asa akira

• Asa Akira is an American pornographic film actress, writer, and adult film director who has appeared in 689 adult films as of June 2023. Born on January 3, 1985, in Manhattan, New York to Japanese parents, she moved to Tokyo, Japan at age nine before returning to the United States in her teens. She attended the United Nations International School in Kips Bay, New York, and Washington Irving School in Gramercy Park.
  
  Asa began working as a dominatrix at 19 years old and later worked as a stripper at the Hustler Club in New York. In 2006-2007, she was a regular on the Bubba the Love Sponge radio show and was known as the "Show Whore." Her first boy-girl scene was with Travis Knight for Gina Lynn Productions, after having done several girl-girl scenes with Lynn. She signed a contract with Vouyer Media before becoming a freelancer six months later.
  
  Akira received several award nominations for her role in David Aaron Clark's 2009 film, Pure, in which she played a telephonist at a fetish dungeon who has an affair with the head-mistress's husband. She co-hosted the 30th Annual AVN Awards and won the AVN Female Performer of the Year Award that night. In 2013, she made her directorial debut with Elegant Angel's Gangbanged 6.
  
  Akira is sexually attracted to both men and "girls that look like boys" and dislikes being called bisexual. She was once engaged to former pornographic actor Rocco Reed and married pornographic actor and director Toni Ribas, who had a monogamous relationship from December 2012 until 2017 and ended up in divorce. She and her partner welcomed their first child in 2019.
  
  Asa Akira identifies as a feminist and has been nominated for several AVN Awards in categories such as Best Actress and Best New Starlet. She lives in Los Angeles, California.
  
  Asa's family includes Sean Moroney (2018 - present) and Toni Ribas (December 2012 - 2017).