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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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