Mana Ashida
Acting
Born: 2004-06-23 in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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.
Known For
Pacific Rim
Young Mako
Confessions
Manami Moriguchi
Children of the Sea
Ruka Azumi (voice)
Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us
Largo (voice)
Scarlet
Scarlet (voice)
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
Wolf Queen (voice)
Bunny Drop
Rin Kaga
Poupelle of Chimney Town
Lubicchi (voice)
Cells at Work!
Niko Urushizaki
Liar Game: Reborn
Alice
The Floating Castle
Chidori
The House of the Lost on the Cape
Yui (voice)
Mother
Michiki Reina
The Greatest Teacher
Ugumori Kanau
Goodbye to Our Kindergarten
Kanna Yamazaki
BL Metamorphosis
Urara Sayama
Magic Tree House
Annie
Antarctica
Haruka Furutachi
Mampuku
Narrator
Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle
Ami Hagiwara
Child of the Stars
Chihiro
The Round Table
Kokko
MYSTERY ARENA
Ichiko
Tomorrow, Mom Won't Be Here
Post
Chimney Town: Frozen in Time
Lubicchi (voice)
Not Me That Went Viral
Sakura
Sayonara, Maestro!
Hibiki Natsume
In a Corner of This World
Toire no kamisama
Kana Uemura [Child]
Alice in Liar Game
Alice
Princess Go
Sen (child)
Marumo's Story
Kaoru Sasakura
Beautiful Rain
Kinoshita Miu
Golden SixTONES
Self
Don't Lose Heart
Toyo Shibata (child)
Looking Up at the Half-Moon
Miku Natsume
Hana's Miso Soup
NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen
Judge
Ginnikan
Maho – Child
NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen
Self - Host