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.
Movies 33
Pacific Rim
as Young Mako
2013
Scarlet
as Scarlet (voice)
2025
Confessions
as Manami Moriguchi
2010
Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us
as Largo (voice)
2018
Children of the Sea
as Ruka Azumi (voice)
2019
Cells at Work!
as Niko Urushizaki
2024
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
as Wolf Queen (voice)
2022
Poupelle of Chimney Town
as Lubicchi (voice)
2020
The Floating Castle
as Chidori
2012
Chimney Town: Frozen in Time
as Lubicchi (voice)
2026
MYSTERY ARENA
as Ichiko
2026
Bunny Drop
as Rin Kaga
2011
Magic Tree House
as Annie
2012
Liar Game: Reborn
as Alice
2012
Goodbye to Our Kindergarten
as Kanna Yamazaki
2011
The House of the Lost on the Cape
as Yui (voice)
2021
Child of the Stars
as Chihiro
2020
Not Me That Went Viral
as Sakura
2025
Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle
as Ami Hagiwara
2011
BL Metamorphosis
as Urara Sayama
2022
Looking Up at the Half-Moon
as Miku Natsume
2010
Don't Lose Heart
as Toyo Shibata (child)
2013
Toire no kamisama
as Kana Uemura [Child]
2011
The Round Table
as Kokko
2014
Hana's Miso Soup
2014
Haruko's Doll
as Haruko
2018
Totto no Ketsuraku Seishunki
2025
TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」
2019
Takayuki Yamada in 3D
as Herself
2017
The Partner
as Sakura
2013
Ending Cut
as 迫田结
2022
In a Corner of This World
2011
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2011
2011TV Shows 21
Mampuku
as Narrator
2018
NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen
as Judge
1951
NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen
as Self - Host
1951
Princess Go
as Sen (child)
2011
Extraordinary Attorney Minami
as Minamida Minami
2026
Golden SixTONES
as Self
2025
Mother
as Michiki Reina
2010
The Greatest Teacher
as Ugumori Kanau
2023
Antarctica
as Haruka Furutachi
2011
Marumo's Story
as Kaoru Sasakura
2011
Sunday Art Museum
2019
Sayonara, Maestro!
as Hibiki Natsume
2024
Tomorrow, Mom Won't Be Here
as Post
2014
Beautiful Rain
as Kinoshita Miu
2012
OUR HOUSE
2016
Unrequited Love
as Yui Sugawara
2026
Sandwichman to Ashida Mana no Hakase Chan
as Self
2019
Ginnikan
as Maho – Child
2014
Alice in Liar Game
as Alice
2012
The Apothecary Diaries
as Maomao
