Keni Styles

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

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

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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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 Valley Archived 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. Miller, Dan (11 February 2011). "2011 XBIZ Award Winners Announced". XBIZ. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  20. Johnson, Bob (4 March 2010). "XRCO Announces 2010 Awards Nominees". XBIZ. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

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