Mana Ashida
Born: 2004-06-23
• Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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.
Filmography
MYSTERY ARENA
Chimney Town: Frozen in Time
Scarlet
Not Me That Went Viral
Totto no Ketsuraku Seishunki
Cells at Work!
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
BL Metamorphosis
Ending Cut
The House of the Lost on the Cape
Poupelle of Chimney Town
Child of the Stars
TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」
Children of the Sea
Haruko's Doll
Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us
Takayuki Yamada in 3D
Hana's Miso Soup
The Round Table
Don't Lose Heart
The Partner
Pacific Rim
The Floating Castle
Liar Game: Reborn
Magic Tree House
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2011
Bunny Drop
In a Corner of This World
Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle
Goodbye to Our Kindergarten
Toire no kamisama
Confessions
Looking Up at the Half-Moon