Mana Ashida

Mana Ashida

Known for
Acting
Born
June 23, 2004 (age 22)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

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The Apothecary Diaries

The Apothecary Diaries

TV · as Maomao · 1 ep

2026
Chimney Town: Frozen in Time poster

Chimney Town: Frozen in Time

Movie · as Lubicchi (voice)

2026
MYSTERY ARENA poster

MYSTERY ARENA

Movie · as Ichiko

2026
Unrequited Love poster

Unrequited Love

TV · as Yui Sugawara · 2 eps

2026
Extraordinary Attorney Minami poster

Extraordinary Attorney Minami

TV · as Minamida Minami · 10 eps

2025
Scarlet poster

Scarlet

Movie · as Scarlet (voice)

2025
Not Me That Went Viral poster

Not Me That Went Viral

Movie · as Sakura

2025
Totto no Ketsuraku Seishunki poster

Totto no Ketsuraku Seishunki

Movie

2025
Golden SixTONES poster

Golden SixTONES

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
Cells at Work! poster

Cells at Work!

Movie · as Niko Urushizaki

2024
Sayonara, Maestro! poster

Sayonara, Maestro!

TV · as Hibiki Natsume · 10 eps

2023
The Greatest Teacher poster

The Greatest Teacher

TV · as Ugumori Kanau · 10 eps

2022
Ending Cut poster

Ending Cut

Movie · as 迫田结

2022
BL Metamorphosis poster

BL Metamorphosis

Movie · as Urara Sayama

2022
Lonely Castle in the Mirror poster

Lonely Castle in the Mirror

Movie · as Wolf Queen (voice)

2022
Ending Cut poster

Ending Cut

TV · 1 ep

2021
The House of the Lost on the Cape poster

The House of the Lost on the Cape

Movie · as Yui (voice)

2020
Child of the Stars poster

Child of the Stars

Movie · as Chihiro

2020
Poupelle of Chimney Town poster

Poupelle of Chimney Town

Movie · as Lubicchi (voice)

2019
Children of the Sea poster

Children of the Sea

Movie · as Ruka Azumi (voice)

2019
TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」 poster

TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」

Movie

2019
Sandwichman to Ashida Mana no Hakase Chan poster

Sandwichman to Ashida Mana no Hakase Chan

TV · as Self · 42 eps

2019
Sunday Art Museum poster

Sunday Art Museum

TV · 1 ep

2018
Haruko's Doll poster

Haruko's Doll

Movie · as Haruko

2018
Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us poster

Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us

Movie · as Largo (voice)

2018
Mampuku poster

Mampuku

TV · as Narrator · 151 eps

2017
Takayuki Yamada in 3D poster

Takayuki Yamada in 3D

Movie · as Herself

2016
OUR HOUSE poster

OUR HOUSE

TV · 9 eps

2014
The Round Table poster

The Round Table

Movie · as Kokko

2014
Hana's Miso Soup poster

Hana's Miso Soup

Movie

2014
Tomorrow, Mom Won't Be Here poster

Tomorrow, Mom Won't Be Here

TV · as Post · 9 eps

2014
Ginnikan poster

Ginnikan

TV · as Maho – Child · 9 eps

2013
Pacific Rim poster

Pacific Rim

Movie · as Young Mako

2013
The Partner poster

The Partner

Movie · as Sakura

2013
Don't Lose Heart poster

Don't Lose Heart

Movie · as Toyo Shibata (child)

2012
Magic Tree House poster

Magic Tree House

Movie · as Annie

2012
Liar Game: Reborn poster

Liar Game: Reborn

Movie · as Alice

2012
The Floating Castle poster

The Floating Castle

Movie · as Chidori

2012
Alice in Liar Game poster

Alice in Liar Game

TV · as Alice · 4 eps

2012
Beautiful Rain poster

Beautiful Rain

TV · as Kinoshita Miu · 12 eps

2011
Bunny Drop poster

Bunny Drop

Movie · as Rin Kaga

2011
Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle poster

Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle

Movie · as Ami Hagiwara

2011
Goodbye to Our Kindergarten poster

Goodbye to Our Kindergarten

Movie · as Kanna Yamazaki

2011
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2011 poster

Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2011

Movie

2011
In a Corner of This World poster

In a Corner of This World

Movie

2011
Toire no kamisama poster

Toire no kamisama

Movie · as Kana Uemura [Child]

2011
Marumo's Story poster

Marumo's Story

TV · as Kaoru Sasakura · 11 eps

2011
Antarctica poster

Antarctica

TV · as Haruka Furutachi · 10 eps

2011
Princess Go poster

Princess Go

TV · as Sen (child) · 46 eps

2010
Confessions poster

Confessions

Movie · as Manami Moriguchi

2010
Looking Up at the Half-Moon poster

Looking Up at the Half-Moon

Movie · as Miku Natsume

2010
Mother poster

Mother

TV · as Michiki Reina · 11 eps

1951
NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen poster

NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen

TV · as Judge, Self - Host · 1 ep