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Akihiro Miwa
Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan
Akihiro Maruyama (born May 15, 1935, died 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…
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Akihiro Maruyama (born May 15, 1935, died 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).
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
- 2025
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2014
Hanako & Anne
TV show Narrator
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2013
Miwa: A Japanese Icon
Movie Himself
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2011
Taro no Tō
TV show Theme Song Performance
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2009
Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life
Movie Arceus (voice)
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2008
Ariehen ∞ Sekai
TV show
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2005
Takeshis'
Movie Self
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2005
Yoshitsune
TV show KI-ichi Hougen (Yoshitune's tutor)
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2004
Howl's Moving Castle
Movie Witch of the Waste (voice)
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2002
Toy Reanimator
Movie
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1997
Princess Mononoke
Movie Mrs. Moro (voice)
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1985
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
Movie Self
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1983
Harmagedon
Movie Froy (voice)
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1983
La Marie-vison
Movie
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1983
The Hunchback of Aomori
Movie
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1980
Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey
TV show Queen of the Night (voice)
More credits
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1977
The Japanese Belly Button
Movie Business man / Yakuza / Assistant professor
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1976
The Three Ginza Rascals
Movie
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1971
Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets
Movie Maya at the Hell
- 1970
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1969
Black Rose Mansion
Movie Ryuko
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1968
Black Lizard
Movie Black Lizard (Mrs. Midorikawa)
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1964
The Hunter's Diary
Movie Singer
- 1961
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1960
Ginza Tomboy
Movie Jirō Ōsawa (Chanson Singer)
- 1960
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1959
Brutal Battle
Movie
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1959
Unmarried
Movie
-
1959
Ai no Noutan
Movie
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1958
Maria of the Ant Village
Movie
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1958
The Capital of Love
Movie
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1958
Woman Unveiled
Movie Singer
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1958
City Boys, City Girls
Movie
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1957
Warm Current
Movie Singer
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1957
The Betrothed
Movie
