Akihiro Miwa
- Acting
- May 15, 1935 · Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan
- June 20, 2026
Biography
Akihiro Maruyama (May 15, 1935 - June 20, 2026), better known by his stage name Akihiro Miwa, was a Japanese singer, actor, author and drag queen. As an actor he is known for voicing characters in Hayao Miyazaki films Princess Mononoke (1997) and Howl's Moving Castle (2004).
Known for
Filmography
- Nagasaki: In the Shadow of the Flash
- Hanako & Anne · Narrator
- Miwa: A Japanese Icon · Self
- Taro no Tō · Theme Song Performance
- Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life · Arceus (Voice)
- Ariehen ∞ Sekai
- Takeshis' · Self
- Yoshitsune · KI-ichi Hougen (Yoshitune's tutor)
- Howl's Moving Castle · Witch of the Waste (Voice)
- Toy Reanimator
- Princess Mononoke · Mrs. Moro (Voice)
- The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima · Self
- Harmagedon · Froy (Voice)
- The Hunchback of Aomori
- La Marie-vison
- Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey · Queen of the Night (Voice)
- The Japanese Belly Button · Business man / Yakuza / Assistant professor
- The Three Ginza Rascals
- Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets · Maya at the Hell
- Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance
- Black Rose Mansion · Ryuko
- Black Lizard · Black Lizard (Mrs. Midorikawa)
- The Hunter's Diary · Singer
- Invitation to the Enchanted Town
- Ginza Tomboy · Jirō Ōsawa (Chanson Singer)
- The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
- Brutal Battle
- Unmarried
- Ai no Noutan
- Maria of the Ant Village
- The Capital of Love
- Woman Unveiled · Singer
- City Boys, City Girls
- Warm Current · Singer
- The Betrothed