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 2014-11-24.
  2. Jeff Yang (2010-03-25). "Mightier than the sword". San Francisco Chronicle. p. 2. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  3. "MYSPACE". Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  4. Harry Mok (2011-02-04). "Bruce Lee Porn Parody Star Keni Styles Breaks Asian Male Stereotypes". Hyphen. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  5. http://kenicamz.com/escape-porn-valley/#comment-44
  6. "The UK Adult Film & TV Awards 2006". BGAFD.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  7. "The UK Adult Film & TV Awards 2007". BGAFD.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  8. "Erotic Awards 2008". EROTIC-AWARDS.co.uk. Archived from the original on May 28, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  9. XBIZ Award Winners, XBIZ, February, 2011
  10. "Nominations for the 2011 AVN Awards Announced" (Press release). Adult Video News. November 29, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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