Acting · Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan · Born June 23, 2004
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.
MovieMYSTERY ARENA
2026
as Ichiko
MovieChimney Town: Frozen in Time
2026
as Lubicchi (voice)
TVUnrequited Love
2026
as Yui Sugawara
MovieScarlet
2025
as Scarlet (voice)
MovieNot Me That Went Viral
2025
as Sakura
MovieTotto no Ketsuraku Seishunki
2025
TVGolden SixTONES
2025
MovieCells at Work!
2024
as Niko Urushizaki
TVSayonara, Maestro!
2024
as Hibiki Natsume
TVThe Greatest Teacher
2023
as Ugumori Kanau
MovieLonely Castle in the Mirror
2022
as Wolf Queen (voice)
MovieBL Metamorphosis
2022
as Urara Sayama
MovieEnding Cut
2022
as 迫田结
TVEnding Cut
2022
MovieThe House of the Lost on the Cape
2021
as Yui (voice)
MoviePoupelle of Chimney Town
2020
as Lubicchi (voice)
MovieChild of the Stars
2020
as Chihiro
MovieTAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」
2019
TVSandwichman to Ashida Mana no Hakase Chan
2019
as Self
MovieChildren of the Sea
2019
as Ruka Azumi (voice)
TVSunday Art Museum
2019
MovieHaruko's Doll
2018
as Haruko
MoviePokémon the Movie: The Power of Us
2018
as Largo (voice)
MovieTakayuki Yamada in 3D
2017
as Herself
TVOUR HOUSE
2016
TVGinnikan
2014
as Maho – Child
MovieHana's Miso Soup
2014
MovieThe Round Table
2014
as Kokko
TVTomorrow, Mom Won't Be Here
2014
as Post
MovieDon't Lose Heart
2013
as Toyo Shibata (child)
MovieThe Partner
2013
as Sakura
MoviePacific Rim
2013
as Young Mako
MovieThe Floating Castle
2012
as Chidori
TVBeautiful Rain
2012
as Kinoshita Miu
TVAlice in Liar Game
2012
as Alice
MovieLiar Game: Reborn
2012
as Alice
MovieMagic Tree House
2012
as Annie
TVAntarctica
2011
as Haruka Furutachi
MovieHonto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2011
2011
MovieBunny Drop
2011
as Rin Kaga
MovieIn a Corner of This World
2011
MovieHankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle
2011
as Ami Hagiwara
TVMarumo's Story
2011
as Kaoru Sasakura
MovieGoodbye to Our Kindergarten
2011
as Kanna Yamazaki
MovieToire no kamisama
2011
as Kana Uemura [Child]
MovieConfessions
2010
as Manami Moriguchi
TVMother
2010
as Michiki Reina
MovieLooking Up at the Half-Moon
2010
as Miku Natsume
TVNHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen
1951
as Judge
