- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 23, 2004
- Place of Birth
- Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
Mana Ashida
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
movieMYSTERY ARENA
2026 · Ichiko
movieChimney Town: Frozen in Time
2026 · Lubicchi (voice)
tvUnrequited Love
2026 · Yui Sugawara
movieScarlet
2025 · Scarlet (voice), Theme Song Performance
movieNot Me That Went Viral
2025 · Sakura
movieTotto no Ketsuraku Seishunki
2025
movieCells at Work!
2024 · Niko Urushizaki
tvSayonara, Maestro!
2024 · Hibiki Natsume
tvThe Greatest Teacher
2023 · Ugumori Kanau
movieLonely Castle in the Mirror
2022 · Wolf Queen (voice)
movieBL Metamorphosis
2022 · Urara Sayama
movieEnding Cut
2022 · 迫田结
tvEnding Cut
2022
movieThe House of the Lost on the Cape
2021 · Yui (voice)
moviePoupelle of Chimney Town
2020 · Lubicchi (voice)
movieChild of the Stars
2020 · Chihiro
movieTAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」
2019
tvSandwichman to Ashida Mana no Hakase Chan
2019 · Self
movieChildren of the Sea
2019 · Ruka Azumi (voice)
tvSunday Art Museum
2019
movieHaruko's Doll
2018 · Haruko
moviePokémon the Movie: The Power of Us
2018 · Largo (voice)
movieTakayuki Yamada in 3D
2017 · Herself
tvOUR HOUSE
2016
tvGinnikan
2014 · Maho – Child
movieHana's Miso Soup
2014
movieThe Round Table
2014 · Kokko
tvTomorrow, Mom Won't Be Here
2014 · Post
movieDon't Lose Heart
2013 · Toyo Shibata (child)
movieThe Partner
2013 · Sakura
moviePacific Rim
2013 · Young Mako
movieThe Floating Castle
2012 · Chidori
tvBeautiful Rain
2012 · Kinoshita Miu, Theme Song Performance
tvAlice in Liar Game
2012 · Alice
movieLiar Game: Reborn
2012 · Alice
movieMagic Tree House
2012 · Annie
tvAntarctica
2011 · Haruka Furutachi
movieHonto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2011
2011
movieBunny Drop
2011 · Rin Kaga
movieIn a Corner of This World
2011
movieHankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle
2011 · Ami Hagiwara
tvMarumo's Story
2011 · Kaoru Sasakura, Theme Song Performance
movieGoodbye to Our Kindergarten
2011 · Kanna Yamazaki
movieToire no kamisama
2011 · Kana Uemura [Child]
movieConfessions
2010 · Manami Moriguchi
tvMother
2010 · Michiki Reina
movieLooking Up at the Half-Moon
2010 · Miku Natsume
tvNHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen
1951 · Judge