Jiro Manio
| Jiro Manio | |
|---|---|
| Born |
片倉次郎 (Katakura Jirō?) May 9, 1992 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1999–2010 2016-present |
| Agent | Star Magic (1999-2009) |
Jiro Manio (born Jirō Katakura (片倉次郎 Katakura Jirō?, 9 May 1992) is a former Filipino actor. He started acting at the age of seven in the film Pamana in 1999.
Manio was born to a Japanese father Yusuke Katakura (片倉 裕介?) and Filipina mother Joylene Santos (died August 2007). He was raised by his grandfather and had a younger brother named Anjo Santos.
Manio attended grade school at Holy Child Parochial School in San Juan, Metro Manila (now Saint John the Baptist Catholic School) and graduated from high school in 2012 through the Philippines Department of Education's (DepEd) home study program at Rizal Experimental Station and Pilot School of Cottage Industries (RESPCI) in Pasig. He planned to study human resource management (HRM) in culinary studies at the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde in the Malate district of Manilla.
He starred in the digital film Tambolista (Drumbeat) for Cinema One network, and in Ang Tanging Ina Niyong Lahat (The Only Mother to You All) with Ai-Ai de las Alas. In 2004, he won the Best Actor and Gaward Urian plus Best Child Actor award at Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards (FAMAS) for the movie Magnifico.
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