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

• 2025Nagasaki: In the Shadow of the Flash
• Hanako & Anne — Narrator
• Taro no Tō — Theme Song Performance
• 2009Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life — Arceus (voice)
• Ariehen ∞ Sekai
• Yoshitsune — KI-ichi Hougen (Yoshitune's tutor)
• 2004Howl's Moving Castle — Witch of the Waste (voice)
• 2002Toy Reanimator
• 1997Princess Mononoke — Mrs. Moro (voice)
• 1983Harmagedon — Froy (voice)
• 1983La Marie-vison
• 1983The Hunchback of Aomori
• Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey — Queen of the Night (voice)
• 1977The Japanese Belly Button — Business man / Yakuza / Assistant professor
• 1976The Three Ginza Rascals
• 1971Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets — Maya at the Hell
• 1970Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance
• 1969Black Rose Mansion — Ryuko
• 1968Black Lizard — Black Lizard (Mrs. Midorikawa)
• 1964The Hunter's Diary — Singer
• 1961Invitation to the Enchanted Town
• 1960Ginza Tomboy — Jirō Ōsawa (Chanson Singer)
• 1960The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
• 1959Ai no Noutan
• 1959Brutal Battle
• 1959Unmarried
• 1958City Boys, City Girls
• 1958Maria of the Ant Village
• 1958The Capital of Love
• 1958Woman Unveiled — Singer
• 1957The Betrothed
• 1957Warm Current — Singer

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2013Miwa: A Japanese Icon — Self
• 2005Takeshis' — Self
• 1985The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima — Self