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.
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Pacific Rim
2013 · Young Mako
Mampuku
2018 · Narrator
NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen
1951 · Judge
Scarlet
2025 · Scarlet (voice)
The Greatest Teacher
2023 · Ugumori Kanau
Mother
2010 · Michiki Reina
Golden SixTONES
2025
Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us
2018 · Largo (voice)
Confessions
2010 · Manami Moriguchi
Antarctica
2011 · Haruka Furutachi
Beautiful Rain
2012 · Kinoshita Miu
Children of the Sea
2019 · Ruka Azumi (voice)
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
2022 · Wolf Queen (voice)
Marumo's Story
2011 · Kaoru Sasakura
Cells at Work!
2024 · Niko Urushizaki
Tomorrow, Mom Won't Be Here
2014 · Post
Sayonara, Maestro!
2024 · Hibiki Natsume
Sandwichman to Ashida Mana no Hakase Chan
2019 · Self
Poupelle of Chimney Town
2020 · Lubicchi (voice)
Bunny Drop
2011 · Rin Kaga
OUR HOUSE
2016
Alice in Liar Game
2012 · Alice
Ginnikan
2014 · Maho – Child
Liar Game: Reborn
2012 · Alice
Chimney Town: Frozen in Time
2026 · Lubicchi (voice)
The House of the Lost on the Cape
2021 · Yui (voice)
The Floating Castle
2012 · Chidori
Goodbye to Our Kindergarten
2011 · Kanna Yamazaki
Unrequited Love
2026 · Yui Sugawara
Magic Tree House
2012 · Annie
MYSTERY ARENA
2026 · Ichiko
BL Metamorphosis
2022 · Urara Sayama
Sunday Art Museum
2019
Ending Cut
2022
Child of the Stars
2020 · Chihiro
Not Me That Went Viral
2025 · Sakura
Toire no kamisama
2011 · Kana Uemura [Child]
TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」
2019
Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle
2011 · Ami Hagiwara
The Round Table
2014 · Kokko
In a Corner of This World
2011
Totto no Ketsuraku Seishunki
2025
Don't Lose Heart
2013 · Toyo Shibata (child)
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2011
2011
Looking Up at the Half-Moon
2010 · Miku Natsume
Haruko's Doll
2018 · Haruko
Takayuki Yamada in 3D
2017 · Herself
Hana's Miso Soup
2014
Ending Cut
2022 · 迫田结
The Partner
2013 · Sakura