# Asia Carrera's name **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 1, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asia-carreras-name/185496 "2003-07-01T03:25:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CadburyAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@CadburyAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CadburyAngel)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asia-carreras-name/185496/21 "2003-07-01T21:14:49Z")
(Sorry, I would e-mail but you don’t have one listed: **OldShellhead** , are you a Reedie? If so, I think we know each other.) It’s certainly a better name than most out there in porn. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asia-carreras-name/185496/22 "2003-07-01T22:55:17Z")
“It’s certainly a better name than most out there in porn.” Im sure her acting is better than Tia’s too… This I know because Tia uses an acting coach–I actually met him. I don’t know if Asia uses one but I don’t think so. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asia-carreras-name/185496/23 "2003-07-02T01:46:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MrSarcasticus \* > \*\*Asia does nothing for me. You want a hot oriental porn star, you gotta go with Sheena Horne. \*\* I’m a Kobi Tai guy myself though I admit, the implant scars are a bit off-putting, especially the first time I noticed them. I’ve been thinking about starting a thread about implants and scarring. Maybe now is the right time… Sheena Horne, eh? Off to Google. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asia-carreras-name/185496/24 "2003-07-02T02:17:50Z")
I’m a big Minka fan myself, but Asia and Kobe are nice too. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asia-carreras-name/185496/25 "2003-07-02T02:41:05Z")
You all may have your Asias, your Kobis and your Sheenas. I’ll settle quite happily for Leanna Scott. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asia-carreras-name/185496/26 "2003-07-02T02:46:55Z")
Chronos has a point. Virtually all adult film stars use pseudonyms; Kobe Tai’s real name, for example, is Carla Carter Scott (and she grew up in Arkansas - so much for oriental mystique). If Asia Carrera didn’t make such an issue out of never revealing her real name, it wouldn’t be an issue. There was a thread a few weeks back about the real names of various celebrities. As I recall, nobody was objecting then to the names that were being revealed. I myself once started a thread asking for the first name of the magician Teller and nobody said I was wrong to ask. So while people like Kaspar Hauser, who know the answer, have every right to keep it a secret, I don’t see any need to justify myself for asking the question. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asia-carreras-name/185496/27 "2003-07-02T08:15:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Old Shellhead \* > \*\* f’rinstance, on my 18th birthday my boyfriend presented me with lotions, clothes and other girly accoutrements… and an autographed, framed picture of Asia. Sniff sniff. \*\* Not sure if I should feel aroused or inadequate that a heterosexual girl has honest-to-goodness autographed porn star portraits whereas I, a heterosexual male, do not. And in order to send Google more business… When you’re talking porn stars, I don’t see how you can do better than Akira Fubuki. Now _that’s_ a body to snuggle up next to. ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Shellhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e56c9b/32.png) [@Old\_Shellhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Shellhead)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asia-carreras-name/185496/28 "2003-07-02T10:16:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CadburyAngel \* > \*\*(Sorry, I would e-mail but you don’t have one listed: **OldShellhead** , are you a Reedie? If so, I think we know each other.) > > It’s certainly a better name than most out there in porn. \*\* Hahaha, I know you! (I looked up yer alias on blitz). My alias is fantod, if you’re so inclined, and I’m terribly amused because I know what gave it away in my last post… ;j _hasidic smiley face_ 😛 _jovial green man_ I had a dormie who had a few of Cecil’s books, so it’s awesome to see another reed-doper _insert obligatory weed comment here_. \ Also, if you go to geek.html (you can figure out the rest by very quick deduction, I’m sure… I’m iffy on the TOS of giving out the URL), there’s a great photo set where she’s slowly stripping and playing with her cat (I actually mean her pet feline!) while repairing several of her computer towers (including a nice acrylic case)… will soften the heart of the most hardened non-Asia fan. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asia-carreras-name/185496/29 "2003-07-02T10:40:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Big Bad Voodoo Lou \* > \*\*I’m a big Minka fan myself, but Asia and Kobe are nice too. \*\* Minka? My God man, her breasts are bigger than her head! I’ll stick with Kia. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asia-carreras-name/185496/30 "2003-07-02T12:32:58Z")
I actually spent a good deal of time first semester freshman year sitting next to a woman with breasts, I assume natural, bigger than her head. It made an otherwise boring class very good. Minka and women that are “super-enhanced” like that are great to look at if they have good surgeons. Minka has a nice, natural slope to her implants. Some women (I can’t think of any off the top of my head) look like they have volleyballs imbedded into them. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asia-carreras-name/185496/31 "2003-07-02T13:56:53Z")
There were two real mainstream actors whose real names were not discovered until after they died: E.G. Marshall never disclosed his name. When asked he said it stood for “everybody’s guess.” Ha-ha. After he died, his name was disclosed to be “Edda Gunnar Marshall.” Stubby Kaye’s name was a mystery until after his death. Someone found it to be “Bernard Kotzin.” Maybe we’ll have to wait until she croaks, which, sadly, is often at a young age for people in that industry. (Disclaimer: I’m simply passing on stuff that I’ve read. I have not actually seen their birth certificates.) ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asia-carreras-name/185496/32 "2003-07-02T14:08:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Little Nemo \* > \*\* > There was a thread a few weeks back about the real names of various celebrities. As I recall, nobody was objecting then to the names that were being revealed. I myself once started a thread asking for the first name of the magician Teller and nobody said I was wrong to ask. So while people like Kaspar Hauser, who know the answer, have every right to keep it a secret, I don’t see any need to justify myself for asking the question. \*\* Boy, if you get this bent out of shape when _one_ person makes _one_ post questioning your question about a porn star, I’d hate to see how you’d respond to real opposition on a serious issue. I know almost nothing about Ms. Carrerra _other_ than her stage name, but according to you she’s made a big deal about keeping her real name a secret from her fans – as is her right. And apparently she’s done a good enough job of it that you couldn’t find out on the Web on your own. This would suggest to me that, unlike most other celebrities who chose to use stage names, she really, truly does not want people to know what her real name is and has gone to some trouble to prevent them from finding out. The gentlemanly thing to do would be to respect her wishes on this matter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asia-carreras-name/185496.md?page=1)