Keni Styles was born on May 27, 1981, in Lamphun, Thailand, to a single mother. After moving to the UK with his mother and her British husband, he was later left in an orphanage following their divorce. He spent his teenage years there until age 16, then pursued boxing and served in the British Army for seven years, with deployments in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Iraq. After leaving the military, Keni entered the adult film industry in 2006, starting his own company, 'Superman Stamina.' He gained recognition in Eastern Europe before moving to Los Angeles in 2010. Regarded as a trailblazer for Asian male performers, he retired from porn in 2015.