Akihiro Miwa

Akihiro Miwa

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

Howl's Moving Castle

2004 · Movie

as Witch of the Waste (voice)

Princess Mononoke

1997 · Movie

as Mrs. Moro (voice)

2014 · TV

as Narrator

2005 · TV

as KI-ichi Hougen (Yoshitune's tutor)

Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey

1980 · TV

as Queen of the Night (voice)

Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life

2009 · Movie

as Arceus (voice)

1983 · Movie

as Froy (voice)

Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

1971 · Movie

as Maya at the Hell

2005 · Movie

as Self

1968 · Movie

as Black Lizard (Mrs. Midorikawa)

1957 · Movie

2002 · Movie

Black Rose Mansion

1969 · Movie

as Ryuko

The Japanese Belly Button

1977 · Movie

as Business man / Yakuza / Assistant professor

1960 · Movie

as Jirō Ōsawa (Chanson Singer)

1957 · Movie

as Singer

The Hunter's Diary

1964 · Movie

as Singer

Miwa: A Japanese Icon

2013 · Movie

as Himself

Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance

1970 · Movie

1958 · Movie

as Singer

Nagasaki: In the Shadow of the Flash

2025 · Movie

City Boys, City Girls

1958 · Movie

Maria of the Ant Village

1958 · Movie

The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima

1985 · Movie

as Self