Mimi Miyagi's journey from bright young child prodigy to adult film star is an interesting one. She was born 2nd of four children to immigrant parents in July 3, 1973. Touring most of her childhood in a gymnastics team, being a classical pianist playing venues most of her youth, and a scholastic student. At 15, she graduated high school in a year and a half hoping to get ahead on life. For 3 years, she worked three jobs to save enough money to go to college. She returned to LA just before her 18th birthday with a little over $1,000 to her name. At that time, she naively thought that the money would be sufficient to tide her over for a few months. Within a month, she'd run out of money for her herself and her family back home. She got desperate, she looked for jobs with little success.
THROUGHOUT HISTORY
Just a few weeks past her 18th birthday, she came across an ad for nude nodeling and answered it. It was the beginning of her rise in the adult industry. Her journey was not without its challenges. When Mimi first started out in the industry, people told her repeatedly that there just wasn't a market for Asian adult stars, but she refused to give up. Even though Mimi was always the least paid actress on the set, she struggled and continue knocking on studio producers doors.
In the next 2 years, she became the most recognized Asian adult star around. With television stations chasing her down to document her, including E! Online, Fox Files, HBO, Playboy TV, WB the list goes on.Despite her fame, the money wasn't rolling in as she thought it would. This was because as an actress, model, and dancer, she wasn't receiving any royalties for her work. She realized that if she wanted to make money in this business, she had to take control of her career.
Her first step was to climb the ladder from her existing side job as a writer into acquiring the job as Publisher of "Oriental Dolls", an erotic Asian magazine. Now called "Asian Hotties". Gaining control of decisions to what will be placed in the public eye for print, this was the first step to creating a larger audience for Asian females.
When the new form of media such as the internet came along, she quickly learned to code her own website to expand the Asian market. Now with access to a global public audience. She also saw a trend of multimedia demand for online streaming videos in 1999. With this in mind, Mimi entered into movie production and talent scouting for Metro Home Video and produced the series she entitled "Fantasiany Series #1,2,3,4". Featuring all Asian starlets.
Next. Year 2001, she quietly dedicated herself to several volunteer organizations. Year 2002, she appeared again in public as a "Pro-wrestling student" in September for Playboy Magazine. In the year 2003, after seeing that her movie and internet projects were effectively collaborating, Mimi decided it was time to get back as an adult actress again.After a long awaited 8 years away from the front of the camera. She comes back to fulfill her supply for the consumer pull demand for today's hot niche market, Asians. She signed a deal with Vivid Video. On September 2003, the official release of her adult movie "HAPPY ENDING."
That very same year Mimi jumped into politics volunteering for various campaigns in Las Vegas, NV. In 2006 Miyagi ran for Governor of Nevada as Melody Damayo. In 2007 Mimi Miyagi humbly accepted the Legends of Erotica Hall of Fame award. Since 2008 juggling her life as a happy mom of a beautiful baby, actively working in promoting humanitarian causes and continuing busy list of responsibilities as business woman.
