Cast & creator
Mana Ashida
Best known for Pacific Rim, NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen, Mampuku
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.
Also known as: Асида Мана, あしだ まな, 芦田 愛菜
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1951–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (56)
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Pacific Rim
Young Mako
2013
NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen
Judge
1951
Mampuku
Narrator
2018
Golden SixTONES
Self
2025
Princess Go
Sen (child)
2011
The Greatest Teacher
Ugumori Kanau
2023
Mother
Michiki Reina
2010
Scarlet
Scarlet (voice)
2025Scarlet
Theme Song Performance
2025
Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us
Largo (voice)
2018
Confessions
Manami Moriguchi
2010
Antarctica
Haruka Furutachi
2011
Marumo's Story
Kaoru Sasakura
2011Marumo's Story
Theme Song Performance
2011
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
Wolf Queen (voice)
2022
Children of the Sea
Ruka Azumi (voice)
2019
Sayonara, Maestro!
Hibiki Natsume
2024
Tomorrow, Mom Won't Be Here
Post
2014
Cells at Work!
Niko Urushizaki
2024
Sunday Art Museum
2019
MYSTERY ARENA
Ichiko
2026
Beautiful Rain
Kinoshita Miu
2012Beautiful Rain
Theme Song Performance
2012
OUR HOUSE
2016
Poupelle of Chimney Town
Lubicchi (voice)
2020
Alice in Liar Game
Alice
2012
Extraordinary Attorney Minami
Minamida Minami
2026
Ginnikan
Maho – Child
2014
Liar Game: Reborn
Alice
2012
The House of the Lost on the Cape
Yui (voice)
2021
Bunny Drop
Rin Kaga
2011
Sandwichman to Ashida Mana no Hakase Chan
Self
2019
The Floating Castle
Chidori
2012
Chimney Town: Frozen in Time
Lubicchi (voice)
2026
Unrequited Love
Yui Sugawara
2026The Apothecary Diaries
Maomao
Goodbye to Our Kindergarten
Kanna Yamazaki
2011
Child of the Stars
Chihiro
2020
Magic Tree House
Annie
2012
BL Metamorphosis
Urara Sayama
2022
Haruko's Doll
Haruko
2018
Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle
Ami Hagiwara
2011
Ending Cut
2022
TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」
2019
Don't Lose Heart
Toyo Shibata (child)
2013
Not Me That Went Viral
Sakura
2025
The Round Table
Kokko
2014
Looking Up at the Half-Moon
Miku Natsume
2010
Toire no kamisama
Kana Uemura [Child]
2011
Totto no Ketsuraku Seishunki
2025
Hana's Miso Soup
2014
The Partner
Sakura
2013
In a Corner of This World
2011
Ending Cut
迫田结
2022
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2011
2011
Takayuki Yamada in 3D
Herself
2017