Mana Ashida
Actor
Born June 23, 2004 in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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
MYSTERY ARENA
Ichiko
Chimney Town: Frozen in Time
Lubicchi (voice)
Unrequited Love
Yui Sugawara
Scarlet
Scarlet (voice)
Not Me That Went Viral
Sakura
Totto no Ketsuraku Seishunki
Cells at Work!
Niko Urushizaki
Sayonara, Maestro!
Hibiki Natsume
The Greatest Teacher
Ugumori Kanau
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
Wolf Queen (voice)
BL Metamorphosis
Urara Sayama
Ending Cut
迫田结
Ending Cut
The House of the Lost on the Cape
Yui (voice)
Poupelle of Chimney Town
Lubicchi (voice)
Child of the Stars
Chihiro
TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」
Sandwichman to Ashida Mana no Hakase Chan
Self
Children of the Sea
Ruka Azumi (voice)
Sunday Art Museum
Haruko's Doll
Haruko
Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us
Largo (voice)
Takayuki Yamada in 3D
Herself
OUR HOUSE
Ginnikan
Maho – Child
Hana's Miso Soup
The Round Table
Kokko
Tomorrow, Mom Won't Be Here
Post
Don't Lose Heart
Toyo Shibata (child)
The Partner
Sakura
Pacific Rim
Young Mako
The Floating Castle
Chidori
Beautiful Rain
Kinoshita Miu
Alice in Liar Game
Alice
Liar Game: Reborn
Alice
Magic Tree House
Annie
Antarctica
Haruka Furutachi
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2011
Bunny Drop
Rin Kaga
In a Corner of This World
Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle
Ami Hagiwara
Marumo's Story
Kaoru Sasakura
Goodbye to Our Kindergarten
Kanna Yamazaki
Toire no kamisama
Kana Uemura [Child]
Confessions
Manami Moriguchi
Mother
Michiki Reina
Looking Up at the Half-Moon
Miku Natsume
NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen
Judge