Mana Ashida
Born: 2004-06-23 in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
Known For: Acting
Biography
Mana Ashida (芦田 愛菜, Ashida Mana; born 23 June 2004) is a Japanese actress, talent and singer. Her first appearance was in Asahi Broadcasting Corporation's ABC Short Movie 2, though she rose to prominence after acting in the television drama Mother. She became the youngest lead star in Japanese drama history when she starred in Sayonara Bokutachi no Youchien. She was the youngest lead actress in a television serial drama by appearing in the serial drama Marumo no Okite in the spring of 2011. She also appeared in Japanese films such as Confessions and Bunny Drop. Ashida and her co-actor Fuku Suzuki sang the 2011 hit song "Maru Maru Mori Mori", the theme song for the television drama Marumo no Okite.
Filmography
2026
- Chimney Town: Frozen in Time as Lubicchi (voice)
- Unrequited Love as Yui Sugawara
- ミステリー・アリーナ as Ichiko
2025
- Scarlet as Scarlet (voice)
- Not Me That Went Viral as Sakura
- Totto no Ketsuraku Seishunki
2024
- Sayonara, Maestro! as Hibiki Natsume
- Cells at Work! as Niko Urushizaki
2023
- The Greatest Teacher as Ugumori Kanau
2022
- Lonely Castle in the Mirror as Wolf Queen (voice)
- エンディングカット
- Ending Cut
- BL Metamorphosis as Urara Sayama
- Ending Cut as 迫田结
2021
- The House of the Lost on the Cape as Yui (voice)
2020
- Poupelle of Chimney Town as Lubicchi (voice)
- Child of the Stars as Chihiro
2019
- Children of the Sea as Ruka Azumi (voice)
- Sandwichman to Ashida Mana no Hakase Chan as Self
- TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」
- Sunday Art Museum
2018
- Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us as Largo (voice)
- Haruko's Doll as Haruko
2017
- Takayuki Yamada in 3D as Herself
2016
2014
- Tomorrow, Mom Won't Be Here as Post
- Ginnikan as Maho – Child
- The Round Table as Kokko
- Hana's Miso Soup
2013
- Pacific Rim as Young Mako
- Don't Lose Heart as Toyo Shibata (child)
- The Partner as Sakura
2012
- Beautiful Rain as Kinoshita Miu
- Magic Tree House as Annie
- Liar Game: Reborn as Alice
- The Floating Castle as Chidori
- Alice in Liar Game as Alice
2011
- Antarctica as Haruka Furutachi
- Marumo's Story as Kaoru Sasakura
- Bunny Drop as Rin Kaga
- Goodbye to Our Kindergarten as Kanna Yamazaki
- Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle as Ami Hagiwara
- Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2011
- In a Corner of This World
- Toire no kamisama
2010
- Mother as Michiki Reina
- Confessions as Manami Moriguchi
- Looking Up at the Half-Moon as Miku Natsume
1951
- NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen as Judge