Akihiro Miwa

★ Acting #5,405

1935 - 2026 (age 91) • Acting

Born: 5/15/1935 in Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan

Died: 6/20/2026 (age 91)

Known for: Acting

Akihiro Miwa

★ Acting #5,405

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).

Known For

Howl's Moving Castle

84%

Witch of the Waste (voice)

2004

Princess Mononoke

83%

Mrs. Moro (voice)

1997

Takeshis'

61%

Self

2005

Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

74%

Maya at the Hell

1971

Black Lizard

69%

Black Lizard (Mrs. Midorikawa)

1968

The Japanese Belly Button

48%

Business man / Yakuza / Assistant professor

1977

Black Rose Mansion

49%

Ryuko

1969

Yoshitsune

83%

KI-ichi Hougen (Yoshitune's tutor)

2005

Nagasaki: In the Shadow of the Flash

80%

2025

Hanako & Anne

73%

Narrator

2014

Miwa: A Japanese Icon

63%

Himself

2013

Taro no Tō

Theme Song Performance

2011

Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life

71%

Arceus (voice)

2009

Takeshis'

61%

Self

2005

Yoshitsune

83%

KI-ichi Hougen (Yoshitune's tutor)

2005

Howl's Moving Castle

84%

Witch of the Waste (voice)

2004

Toy Reanimator

57%

2002

Princess Mononoke

83%

Mrs. Moro (voice)

1997

The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima

35%

Self

1985

Harmagedon

52%

Froy (voice)

1983

The Hunchback of Aomori

1983

La Marie-vison

1983

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

90%

Queen of the Night (voice)

1980

The Japanese Belly Button

48%

Business man / Yakuza / Assistant professor

1977

The Three Ginza Rascals

100%

1976

Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

74%

Maya at the Hell

1971

Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance

1970

Black Rose Mansion

49%

Ryuko

1969

Black Lizard

69%

Black Lizard (Mrs. Midorikawa)

1968

The Hunter's Diary

48%

Singer

1964

Invitation to the Enchanted Town

80%

1961

Ginza Tomboy

Jirō Ōsawa (Chanson Singer)

1960

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2

90%

1960

Brutal Battle

1959

Ai no Noutan

1959

Maria of the Ant Village

80%

1958