Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Born
23 Juni 2004 (22)
Place of birth
Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
Also known as
Асида Мана · あしだ まな · 芦田 愛菜
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.
Bekannt für
6.9
Film
Pacific Rim
Young Mako
2013
8.8
Series
Mampuku
Narrator
2018–2019
7.2
Film
Scarlet
Scarlet (voice)
2025
7.3
Series
The Greatest Teacher
Ugumori Kanau
2023
8.4
Series
Mother
Michiki Reina
2010
7.4
Film
The Floating Castle
Chidori
2012
6.3
Film
Liar Game: Reborn
Alice
2012
7.5
Series
Sayonara, Maestro!
Hibiki Natsume
2024
7.6
Film
Confessions
Manami Moriguchi
2010
8.3
Series
Antarctica
Haruka Furutachi
2011
7.2
Film
Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us
Largo (voice)
2018
5.6
Film
MYSTERY ARENA
Ichiko
2026
6.6
Film
Poupelle of Chimney Town
Lubicchi (voice)
2020
7.6
Series
Tomorrow, Mom Won't Be Here
Post
2014
7.1
Film
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
Wolf Queen (voice)
2022
8.0
Series
Marumo's Story
Kaoru Sasakura
2011
7.0
Series
Beautiful Rain
Kinoshita Miu
2012
7.1
Film
Children of the Sea
Ruka Azumi (voice)
2019
7.7
Film
Cells at Work!
Niko Urushizaki
2024
7.0
Series
エンディングカット
2022–
0.0
Series
Minamida Minami Bengoshi wa Tensaihada
Minamida Minami
2026
6.3
Series
Alice in Liar Game
Alice
2012
8.0
Series
Ginnikan
Maho – Child
2014
4.5
Film
Chimney Town: Frozen in Time
Lubicchi (voice)
2026
6.6
Film
The House of the Lost on the Cape
Yui (voice)
2021
6.8
Film
BL Metamorphosis
Urara Sayama
2022
0.0
Series
The Apothecary Diaries
Maomao
7.7
Film
Child of the Stars
Chihiro
2020
5.8
Film
Not Me That Went Viral
Sakura
2025
Acting credits 29 titles
Minamida Minami Bengoshi wa Tensaihada
as Minamida Minami
0.0
2026
Chimney Town: Frozen in Time
as Lubicchi (voice)
4.5
2026
MYSTERY ARENA
as Ichiko
5.6
2026
Scarlet
as Scarlet (voice)
7.2
2025
Not Me That Went Viral
as Sakura
5.8
2025
Sayonara, Maestro!
as Hibiki Natsume
7.5
2024
Cells at Work!
as Niko Urushizaki
7.7
2024
The Greatest Teacher
as Ugumori Kanau
7.3
2023
エンディングカット
7.0
2022–
BL Metamorphosis
as Urara Sayama
6.8
2022
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
as Wolf Queen (voice)
7.1
2022
The House of the Lost on the Cape
as Yui (voice)
6.6
2021
Child of the Stars
as Chihiro
7.7
2020
Poupelle of Chimney Town
as Lubicchi (voice)
6.6
2020
Children of the Sea
as Ruka Azumi (voice)
7.1
2019
Mampuku
as Narrator
8.8
2018–2019
Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us
as Largo (voice)
7.2
2018
Ginnikan
as Maho – Child
8.0
2014
Tomorrow, Mom Won't Be Here
as Post
7.6
2014
Pacific Rim
as Young Mako
6.9
2013
Alice in Liar Game
as Alice
6.3
2012
Beautiful Rain
as Kinoshita Miu
7.0
2012
Liar Game: Reborn
as Alice
6.3
2012
The Floating Castle
as Chidori
7.4
2012
Marumo's Story
as Kaoru Sasakura
8.0
2011
Antarctica
as Haruka Furutachi
8.3
2011
Mother
as Michiki Reina
8.4
2010
Confessions
as Manami Moriguchi
7.6
2010
The Apothecary Diaries
as Maomao
0.0