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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-05-15 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Akihiro Miwa

Biography:

Akihiro Maruyama (born May 15, 1935), better known by his stage name Akihiro Miwa, is 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

Acting

2013

Miwa: A Japanese Icon as Himself

2009

Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life as Arceus (voice)

2005

Takeshis' as Self

Yoshitsune as KI-ichi Hougen (Yoshitune's tutor)

2004

Howl's Moving Castle as Witch of the Waste (voice)

2002

1997

Princess Mononoke as Mrs. Moro (voice)

1985

The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima as Self

1983

The Hunchback of Aomori

Harmagedon as Froy (voice)

1980

Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey as Queen of the Night (voice)

1977

The Japanese Belly Button as Business man / Yakuza / Assistant professor

1976

The Three Ginza Rascals

1971

Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets as Maya at the Hell

1970

Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance

1969

Black Rose Mansion as Ryuko

1968

Black Lizard as Black Lizard (Mrs. Midorikawa)

1961

Invitation to the Enchanted Town

1960

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2

1959

1958

Woman Unveiled as Singer

Maria of the Ant Village

1957

Warm Current as Singer

Sound

2011

Taro no Tō as Theme Song Performance