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2 | [[caption-width-right:225:Mana as a child.]] |
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4 | Mana Ashida (born June 23, 2004, in Nishinomiya, Japan) is a Japanese child actress. She is well-known for playing the young version of Mako Mori in ''Film/PacificRim'', as well as for her hit song "Maru Maru Mori Mori!", which she performed with fellow child actor Fuku Suzuki for the TV drama ''Marumo no Okite''. After the song became a hit, she started a solo idol career and was cast in several films and even some anime. She was also the last person to win the top prize in the Japanese version of ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire''. |
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6 | !!Notable roles: |
7 | * Agnes in ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1'' (Japanese dub) |
8 | * Annie in the [[AnimatedAdaptation anime adaptation]] of ''Literature/MagicTreeHouse'' |
9 | * Madison Russell in ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' (Japanese dub) |
10 | * Mako Mori (child) in ''Film/PacificRim'' |
11 | * Princess Mana in ''[[Toys/{{Jewelpet}} Jewelpet: Sweets Dance Princess]]'' |
12 | * Margo in ''Anime/PokemonThePowerOfUs'' |
13 | * The Little Red-Haired Girl in ''WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie'' (Japanese dub) |
14 | * Rin Kaga in the live-action adaptation of ''Manga/BunnyDrop'' |
15 | * Ruka Azumi in ''Manga/ChildrenOfTheSea'' |
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17 | !!Mana Ashida provides examples of: |
18 | * AccidentalMisnaming: When filming ''Pacific Rim'', Mana had trouble pronouncing Creator/GuillermoDelToro's name, so she called him [[Anime/MyNeighborTotoro Totoro-san]] rather than Toro-san. |
19 | * DoItYourselfThemeTune: Although it was first used as the ending theme of ''Anime/JewelPetKiraDeco'', her song "Zutto Zutto Tomodachi" became this when it was used as the theme song of ''Jewelpet: Sweets Dance Princess'', which she starred in. |
20 | * IdolSinger: After the success of "Maru Maru Mori Mori!", she became a stand-alone child idol. |
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