The director of this film, SABU praised her, saying that her laughter "was always echoing throughout the set, creating a peaceful atmosphere inside the set". In this film adaptation of the manga of the same name, she played the main character, Rin, and she was widely praised for her performance in this film. Mana Ashida co-starred with actor Kenichi Matsuyama in the film Usagi Drop. Late 2011: Solo music and variety host debut In early 2011, Mana Ashida starred in several Japanese films, including Inu to Anata no Monogatari, and Hankyū Densha. This will be the first time that they will be appearing together in the same show. On 5 August 2011, it was announced that Mana Ashida will star in the NHK music television program Music Japan, together with actress Nozomi Ohashi and actors Fuku Suzuki and Seishiro Kato, and they will be appearing in the show's special segment entitled "MJ Summer Holidays: Children's Special". They also participated in the special summer edition of the FNS Music Festival, which was broadcasted on 6 August 2011 on the Fuji Television network. The previous record was set by the group Kigurumi ( キグルミ?) in 2006. This single debuted at the 3rd place on the Oricon charts, which made the duo the youngest group in history to achieve a top 10 position on the Oricon charts with an average age of 6 years old. This song was recorded into a singles album, which was released on by Universal Music. Together, they sang the theme song of Marumo no Okite, Maru-Maru-Mori-Mori! (マル・マル・モリ・モリ!?), under the temporary group name of Kaoru to Tomoki, Tamani Mook ( 薫と友樹、たまにムック Kaoru to Tomoki, tama ni mukku?). Mana Ashida made her singing debut with Fuku Suzuki, her co-star in the television drama Marumo no Okite.
This television series received a viewership rating of 23.9% for the series' last episode, and an average rating of 15.48% for its entire run on television. She co-starred in this series with the then-6 years old actor Fuku Suzuki. In the spring drama season, she starred in the television drama Marumo no Okite, where she became the youngest lead star in a drama series. She later became the youngest lead actress in a Japanese television drama at the age of 6 in the special television drama-cum-movie Sayonara Bokutachi no Youchien in 2011. Mana Ashida won awards such as the Best Supporting Actress at the 14th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix and the Special Award at the 4th Tokyo Drama Awards for her role in this television drama. She played the role of Reina Michiki, a young child abused by her mother. Mana Ashida rose to prominence after she starred in the award-winning television drama Mother. Late 2010 - Early 2011: Rise of popularity She voiced Agnes in the Japanese version of the film Despicable Me, and she was also the voice of the young Fang Deng in the Japanese release of Aftershock. In addition to acting, Mana Ashida also did voice-over roles for foreign films released in Japan. For her role in this film, she became one of the winners of the "Rookie of the Year" Award at the 34th Japan Academy Awards. In the same year, Mana Ashida also starred in the film Ghost: In Your Arms Again, a Japanese remake of the 1990 film Ghost. She also starred in the popular film Kokuhaku, playing the role of Manami Moriguchi. Mana Ashida made her first film debut when she starred in the live-action film adaptation of the manga Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora in 2010. Mana Ashida made her debut appearance in Asahi Broadcasting Corporation's ABC Short Movie 2. In addition, Mana Ashida and her co-actor Suzuki Fuku sang the 2011 hit song Maru Maru Mori Mori, the theme song for the television drama Marumo no Okite. Furthermore, she starred in Japanese films such as Confessions and Usagi Drop.
She is also the youngest lead actress when she starred in a television serial drama when she acted in the serial drama Marumo no Okite on the spring of 2011. She later became the youngest lead star in Japanese drama history when she starred in the special drama Sayonara Bokutachi no Youchien. Mana Ashida first acted Asahi Broadcasting Corporation's ABC Short Movie 2, though she rose to prominence only after she starred in the popular television drama Mother. She is currently represented by Jobbykids. Mana Ashida (芦田愛菜) is a Japanese child actress, Tarento and singer from Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. HOBBIES : Jump Rope / Skipping, Reading, Cycling a unicycleįAVORITE FOOD : Cucumber, Fried vegetables, Sukonbu and Kameni.
OCCUPATION : Child actress, Singer, Tarento
NAME : Ashida Mana / Mana Ashida / 芦田愛菜 / あしだまなīIRTHDATE : June 23th, 2004 (7 Years old)