Asa Akira

Asa Akira — Biography & Career

Asa Akira is an American adult film performer, writer, and director. By June 2023, she had appeared in 689 films. She first drew broad industry attention with David Aaron Clark’s 2009 film Pure, which brought several award nominations. In 2013 she co-hosted the 30th Annual AVN Awards with Jesse Jane and April Macie, won AVN Female Performer of the Year, and became the third Asian performer to receive that honor.

That same year, Akira made her directorial debut for Elegant Angel and later signed an exclusive performing contract with Wicked Pictures. Her first release for the company was Asa Is Wicked. She was also the most awarded individual at the 2013 AVN ceremony. In later years, she was inducted into the AVN, XRCO, Urban X, and Brazzers halls of fame.

Beyond performance, Akira has worked across publishing, audio, and online media. In 2013 she and artist David Choe launched the podcast DVDASA. Grove Press published her first memoir in 2014, and Cleis Press followed with Dirty Thirty: A Memoir in 2016. In 2017 she edited Asarotica for Cleis Press. CNBC also included her on its annual Dirty Dozen list in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.

Her mainstream media appearances include a 2014 Cosmopolitan feature, a guest interview on the season three premiere of The Eric Andre Show, and a 2017 appearance as herself on Family Guy. She also fronted the 2015 series Hobbies with Asa Akira, which followed her as she tried activities including tattooing, boxing, taxidermy, and ice sculpting.

Source: Career reference — Wikipedia. Career summary adapted from the linked article under CC BY-SA 4.0; wording and selection have been edited.

Photo credit

Holly Randall — Asa Akira on Holly Randall Unfiltered 2020, 2. Licensed under CC BY 3.0. Display size and framing may be adjusted; the photograph remains available under the linked license.