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Akihiro Miwa

ActingBorn 1935-05-15Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan

Akihiro Maruyama (May 15, 1935 - 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).

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Howl's Moving Castle2004as Witch of the Waste (voice)Our takeSpoilers ahead. Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle begins with Sophie’s curse and widens into a story about refusing to let war dictate who a person becomes. RecapRush’s view: Sophie’s changing age is not only a spell to undo. It reflects how her confidence and sense of possibility shift as she moves from…

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