Mana Ashida
Birthday: 2004-06-23
Birthplace: Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
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2026-05-22 | ミステリー・アリーナ | Ichiko |
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2026-03-27 | Chimney Town: Frozen in Time | Lubicchi (voice) |
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2025-11-21 | Scarlet | Scarlet (voice) |
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2025-09-26 | Not Me That Went Viral | Sakura |
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2025-08-30 | Totto no Ketsuraku Seishunki | |
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2024-12-13 | Cells at Work! | Niko Urushizaki |
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2022-12-23 | Lonely Castle in the Mirror | Wolf Queen (voice) |
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2022-06-17 | BL Metamorphosis | Urara Sayama |
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2022-03-19 | Ending Cut | 迫田结 |
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2021-08-27 | The House of the Lost on the Cape | Yui (voice) |
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2020-12-25 | Poupelle of Chimney Town | Lubicchi (voice) |
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2020-10-09 | Child of the Stars | Chihiro |
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2019-11-08 | TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」 | |
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2019-06-07 | Children of the Sea | Ruka Azumi (voice) |
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2018-08-04 | Haruko's Doll | Haruko |
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2018-07-13 | Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us | Largo (voice) |
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2014-08-30 | Hana's Miso Soup | |
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2014-06-21 | The Round Table | Kokko |
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2013-11-16 | Don't Lose Heart | Toyo Shibata (child) |
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2013-09-29 | The Partner | Sakura |
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2013-07-11 | Pacific Rim | Young Mako |
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2012-11-02 | The Floating Castle | Chidori |
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2012-03-03 | Liar Game: Reborn | Alice |
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2012-01-07 | Magic Tree House | Annie |
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2011-09-03 | Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2011 | |
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2011-08-20 | Bunny Drop | Rin Kaga |
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2011-08-05 | In a Corner of This World | |
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2011-04-29 | Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle | Ami Hagiwara |
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2011-03-30 | Goodbye to Our Kindergarten | Kanna Yamazaki |
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2011-01-05 | Toire no kamisama | |
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2010-06-04 | Confessions | Manami Moriguchi |
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2010-04-03 | Looking Up at the Half-Moon | Miku Natsume |