BGAFD.co.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  8. "Erotic Awards 2008". EROTIC-AWARDS.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 May 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
  9. XBIZ Award Winners, XBIZ, February, 2011
  10. "Nominations for the 2011 AVN Awards Announced" (Press release). Adult Video News. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

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.
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