Porn Valley Dispatch: Enter the Katsumi

You know, the first time one hears the term "anal queen" it is a little unsettling, and I'm not sure any of our nation's porn stars would apply that label to themselves—but Katsumi, born in France and sporting French and Vietnamese heritage, has become known for her ability to get her ass on.

Katsumi is Digital Playground's latest contract performer and will meet fans alongside labelmates Jesse Jane, Jana Cova, Shay J., and Sophia Santi at next month's AVN Expo.

Katsumi, 27, says this of her porn career: "I learnt how to not mix love and desire, body and soul, feelings and thoughts ...and by this way I learnt how to discover a kind of harmony where pain can be pleasure, where beauty is not what you show, but what you ARE." More Katsumi after the jump. - GP

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Katsumi, like other performers of Asian descent, is often pigeonholed in the Asian niche of geishas and hand fans, but don't ask her for a recommendation of a good Pho restaurant.

"I'm not very familiar with Vietnamese culture," said Katsumi, a Francophone whose mother is French. Her name can also be construed as a French/English pun for "submissive cat".

Katsumi will next appear in Digital Playground's "Katsumi: Sexual Freak". (Personally, I don't think it's freakish that Katsumi is looking at me while she is otherwise occupied; I think it's sweet.)

· Katsumi on MySpace (myspace.com)
· Katsumi (clubkatsumi.com)
· Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

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