Mana Ashida

Birth Date: 23/06/2004

Born in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on June 23, 2004, Mana Ashida debuted as a child actress in 2009 and quickly became one of Japan's most recognized young performers. She gained international attention playing Young Mako in Pacific Rim (2013). Best known for voicing Agnes in Despicable Me (Japanese dub), Lubicchi in Poupelle of Chimney Town, and Ruka Azumi in Children of the Sea, she continues to balance live-action and voice acting work.

Mana Ashida’s Voice Work in Animation and Dubbing

Starting as a child actress who became the youngest lead in Japanese drama history, Mana Ashida built a parallel career in voice acting that spans both original anime films and foreign dubbing work. Her voice roles began with high-profile dubbing assignments before expanding into original Japanese animated features throughout the 2010s and 2020s.

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Most Known Roles of Mana Ashida

Lubicchi – Poupelle of Chimney Town (2020)

Ruka Azumi – Children of the Sea (2019)

Largo – Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us (2018)

Yui – The House of the Lost on the Cape (2021)

Okami-sama (Wolf Queen) – Lonely Castle in the Mirror (2022)

Scarlet – Scarlet (2025)

Despicable Me and International Dubbing

One of Ashida’s earliest and most recognizable voice roles came through the Japanese dub of the Despicable Me franchise, where she voiced Agnes – the youngest and most endearing of Gru’s adopted daughters – across multiple films in the series. She also voiced young Fang Deng in the Japanese release of Aftershock, and June Mottershead in a WOWOW broadcast, showing range across different dubbing projects from a very young age.

Poupelle of Chimney Town and Studio AJA

In 2020, Ashida took on the emotionally central role of Lubicchi in the animated film Poupelle of Chimney Town, based on a picture book by comedian Akihiro Nishino. That same year she also voiced Ruka Azumi in Children of the Sea, an adaptation of Daisuke Igarashi’s manga, marking her as a go-to choice for lead roles in high-profile theatrical anime. By 2022, she voiced the mysterious Wolf Queen in Lonely Castle in the Mirror, further cementing her place in anime film voice casting.

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