Akihiro Miwa
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The ThumbScore for Akihiro Miwa (92.5%) is the average audience approval rating across 2 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Akihiro's films are well-received by everyday viewers.
Akihiro Maruyama (丸山 明宏, Maruyama Akihiro) (born 15 May 1935), better known by his stage name Akihiro Miwa (美輪 明宏, Miwa Akihiro), is a Japanese singer, actor, director, composer, author and drag queen.
Akihiro Maruyama (born May 15, 1935), better known by his stage name Akihiro Miwa, is 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)
Miwa began his career aged 17 as a professional cabaret singer in the Ginza district in Chūō, Tokyo, after having moved to the city in 1952. He began working in various nightclubs singing his favourites from the French chansons, such as those of Édith Piaf, Yvette Guilbert and Marie Dubas. Miwa became well known in 1957 after his smash-hit "Me Que Me Que", which included a string of profanities not used in media at the time. He also became renowned for his effeminate beauty, making him a hit with the media, and performed a monthly show at Shibuya Jean-Jean called "Akihiro Miwa no Sekai" ("The World of Akihiro Miwa") from the 1970s until its closure in 2000, as well as touring Japan.
Born 1935-05-15 in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
On ThumbScore, Akihiro Miwa appears in 2 films with an average audience score of 92.5%, most frequently in the Fantasy genre.
