Mana Ashida

Mana Ashida, born in 2004, is a multifaceted Japanese talent whose career began with a minor role in ABC Short Movie 2. Her breakthrough came with the television drama "Mother," but she secured her place in the annals of Japanese entertainment history as the youngest lead actress in a drama, starring in "Sayonara Bokutachi no Youchien." Further acclaim followed in 2011 when she became the youngest lead in a television serial drama with "Marumo no Okite," for which she and co-star Fuku Suzuki recorded the hit theme song "Maru Maru Mori Mori." Her filmography includes "Confessions" and "Bunny Drop," cementing her status as a prodigious talent in Japanese cinema and television.