Mana Ashida
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
NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen
Scarlet
Liar Game: Reborn
The Greatest Teacher
Mother
Antarctica
Sayonara, Maestro!
All Movies (33)
- MYSTERY ARENA2026 · as Ichiko
- Chimney Town: Frozen in Time2026 · as Lubicchi (voice)
- Scarlet2025 · as Scarlet (voice)
- Not Me That Went Viral2025 · as Sakura
- Totto no Ketsuraku Seishunki2025
- Cells at Work!2024 · as Niko Urushizaki
- Lonely Castle in the Mirror2022 · as Wolf Queen (voice)
- BL Metamorphosis2022 · as Urara Sayama
- Ending Cut2022 · as 迫田结
- The House of the Lost on the Cape2021 · as Yui (voice)
- Poupelle of Chimney Town2020 · as Lubicchi (voice)
- Child of the Stars2020 · as Chihiro
- TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」2019
- Children of the Sea2019 · as Ruka Azumi (voice)
- Haruko's Doll2018 · as Haruko
- Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us2018 · as Largo (voice)
- Takayuki Yamada in 3D2017 · as Herself
- Hana's Miso Soup2014
- The Round Table2014 · as Kokko
- Don't Lose Heart2013 · as Toyo Shibata (child)
- The Partner2013 · as Sakura
- Pacific Rim2013 · as Young Mako
- The Floating Castle2012 · as Chidori
- Liar Game: Reborn2012 · as Alice
- Magic Tree House2012 · as Annie
- Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 20112011
- Bunny Drop2011 · as Rin Kaga
- In a Corner of This World2011
- Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle2011 · as Ami Hagiwara
- Goodbye to Our Kindergarten2011 · as Kanna Yamazaki
- Toire no kamisama2011
- Confessions2010 · as Manami Moriguchi
- Looking Up at the Half-Moon2010 · as Miku Natsume
All TV Shows (16)
- Unrequited Love2026 · as Yui Sugawara
- Sayonara, Maestro!2024 · as Hibiki Natsume
- The Greatest Teacher2023 · as Ugumori Kanau
- エンディングカット2022
- Ending Cut2022
- Sandwichman to Ashida Mana no Hakase Chan2019 · as Self
- Sunday Art Museum2019
- OUR HOUSE2016
- Ginnikan2014 · as Maho – Child
- Tomorrow, Mom Won't Be Here2014 · as Post
- Beautiful Rain2012 · as Kinoshita Miu
- Alice in Liar Game2012 · as Alice
- Antarctica2011 · as Haruka Furutachi
- Marumo's Story2011 · as Kaoru Sasakura
- Mother2010 · as Michiki Reina
- NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen1951 · as Judge