title: Mahiro Takano
text: # Mahiro Takano
  
  Mahiro Takano (Japanese: 高野万優, born 15 July 2006) is a Japanese karateka, six-times Japanese champion at the primary school level in the Kata discipline. In 2015, at the age of nine, she starred in the music video for Sia's song "Alive".
  
  ## Biography
  
  Takano's hometown is Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture.
  
  