Kelly Shibari
{{short description|Japanese-born pornographic actress and model (born 1972)}}
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| birth_place = Japan{{cite web|url=http://msbehaved.com/2012/06/11/work-it-kelly-shibari-porn-star-and-marketing-consultant|title=Work It! Kelly Shibari: BBW Porn Star and Marketing Consultant – MsBehaved.com|work=MsBehaved.com|publisher=WordPress.com|last=James|first=Bianca|date=11 June 2012|accessdate=7 March 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.xbiz.com/articles/157453|title=WIA Profile: Kelly Shibari|date=15 December 2012|accessdate=8 April 2013}}
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| alias = Kelly Shibar
Olivia{{cite web|url= http://whackmag.blogspot.com/2010/02/kelly-shibari-this-is-great-way-to-get.html?zx=7c659aa1beafa75c|title= Kelly Shibari — "This is a great way to get laid by people who are never gonna call me!"|accessdate= 2015-03-08|author= WHACK! Staff|date= February 2010|publisher= WHACK! Magazine}}
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Kelly Shibari (born 9 September 1972) is an American former pornographic actress and plus-size model.
Early life
Shibari was born and raised in Japan.{{cite web|url= http://www.orgasm.com/news/2012/11/06/orgasm-news-interviews-kelly-shibari-part-2/|title= Orgasm News Interviews Kelly Shibari: Part 2|accessdate= 2015-03-08|author= Dave Kingsley|date= 2012-11-06|publisher= Orgasm News|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120827/http://www.orgasm.com/news/2012/11/06/orgasm-news-interviews-kelly-shibari-part-2/|archive-date= 2 April 2015|url-status= dead}} She moved to the United States at the age of 15.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/style/porn-women-nonbinary-queer.html|title=Who Gets to Be Sexy?|work=The New York Times|last=Hess|first=Amanda|date=5 May 2018|access-date=10 August 2018}} She has also lived in the Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan neighborhoods of New York City. She speaks fluent Japanese and English.
Shibari does not have a high school diploma because she was admitted to college early at the age of 16. She graduated with a degree in marketing.{{cite web|url= http://www.orgasm.com/news/2012/11/07/orgasm-news-interviews-kelly-shibari-part-3/|title= Orgasm News Interviews Kelly Shibari: Part 3|accessdate= 2015-03-08|author= Dave Kingsley|date= 2012-11-07|publisher= Orgasm News|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150402180554/http://www.orgasm.com/news/2012/11/07/orgasm-news-interviews-kelly-shibari-part-3/|archive-date= 2 April 2015|url-status= dead}}
Shibari was once a roadie for rock bands and Broadway tours.{{cite web|url=http://interviews.adultdvdtalk.com/kelly-shibari/|title=Captain Jack interviews Kelly Shibari|accessdate=2015-03-08|author=Captain Jack|date=2014-12-02|publisher=Adult DVD Talk}} She also worked for ten years as an art director and production designer for mainstream films and television shows and left that industry during the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike.{{cite web|url= http://www.iwearoddsockz.com/2012/10/11/interview-with-kelly-shibari-bbw-porn-star/|title= Interview with Kelly Shibari BBW Porn Star|accessdate= 2015-03-08|author= Matty V|date= 2012-10-11|publisher= I Wear Odd Sockz|archive-date= 2 April 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150402200340/http://www.iwearoddsockz.com/2012/10/11/interview-with-kelly-shibari-bbw-porn-star/|url-status= dead}}
Career
Shibari entered the adult film industry in 2007 after sending photos of herself to The Score Group.{{cite web|url= http://www.orgasm.com/news/2012/11/05/orgasm-news-interviews-kelly-shibari/|title= Orgasm News Interviews Kelly Shibari|accessdate= 2015-03-08|author= Dave Kingsley|date= 2012-11-05|publisher= Orgasm News|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122607/http://www.orgasm.com/news/2012/11/05/orgasm-news-interviews-kelly-shibari/|archive-date= 2 April 2015|url-status= dead}} She initially used the stage name Olivia when she was working in amateur pornography. The last name Shibari in her current stage name means Japanese rope bondage. In June 2014, she became the first plus-size model to appear on the cover of Penthouse Forum magazine.{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/30/penthouse-forum-plus-size-model_n_5240266.html|title=Penthouse Forum Features First-Ever Plus-Size Model On June Cover|work=The Huffington Post|publisher=AOL|last=Feldman|first=Jamie|date=30 April 2014|accessdate=7 March 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nerve.com/features/talking-with-kelly-shibari-the-first-plus-size-woman-ever-on-the-cover-of-penthouse-forum|title=Talking with Kelly Shibari, the First Plus Size Model on the Cover of Penthouse Forum |work=Nerve|publisher=This Life, Inc|last=Hakala|first=Kate|date=7 May 2014|accessdate=10 March 2015}}
Mainstream media appearances
Shibari appeared in the music video for the song "Mein Land" by Rammstein, which premiered on 11 November 2011.{{cite web|url= http://www.xbiz.com/news/140569|title= Kelly Shibari Featured in New Rammstein Music Video|accessdate= 2015-03-08|author= Bob Johnson|date= 2011-11-06|publisher= XBIZ}} She also appeared in the series finale of Sons of Anarchy in 2014.{{cite web|url= http://www.xbiz.com/news/188791|title= Kelly Shibari Featured in Series Finale of TV's 'Sons of Anarchy'|accessdate= 2015-03-08|author= Bob Johnson|date= 2014-12-10|publisher= XBIZ}}
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
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Category:Japanese female adult models
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