Who is porn star Asa Akira? | The Sun

NETFLIX'S Pornhub documentary focuses on the rise and fall of the content platform, and speaks to people that have appeared in scenes on the site.

Here, we lookt a Asa Akira, who is interviewed in the film and gives her opinions on the industry. This is all you need to know.

Who is Asa Akira?

Asa Akira is an American pornographic actress and adult film director. 

She was born Asa Takigami on January 3, 1985, in New York City.

The only child of famed photographer Kenji Takigami and business executive Taeko Takigami, Akira lived in Japan between the ages of six and 13.

Asa attended Washington Irving High School in New York City from 2001 to 2002 and graduated high school in 2004.

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She has appeared in over 500 adult films, making her debut at the age of 20 in 2006.

Asa is her real first name, which means morning in Japanese, and the last name in her stage name was taken from the anime film Akira.

What does Asa Akira do now?

She appears in Netflix documentary Money Shot: The Pornhub Story, where she is interviewed about her thoughts on the platform and the industry.

Akira gave birth to a son in February 2019. The child's father is her husband, Sean Moroney.

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She was previously married to fellow adult actor and director Toni Ribas from 2012 to 2017.

She lives in Los Angeles, California.

In 2014, Asa published her first book Insatiable – Porn: A Love Story, which covers her life as an adult film star. It was named one of New York Post's Best Books of that year.

Her second book, titled Dirty Thirty: A Memoir, was released in 2016.

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Akira is worth $4million (around £3.3million).

Is Asa Akira on social media?

Akira has a large following on her various social media accounts.

She has over 2million followers on Instagram, where she shares pictures of her everyday life.

As of March 20233, Akira has over 900,000 followers on Twitter, where she shares clips from her content.

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