Asa Akira, born Asa Takigami, was born on January 3, 1986 in New York, United States of America. Akira from 6 to 13 years old lived with her parents in Japan, where she went to an American school. But after she moved with her parents back to the USA, where she began to work as a photo model. In 2008, she got to the casting and was able to get the attention of the director, who offered the girl a contract. She was nominated for several awards for her role in the David Aaron Clark film Pure. In 2011, she was ranked 6th by Cosplex Magazine on the "50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time" list. She started dating porn actors, and soon she was able to get married at all. The beauty has worked with such studios as Elegant Angels, DDF Network, Devil's Angels, LegalPorno, Nublis Films, Purvision, Privat, Reality Kings, Video Mark Dersell, Brazzers and others. She starred in 442 porn films and directed 8 porn tapes. She was nominated several times in various categories and was able to win 5 victories. The last nomination was in 2013 for the title of Best Actress of the Year. As the actress herself says, she is a feminist, despite the fact that she works with men and starred with them in scenes.