Teanna Kai (born March 25, 1978) is the professional name of an Asian-American porn actress and adult model. ai has given conflicting stories in public interviews in the adult film industry relating to her Ethnicity. She sometimes claims she is half-Hawaiian and half-Filipina and was born in Manila, saying she came to America in 1994 and settled in Stockton, California.[2] She has also claimed she is Vietnamese and was born in Vietnam, escaping with her parents to Singapore as a child. Her family then allegedly settled in Minnesota, later moving to California. Kai says she grew up in a large family with parents who were "really strict". Nevertheless, she was a cheerleader in high school.