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“Complex” ranked Akira fourth on their list of “Top 100 Hottest Porn Stars Right Now” and sixth on their list of “The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time.” Asa was a frequent guest on the radio program “Bubba the Love Sponge” where she was affectionately referred to as the “Show Whore.” “LA Weekly” also ranked her third on their list of “10 Innovative Porn Stars Who Could Be the Next ” in 2013. Akira was also placed on CNBC’s yearly list of “The Dirty Dozen,” which ranks the adult industry’s most popular and successful stars.
Since 2013, Asa has co-hosted a podcast called “DVDASA” with artist . It is aimed at a young adult audience, with its goal being to help youth with their problems related to sexuality, career, relationships, and more. In June 2014, she appeared in a YouTube video with vlogger . Akira wrote a memoir titled “Insatiable: Porn—A Love Story,” which was released in May 2014 by Grove Press. In July 2015, she signed a contract with Cleis Press to publish her second book, titled “Dirty Thirty: A Memoir,” a collection of essays, which was released in the fall of 2016. In 2015, she became the host of the reality show “The Sex Factor.”
Akira identifies as a feminist. She has stated that she is attracted to both men and women but dislikes the label bisexual. She was once engaged to former porn star Rocco Reed. Asa got married to fellow adult star Toni Ribas in December 2012, but the couple split in 2017. She has two children.
Before Asa Akira entered the porn industry, she lived a fairly normal life. Asa Akira started out at age 18 as a dominatrix and went on to become a stripper. With the confidence she gained while stripping, she was finally primed to do hardcore porn.
One of the most iconic names in the adult industry, Asa Akira is not only a porn veteran and multiple industry award winner, she’s also one of our brand ambassadors, an author, podcast host, and much more. We sat down with Asa to ask her a few questions about how she likes to style her favorite PH apparel!
