This week we feature one of the hottest, sexiest Asian porn stars to grace the adult screen, Wicked Pictures contract star, Asa Akira. The petite (5’ 2”), exotic looking Japanese beauty was born in New York City in 1986, but moved to Japan at the age of nine when her father’s job as a portrait photographer took the family to Tokyo. Asa would return age the age of thirteen and settle down in Brooklyn. After finishing her schooling, which included a year at the United Nations International School in Manhattan, the exotic looking then 19 year old began her career path in the adult industry.
It began when she worked as a dominatrix for a time and from there she went on to become a stripper at the Hustler Club in New York City. In 2006–07 she was a regular on the Bubba the Love Sponge radio show out of Tampa. It was while she was part of the show that she met porn star Gina Lynn who wanted Asa to do some porn film work. So that began her transition into full time porn as she did her first boy-girl scene with Travis Knight (Gina’s husband) for Gina Lynn Productions. Prior to that Asa had done a few girl-girl scenes, mainly with Lynn. From there she signed on with Vouyer Media for a time before going out on her own as a free lance performer.
From that point on Asa’s porn career really began to take off. In 2009 she was nominated for her role in the film “Pure” where she played the role of a telephone girl at a fetish dungeon who has an affair with the head-mistress’ husband. Critical acclaim from that film led to other films. She would also become a Fleshlight Girl in 2011 and in 2012 her Fleshlight won the 2012 TLA Raw Award for “Best Sex Toy”. By now the awards were starting to come her way with wins from AVN, NightMoves, XRCO, XBIZ, Galaxy and others in a variety of categories. In January 2013, Asa co hosted the 30th Annual AVN awards along with Jessie Jane and that year won the Female Performer of the Year from AVN, and the awards just keep coming to this day. Her latest award came from XRCO just a couple of weeks ago as the Media Mainstream Favorite.
In 2013 Asa also signed an exclusive contract with WQicked pictures and debuted with the very hot “Asa is Wicked”. Since that time Asa has burned up the swcreen with a multitude of roles ranging from comedic to dramatic and everything in between. Asid3e from her very sexy and erotic looks Asa is blessed with some very natural acting chops and carries off her various roles with a lot of realism and believability. In addition to this talents she is also a very accomplished dancer and she does do feature shows at clubs when her busy schedule allows.
She has also dabbled in the mainstream arena making a cameo appearance in the 2012 mainstream film “Starlet”. In January 2014, Akira, Dana DeArmond, Chanel Preston, and Jessie Andrews were featured in a Cosmopolitan magazine article titled “4 Porn Stars on How They Stay Fit.”. She has also been highly ranked in a variety of polls regarding porn stars by publications like L.A. Weekly and Complex as well as the CNBC “Dirty Dozen” listing. Asa wrote a memoir titled Insatiable: Porn—A Love Story which was released in May 2014 by Grove Press. It is a good read that you want to check out.
As for films, Asa has appeared in over 450 since entering the business. As for her most recent, be sure to check out “Holly…..Would”, “Barbarella XXX An Axel Braun Parody”, “Pretty Dangerous”, “Sinners Ball” all from Wicked Pictures. In addition check out her latest works from Aura Productions, Brazzers, Naughty America and Evil Angel. Asa’s films cover just about every genre and style and you will see that she is comfortable in all of them and equally so with women as well as men. She is a mesmerizing presence on screen and there is nothing but more excellent performances from this exotic young lady in the future. We are very pleased and honored to have Asa Akira as our AAN “Girl of the Week”.
Art Koch, National Features & DVD Editor, NightMoves Magazine and AAN
