Akihiro Miwa

I honestly can't think of anyone quite like Akihiro Miwa, and that's kind of the whole point. The second you try to file him under "singer" or "actor," he's already slipped the label and floated somewhere above it. That golden hair, that unbothered glamour, that complete indifference to whether the world calls him a man, a woman, or simply Akihiro Miwa, born in Nagasaki in 1935 and still standing tall decades later. I get chills from his voice work too, those Studio Ghibli roles where he can own an entire scene with sound alone. And when he sings or just talks about life on television, he hands you these spine-straightening lines that land like little blessings. He's less a celebrity than a living national treasure, and a flighty ordinary guy like me can really only stand back and admire.

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Akihiro Miwa is a Japanese entertainer born on May 15, 1935, in Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture. A multifaceted artist spanning acting, singing, voice performance, and theatrical direction, Miwa is widely recognized as a singular and enduring presence in Japanese entertainment culture. He is known for voice roles in acclaimed animated films and for performances of the song "Yoitomake no Uta," which became a landmark piece of Japanese popular music. Miwa attended Kunitachi College of Music Junior and Senior High School and has received the Golden Arrow Award.

Name (English)

Akihiro Miwa

Name (Japanese)

美輪明宏

Reading

みわ あきひろ

Born

May 15, 1935

Origin

Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Actor / Singer-songwriter / Voice actor / Director / Drag queen

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Boar

Junior high

Kunitachi College of Music Junior High School

High school

Kunitachi College of Music Senior High School

Awards & achievements

• Golden Arrow Award (year unknown)

Works summary

Appearances

188 (1957–2025)

By year

1957: 4, 1958: 4, 1959: 8, 1960: 3, 1961: 1, 1962: 1, 1963: 1, 1964: 2, 1965: 1, 1966: 1, 1967: 3, 1968: 5, 1969: 5, 1970: 5, 1971: 3, 1973: 5, 1975: 1, 1976: 2, 1977: 2, 1978: 2, 1979: 3, 1980: 2, 1981: 1, 1983: 2, 1984: 1, 1985: 1, 1987: 1, 1989: 1, 1991: 2, 1992: 1, 1994: 1, 1995: 2, 1996: 1, 1997: 2, 1998: 1, 1999: 1, 2001: 2, 2002: 2, 2003: 2, 2004: 2, 2005: 4, 2006: 10, 2007: 1, 2008: 2, 2009: 3, 2010: 6, 2011: 3, 2012: 4, 2013: 10, 2014: 8, 2015: 3, 2016: 5, 2017: 3, 2018: 3, 2019: 2, 2020: 2, 2021: 4, 2022: 2, 2023: 1, 2025: 2

Debut work

メケ・メケ/ジェルソ・ミーナ

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://o-miwa.co.jp
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BE%8E%E8%BC%AA%E6%98%8E%E5%AE%8F
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1076203

Tags

• From Nagasaki Prefecture
• Actor
• Singer-songwriter
• Voice actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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