Ashida Mana takes first place in “2023 Expected New Adults” Survey

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Today, January 9th is the coming-of-age ceremony. This is the third year of the coming-of-age ceremony, which was greeted by the corona disaster. Furthermore, this year, due to the revision of the Civil Code, the age of adulthood was lowered to the age of 18 starting on April 1, 2022, and so, the coming-of-age ceremony’s are now featuring 18 to 20 years old who are now “new adults”.

ORICON NEWS surveyed celebrities born between April 2nd, 2002 and since April 1st, 2005 have been releasing an annual “Ranking of Expected New Adults”.

As a result, the actor Ashida Mana who turned 18 in June last year, took the top spot.

Ashida Mana (18 years old) won the 1st place with expectations from all generations. She entered the entertainment world as a child actress at the age of 3, and in the 2010 drama “Mother” (Nippon Television), she enthusiastically played a girl who was neglected by her mother, and since then she has gained recognition in various fields.

After that, he appeared in many topical works such as the NHK Taiga drama “Gou ~Himetachi no Sengoku~” and the drama “Marumo no Okite” (Fuji TV series), and even now he has won various awards and considered a “national actress”.

In addition to her studies as an actress, she has also expanded her range of work such as MC and narration for variety programs such as “Sandwich Man & Ashida Mana  no Hakase-chan” (TV Asahi). She also served as a judge on the 73rd NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen, which aired on New Year’s Eve last year.

Shogi player Fujii Souta (20 years) ranked second.

In 2016, he became the youngest player ever to reach the 4th dan, and went on to become undefeated and set the record for the most consecutive wins in official competitions. His popularity as a social phenomenon, such as his 29 consecutive wins since his debut, is called “Fujii Fever”, and the same word was also selected as the “2017 U-Can New Word/Buzzword Award”.

Since then, he has broken many youngest records, and currently holds five titles: Ryuo, Throne, Eio, Osho, and Kisei. The shogi boom is continuing as he will face Yoshiharu Hanyu 9th Dan in the ALSOK Cup Osho match 7th match, which will start on January 8. Thanks to his success, more and more people are interested in shogi, even if they are not familiar with it. He is outstanding in the shogi world.

18-year-old Suzuki Fuku also became a new adult and was selected as 3rd place.

In 2011, she made her debut as a singer with the theme song “Maru Maru Mori Mori!” in the drama “Marumo no Okite” (Fuji TV series) co-starred with Ashida, and in the same year “62nd NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen”. Along with Ashida, he was the youngest performer at the age of 7 years and 199 days. Recently, in addition to being an actor, he has been active in various fields such as variety programs, news program commentators and YouTube channels. He is the eldest son of four brothers, and he has been well received by viewers by performing with his younger sisters and brothers on SNS and TV, etc.

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