About Mika Tan
Birthday: November 27, 1977
Astrology: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Honolulu, HI
Years Active: Since 1999
Ethnicity: Asian
Nationality/Heritage: American
Hair Color: Black
Measurements: 36D-25-37
Height: 5 feet, 4 inches (163 cm)
Weight: 121 lbs (55 kg)
Tattoos: Chinese dragon on right thigh
Performer AKA: Mika Okinawa
Mika Tan is an American fetish model (BDSM/DS/pantyhose fetish) and pornographic actress model of Asian descent.
Born on the Hawaiian island of Oahu to an Japanese-Samoan father and a Okinawan-Taiwanese mother. She was adopted at age 3 by her grandmother and her biological sister was raised by an aunt. She was raised primarily by her grandmother who was an established Hawaiian/Japanese folk dancer, singer and proprietor of several Oriental massage parlors. Mika mother's side was full of models and musicians. Her father's side is full of military servicemen and women, including her sister who is in the U.S. Marines and helps with her official website. As a "Navy brat", Mika traveled across the United States and parts of Europe, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa before she went to high school.
Some adult distribution companies market Loni and Mika as cousins, but it is incorrect. She is, however, related to pinup model Josie Lee.
Mika was discovered at an am/pm by porn director Jack Pearl. Initially she tried to work only with her former husband but began working with other males in the industry to pursue her adult film career. Mika stated in an interview, "He was just too jealous and couldn't handle me working with other men". She quit to work on her marriage. His inability to forget about her working with other men put a strain on their relationship and they divorced. Mika also had a third trimester miscarriage in this period, which she described as the worst time of her life.
Among her sex film aficionados, she is known for her intense and loud orgasms on screen, and is noted for her work ethic and professionalism on set. She works with both men and women of various races in her films, always displaying a voraciousness and enthusiasm matched by few.
Tan has married twice: First to Ray Shannon and then to Alec Knight (another worker in the adult industry). She has been romantically connected with fellow adult industry workers.
Tan has been called the "Susan Lucci of Porn", having been nominated many times, but not winning any AVN awards until 2006 when she won for best oral sex scene. She was quoted lamenting bittersweetly on the matter, "I'm no longer the Susan Lucci of porn. What am I going to call myself now? I don't have a tagline."
Tan does primarily fetish-oriented work, including work as a dominatrix and sub for the Kink's group of companies, mostly the "
Men in Pain" and "
Mean Bitches" websites, where her intense performances have made her a favourite. Tan classifies herself far more as a fetish model than a porn star - indeed, according to her official listed bio on her website, Tan states: "For the record, I do not consider myself a pornstar and any girl who has done less than 250 films shouldn't either." Though Tan still does hardcore sex films, she also does features with a story-driven nature, such as her recent 2006 "Memoirs of a Modern-Day Geisha" (from VCA).
As of December 2007, Mika has done over 1,350 fetish and hardcore scenes for video and the internet. She also takes orders for custom videos through her website: Fans are told to submit a script, scenario, and choice of cast, in return for which she will make the custom video for a nominal fee plus production costs.
Wicked contract star Kaylani Lei stepped down as the host on the Me So Horny internet radio show on KSEX. Tan stepped in to keep Lei's seat warm as host, alongside
Annie Cruz. Just before Kaylani Lei returned with a new co-host, Kitty Langdon, Tan herself left the U.S. in June 2007 to handle some family legal issues for several months. Shortly after, the cast and crew from KSEX all moved to RUDE.TV.
As with many other seasoned adult video performers, she has moved into production, with her debut film featuring heterosexual Asian-American men in hardcore scenes. She is currently semi-retired, studying film editing and post-production marketing.
Mika's Awards:
- 2007 AVN Award for Underrated Starlet of the Year (Unrecognized Excellence).
- 2006 Adam Film World award for "Best Asian Starlet".
- 2006 XRCO Award for Unsung Siren.
Mika's BDSM limits:
Bondage: I can be tied up in suspension bondage.
Female contact: Full girl/girl contact with strap on sex is okay
Male contact: Full intercourse with condom is ok
Penetration: Anal and vaginal penetration by toys.
Pain: Moderate. I understand I have a safeword.
