16-year-old Japanese child star: From being the world’s favorite lolita to becoming the audience’s “most hated face”?

Recently, 16-year-old Japanese actor Ashida Aina became famous for her unique insights on "trust" during an interview to promote the new movie "Star Child".

Faced with this somewhat "grand" topic, Ashida Aina expressed her views in a clear and coherent manner, with depth and humility. She said:

For a moment, I I simply don’t know whether to sigh, “She is already 16 years old!”, or rejoice, “She is only 16 years old.”

Some netizens said in the comment area:

But some people think that Ashida who said these words is "too mature" and "What kind of experience do you have to go through to say such things?" ? ”

In my mind, Ashida is still the little girl Reinan with outstanding acting skills in "Mother":

She only appeared in "Pacific Rim" for a few minutes but was unforgettable. Rinko's childhood:

Although Ashida Aina is still a junior high school student, in the entertainment industry, she is already an "old actor" who has been in the entertainment industry for more than 10 years and has won awards and won awards. .

Today, she has lost the baby fat she had when she was young, and the countless favors she once had seem to have dissipated with age.

Negative words such as "long-term disability", "too mature", "pretentious" and "scheming" began to focus on this young girl.

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Genius Ziya

The youngest newcomer in the history of Japanese Drama Academy Awards, the youngest starring actor in the history of Japanese dramas, and the Best Actress in the TV Drama Awards at the Tokyo International Drama Festival …

Ashida received these honors that are difficult for outstanding adult artists to win at the age of six.

Therefore, she is also called the "genius daughter".

The so-called "child actors" in Japan refer to child actors with a maximum age of 15.

Compared with domestic celebrity children appearing on camera and being discovered by talent scouts, "child servants" need to undergo systematic training in celebrity agencies before they can appear in various film and television works.

It is not easy to enter such a firm. Both parents and children need to go through many rigorous selection processes, which are no less difficult than sending their children to advanced private kindergartens.

Many well-known Japanese actors also grew up from this type of agency, such as Nagasawa Masami, Kamiki Ryunosuke, Oguri Shun, etc.

In 2004, Ashida Aina was born into a wealthy and well-educated family. She liked role-playing at a very young age, so her parents decided to obey their child's talent and wishes and let her get in touch with professional acting knowledge.

At the age of 3, Ashida signed a contract with a brokerage company and began systematic acting training.

Two years later, she successfully landed the role that made her instantly famous - the role of Lian Nan in the TV series "Mother".

This ten-year-old Japanese drama scored a high score of 9.4 on Douban by 40,000 people. As a slightly suspenseful social drama, the broadcast of "Mother" aroused people's emotional response. An in-depth discussion of reason, law and morality.

In order to save Reinan, a primary school student who was abused by her family, single female teacher Nao decided to become her mother and "escape" with her.

Ashida Aina, who is only 5 years old, showed acting skills beyond her years in the play.

He was innocent one second, but a pair of crescent moons can melt the heart of a tough guy every minute.

The next second, big tears fell down her pale cheeks, and anyone who saw it couldn't help but want to give her a warm hug.

Ashida Aina perfectly interprets the multi-layered character of "Reinami": she was beaten by her biological mother's scumbag boyfriend who lives in the same house, she follows her "adoptive mother" Nao into hiding, and she still hates her biological mother who committed child abuse. There is instinctive love, and at the same time he is reluctant to let go of his adoptive mother.

The performance is natural, and every move touches the hearts of the audience.

After the broadcast of "Mother", Ashida Aina won the Japanese Drama Academy Award for Newcomer with her genius acting skills, becoming the youngest winner in the history of this award.

Immediately afterwards, she participated in the TV series "Goodbye Our Kindergarten" and "Takagogi's Rules", and successfully won the Best Actress in a TV Series at the 2011 Tokyo International Drama Festival.

In addition to shining on the small screen, Ashida Aina's performance in movies is also outstanding.

When the Hollywood science fiction film "Pacific Rim" was casting in Japan, the director named Aina Ashida to play the role of Rinko Kikuchi in her childhood.

Although Ashida only appeared for two or three minutes in the entire movie, the girl in a dark blue coat with a frightened face left a deep impression on audiences around the world.

When shooting science fiction movies, Ashida needs to use his rich imagination to play with monsters that "do not exist".

It can be seen from the highlights of the scene that 8-year-old Ashida has no stage fright when working with an international team. He can professionally confirm the position in advance and communicate with the director generously about the desired presentation effect.

Through this movie, Ashida also appeared on the famous fashion magazine "VOGUE", becoming the youngest cover star in history.

In addition to acting, she has also released albums, endorsed commercials, voiced animations, and participated in TV shows.

It can be said that during her most popular years, you could see her on any TV station in Japan.

However, along with becoming famous at a young age comes a path of "growth" that is not very popular.

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From the beloved lolita

to the audience’s “most annoying face”

In 2017, a Japanese magazine conducted a questionnaire survey on "Who is the face you least want to see in advertisements?" and interviewed 2,000 readers.

As a result, Ashida Aina ranked first with 165 votes.

Most opponents said, "Aina-chan is becoming less and less innocent, and just thinks about how to please adults."

A girl gradually matures physically and mentally, This is natural and beautiful, but Ashida's growth has become an unforgivable thing in the eyes of many viewers.

The "maturity" of her mind shown in her speech is no longer in line with the appetite of the audience who are obsessed with "loli" characters.

Netizens even called her "Ashita Hiro", which means: very professional in her pretense.

Faced with these negative comments, Ashida did not respond.

On the contrary, she proved her growth and excellence with practical actions.

Aina Ashida, who wore twin tails, smiled confidently and said: "It is the foundation of acting and the life of Aina-chan. It is absolutely impossible without books."

"Book Lover" Ashida Aina read more than 300 books every year when she was in elementary school.

From children’s picture books to classic works by Natsume Soseki and Agatha Christie, to modern writers Higashino Keigo, Asai Ryo and various popular science books, Ashida’s reading range is very wide.

During filming, she will also use every break to study.

When her name appeared on the admission list of Keio University Junior High School Women's College, people who were waiting to see Ashida's joke couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

As the most difficult middle school in Tokyo, the admission rate of Keio University's junior high school is very low, and the women's college only has about 50 places each year, including the recommendation list of the elementary school.

Ashida did not rely on his celebrity status to get into school by recommendation, but relied on his true talent and learning to get into the school of his dreams.

As a child star, she did not lose herself because of premature fame. She is absolutely inseparable from her parents' rationality and companionship. She refuses to let her child become a money-making "machine", but allows her to feel this freely and fully. world.

As early as the fifth grade, Ashida drew a picture of himself ten years later in a program.

The girl in the picture is holding lipstick in one hand and holding a chemical bottle from the laboratory in the other hand.

For Ashida Aina, acting is her passion and talent, but becoming a pathologist is her ultimate dream.

Not only was he fascinated by science, Ashida also always maintained his passion and sensitivity for literature.

When asking the writer Matayoshi Naoki about writing issues, she said: "I not only read, but also want to try writing. But I am not very good at using Qi Cheng Cheng He, I always write Qi Cheng Cheng He "

Matayoshi Naoki exclaimed in surprise: "This question seems to have come from the mouth of a writer."

It can be seen that Ashida's wisdom and thoroughness are not just reading the manuscript. What comes out is not a pretense of "maturity", but comes from daily accumulation and thinking.

Although in the eyes of some people, she is a "weird" who "has no innocence and does not look like a child".

But more people will appreciate this girl who insists on herself, sheds the "cute and brainless" Loli label, and grows up amidst criticism and becomes more and more outstanding.

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Where there is no audience

Still able to shine

Ashida Aina always surprises people.

Last year, as an artist representative, she spoke at the enthronement celebration of the Japanese Emperor. She was wearing a collection of gorgeous kimono from the Showa era. She was exquisite, elegant, elegant and stunning.

Philosopher Kant believed: Independent thinking is the key to adulthood.

From this point of view, 16-year-old Ashida Aina is indeed maturing, but this is not a bad thing.

After all, what is more important than the audience’s love is persistence in oneself and independent understanding and thinking.

Ashida Aina clearly knows her dream and works hard for it consciously and plannedly.

Such a girl with extraordinary talent, full of personality and willingness to work hard will definitely have a richer and more exciting life.