Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#376
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Mamoru Miyano works on versatility rather than volume, and the catalogue keeps proving that the quieter choice was the correct one.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Mamoru Miyano appears in 35 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Mamoru. Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad is the clearest case: a film rated 10.0 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for action, fantasy, animation. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Haruo Sotozaki, Mamoru Hosoda, Takafumi Ishida and others, Mamoru Miyano helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad (2021) as Ultraman Zero · Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy (2021) as Ultraman Zero · Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple (2018) as Osamu Dazai (voice)
Career snapshot
Ranked #376 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
35
2007–2025
Career length
18 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
10.0
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad
Average Nutevio score
6.8
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
10.0
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad
Most frequent director
Koichi Sakamoto
4 films together
Longest collaboration
4×
With Koichi Sakamoto
Most common genre
Animation
32 titles
Average runtime
1h 40m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
7.1
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.8
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
2000s
7.4 average MV
The 2000s are where the work and the material meet. Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2000s
7.4
Across 1 catalogue film in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2000s
7.9
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
2000s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God.
Most productive era
2020s
20 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | 7.41 film | 6.85 films | 6.67 films |
| Action | — | 6.89 films | 7.412 films |
| Thriller | 7.41 film | — | — |
| Comedy | — | 8.11 film | 6.83 films |
| Crime | 7.41 film | 7.21 film | 7.61 film |
| Romance | — | 6.42 films | 6.61 film |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2007Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Light Yagami (voice).
First Nutevio masterpiece · Highest rated performance · Career peak
2021Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad
The first film here to clear 9.0 on our scale — a threshold fewer than one film in ten reaches. 10.0 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2025Zombie Land Saga: Yumeginga Paradise
The current state of the argument, as Kōtarō Tatsumi (voice).
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
35 of 35 films
as Ultraman Zero
Directed by Koichi Sakamoto
as Ultraman Zero
Directed by Koichi Sakamoto
as Osamu Dazai (voice)
Directed by Takuya Igarashi
as Light Yagami (voice)
Directed by Tetsuro Araki
as Doma (voice)
Directed by Haruo Sotozaki
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
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The defining work
#1
Ultraman Zero
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad (2021)
Performance score9.9
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Ultraman Zero gives Mamoru Miyano a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Ultraman Zero
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy (2021)
Performance score9.9
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Ultraman Zero is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Osamu Dazai (voice)
Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple (2018)
Performance score8.3
Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Osamu Dazai (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Light Yagami (voice)
Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God (2007)
Performance score8.0
Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Light Yagami (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Ultraman Zero
Start here. Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad is the clearest statement of what Mamoru Miyano does — accessible, 130 minutes, and rated 10.0 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Mamoru at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God (2007)
Keeps the animation register of Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad but asks for a colder reading of it.
Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple (2018)
Keeps the animation register of Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God but asks for a colder reading of it.
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy (2021)
Keeps the action register of Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple but asks for a colder reading of it.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle (2025)
Keeps the action register of Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Kunihiko Yuyama
Director
4 films together
Notably Pokémon the Movie: White - Victini and Zekrom
Koichi Sakamoto
Director
4 films together
Notably Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad
Eisaku Kawanami
Director
3 films together
Notably Free! the Final Stroke the First Volume
Mamoru Hosoda
Director
3 films together
Notably Belle
Hiroyuki Seshita
Director
2 films together
Notably Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle
Shunsuke Tada
Director
2 films together
Notably Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Intrigue 1
Tetsuro Araki
Director
2 films together
Notably Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God
Takuya Igarashi
Director
1 film together
Notably Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple
Fuminori Kizaki
Director
1 film together
Notably Human Lost
Jouji Furuta
Director
1 film together
Notably Utano Princesama Maji LOVE Kingdom
Naoyoshi Shiotani
Director
1 film together
Notably Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector
Kyohei Ishiguro
Director
1 film together
Notably Bright: Samurai Soul
Hisatoshi Shimizu
Director
1 film together
Notably Eureka: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution
Kazuto Arai
Director
1 film together
Notably Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot 2 Paladin; Agateram
Toshifumi Akai
Director
1 film together
Notably Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity – Grand Temple of Time: Solomon
Chika Nagaoka
Director
1 film together
Notably Uta no Prince-sama Maji LOVE Starish Tours
Tetsuro Kodama
Director
1 film together
Notably Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Tensai Okamura
Director
1 film together
Notably My Hero Academia: You're Next
Takafumi Ishida
Director
1 film together
Notably Zombie Land Saga: Yumeginga Paradise
Haruo Sotozaki
Director
1 film together
Notably Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Koichi Sakamoto
Director
4 films together · 8.8 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 4 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined CrossroadKunihiko Yuyama
Director
4 films together · 6.5 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 4 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Pokémon the Movie: White - Victini and ZekromMamoru Hosoda
Director
3 films together · 7.4 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
BelleEisaku Kawanami
Director
3 films together · 6.2 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Free! the Final Stroke the First VolumeTetsuro Araki
Director
2 films together · 7.3 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a GodHiroyuki Seshita
Director
2 films together · 6.5 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Godzilla: City on the Edge of BattleShunsuke Tada
Director
2 films together · 3.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Intrigue 1Takuya Igarashi
Director
1 film together · 8.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead AppleHaruo Sotozaki
Director
1 film together · 8.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity CastleTetsuro Kodama
Director
1 film together · 7.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Dragon Ball Super: Super HeroNaoyoshi Shiotani
Director
1 film together · 7.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Psycho-Pass 3: First InspectorTakafumi Ishida
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Zombie Land Saga: Yumeginga ParadiseTensai Okamura
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
My Hero Academia: You're NextToshifumi Akai
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity – Grand Temple of Time: SolomonHisatoshi Shimizu
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Eureka: Eureka Seven Hi-EvolutionKazuto Arai
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Jouji Furuta
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Utano Princesama Maji LOVE KingdomChika Nagaoka
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Uta no Prince-sama Maji LOVE Starish ToursKyohei Ishiguro
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Bright: Samurai SoulFuminori Kizaki
Director
1 film together · 5.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Human LostSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad
as Ultraman Zero
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
The Boy and the Beast
as Teenage Ichirohiko (voice)
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad
as Ultraman Zero
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Eureka: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution
as Moondoggie (voice)
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad
as Ultraman Zero
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Mamoru Miyano has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Animation Legend
Awarded
32 catalogue titles in animation, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy
as Ultraman Zero
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy
as Ultraman Zero
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Uta no Prince-sama Maji LOVE Starish Tours
as Tokiya Ichinose (voice)
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple
as Osamu Dazai (voice)
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy
as Ultraman Zero
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
My Hero Academia: You're Next
as Giulio Gandini (voice)
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Free! the Final Stroke the First Volume
as Rin Matsuoka (voice)
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko's Lie
as Bincam (voice)
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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