Keni Styles

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Keni Styles
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Styles at the 2011 XBIZ Awards
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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 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

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]

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