Mika Tan (born November 27, 1977^[1]) is an American fetish model (BDSM/DS/stocking and pantyhose fetish), and pornographic actress.^[3]

Tan was born in Hawaii^[2][3] to a Japanese–Samoan father and an Okinawan–Taiwanese mother. She was raised by her grandmother, who was an established folk dancer and singer and was also the owner of several massage parlors.^[5][6] While her mother's family was musical, her father's was mainly military,^[2] including her sister^[5] - who serves in the United States Marine Corps and has helped Tan with her official website.^[2] As a "Navy brat", Tan traveled around the United States, Europe, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa all before she started high school.^[2] She had a childhood background in the performing arts and has worked in the commercial fisheries industry in the past.^[7]

Tan began as a child model, doing catalog work beginning at age 12, and she has also appeared as an extra in movies & television and in commercials and live musical theater.^[2][5][8][9]

Tan earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry^[2] from San Diego State University^[8] and an associate's degree in psychology. It took her five years to graduate,^[2] and she did nude art modeling and was a stripper^[5] to support her last year as a student.^[10] Tan has studied classical voice and also graduated from the John Robert Powers Modeling/Finishing School.^[8] She has also appeared on Playboy TV and in a music video for Too $hort called "Get in Where you Fit In".^[8]

Despite her aptitude for science, Tan did not enjoy it and worked in sales and marketing in the timeshare industry^[2] for Dennis Hof. She tried her hand at mainstream acting in California, but quit after discovering that the casting couch was not a myth.^[5]

Tan was discovered at an ampm by porn^[5] director Jack Pearl. Tan also had a third trimester miscarriage during this period, which she has described as the worst time of her life.^[2] She was married once to Alec Knight, another performer in the adult industry.^[2][4][5]

Tan primarily does fetish-oriented work, including work as a dominatrix and sub^[2] for the Kink.com group of companies, mostly the "Men in Pain" and "Divine Bitches" websites. She also stars in non-fetish oriented work. She considers herself mainly a fetish model rather than a porn star though. The official biography on her website states: "For the record, I do not consider myself a porn star and any girl who has done less than 250 films shouldn't either."^[2] Tan moved into film production and direction with her own production company (GenerAsianxxx Productions) with her debut film featuring heterosexual Asian-American men in hardcore scenes.^[4]

Tan identifies as bisexual and she briefly tried escorting in 2001.^[5]