Asa Akira
January 3, 1985
Asa Akira is an American pornographic film actress, writer and adult film director.
Akira has appeared in 689 adult films as of June 2023. In 2013, she became the third Asian performer (after Asia Carrera and Stephanie Swift) to win the AVN Female Performer of the Year Award. Akira hosted the 1st and 2nd ceremonies for the Pornhub Awards. She was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame, XRCO Hall of Fame, Urban X Hall of Fame, and Brazzers Hall of Fame.
Asa Akira was born in Manhattan, New York to Japanese parents. She lived in SoHo, New York until age nine, when she moved to Tokyo, Japan. She lived there for four years before moving back to the United States in her teens. When moving back to New York, her family originally moved to Downtown Brooklyn before moving to Clinton Hill, New York.
Asa attended the United Nations International School in Kips Bay, New York before going to Washington Irving School in nearby Gramercy Park.
Asa is her real first name, which means "morning" in Japanese. Her professional surname was taken from the anime film Akira.