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What Is Asa Akira’s Net Worth?
As of 2024, Asa Akira, the Japanese-American adult film star, boasts a net worth of $4 million. This valuation is primarily attributed to her prolific career in the adult entertainment industry, where she has starred in over 500 films and garnered significant recognition through awards and other ventures.
Asa Akira’s Early Life and Career Beginnings
Born Asa Akira on January 3, 1986, in New York City, she spent her early childhood in SoHo until the age of nine. Her family then relocated to Tokyo, Japan, due to her father’s work as a portrait photographer. They lived in Japan until she was 13 before returning to the United States, settling first in Brooklyn and later in Clinton Hill. During her teenage years, Asa worked as a cashier at Books of Wonder, a children’s bookstore. She attended the United Nations International School in Manhattan on a scholarship, but due to academic performance, she later enrolled at Washington Irving High School in Gramercy Park, NYC.
Asa Akira’s entry into the adult entertainment industry began at the age of 19, initially working as a dominatrix. She then took a job stripping at the Hustler Club in New York City, where she met pornographic actress Gina Lynn, who introduced her to the world of adult films. Her initial performances were primarily girl-on-girl scenes, often with Lynn, before transitioning to more diverse roles. Her first male-female scene was with Travis Knight for Gina Lynn Productions. Subsequently, she signed a contract with Vouyer Media before venturing out as a freelance adult film actress after six months.
Awards, Recognition, and Mainstream Appearances
Asa Akira has received 32 major awards out of 82 nominations in the adult film industry. In 2013, she achieved the distinction of becoming the third Asian performer to win the AVN Female Performer of the Year Award, following Asia Carrera and Stephanie Swift. She also had the honor of hosting the first and second ceremonies for the Pornhub Awards.
One of her notable roles was in David Aaron Clark’s 2009 film “Pure,” where she played a telephonist at a fetish dungeon and had an affair with the head mistress’s husband. This performance garnered her several award nominations. Asa co-hosted the 30th Annual AVN Awards alongside adult film star Jesse Jane and comedian April Macie, where she also won the AVN Female Performer of the Year award, becoming the most awarded actress of the night.
In 2014, she made her directorial debut with Elegant Angel’s “Gangbanged 6.” In October 2013, Asa Akira signed an exclusive performing contract with Wicked Pictures, with her debut film for the company titled “Asa Is Wicked.”
Beyond the adult film industry, Asa Akira has made several mainstream appearances. She had a cameo in the film “Starlet.” In January 2014, she was featured in a “Cosmo” magazine article titled “Four Porn Stars on How They Stay Fit,” alongside Dana DeArmond, Chanel Preston, and Jessie Andrews. This article was inspired by Gabrielle Union’s comments on Conan O’Brien’s talk show about following the fitness routines of porn stars she saw at her gym.
Asa Akira made a guest appearance in Episode 1 of Season 3 of the “Eric Andre Show” in 2014. In 2017, she appeared as herself in the first episode of season 16 of “Family Guy” in a live-action casting couch scene with Peter Griffin, which she later noted was her first casting couch scene. The episode featured a recurring joke of people asking Peter, “Who was the girl on the couch?” and Peter giving a deadpan reply that he is certain the inquirer already knows who she is.
In April 2024, Asa Akira debuted in a series of instructional videos for the mother and baby care brand Frida, demonstrating how to use Frida’s products.
Other Media Ventures and Personal Life
“Complex” ranked Asa 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.” She 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 Sasha Grey” in 2013. Asa 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 Akira has co-hosted a podcast called “DVDASA” with artist David Choe, targeting a young adult audience with discussions on sexuality, career, relationships, and more. In June 2014, she appeared in a YouTube video with vlogger Caspar Lee.
Asa Akira wrote a memoir titled “Insatiable: Porn—A Love Story,” 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, released in the fall of 2016. In 2015, she became the host of the reality show “The Sex Factor.”
Asa Akira identifies as a feminist and 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.
