Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki is, to my ear, one of the finest instruments in Japanese voice acting. What strikes me isn't just that smooth, low timbre everyone praises, but his range: he can play the suave romantic lead and then turn around and give us the gleefully comic James in Pokemon. That a single voice carries both seductive cool and silliness with equal conviction is rare. His Kei Tomiyama Award and Best Supporting Actor honor feel earned, not ceremonial. Decades into his career and still in demand, he's the kind of seasoned craftsman whose presence quietly elevates anything he touches.

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Name (English)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Name (Japanese)

三木眞一郎

Reading

みき しんいちろう

Born

March 18, 1968 (age 58)

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Weight

58 kg

Occupation

seiyū

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Monkey

Blood type

AB

Agency

81 Produce

Active years

1989 -

Awards & achievements

• 2014 Kei Tomiyama Award
• 2010 Seiyu Award for Best Supporting Actor

Works summary

Appearances

1636 (1987–2026)

By year (titles with a known year)

1987: 1, 1991: 1, 1992: 2, 1993: 2, 1994: 5, 1995: 3, 1996: 2, 1997: 2, 1998: 7, 1999: 8, 2000: 7, 2001: 6, 2002: 5, 2003: 3, 2004: 3, 2005: 4, 2006: 4, 2007: 2, 2008: 6, 2009: 5, 2010: 6, 2011: 6, 2012: 7, 2013: 7, 2014: 5, 2015: 7, 2016: 11, 2017: 8, 2018: 8, 2019: 8, 2020: 20, 2021: 10, 2022: 10, 2023: 9, 2024: 6, 2025: 7, 2026: 2, year unknown: 1421

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttp://www.miki-ha.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/miki_shin318
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin-ichiro%20Miki
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E6%9C%A8%E7%9C%9E%E4%B8%80%E9%83%8E
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q719326

Tags

• Tokyo
• seiyū

Last updated

September 24, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Works and profile fields sourced from Wikipedia reflect content as of 2026-08-26. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.