Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#1228
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Miyuki Sawashiro 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.
Miyuki Sawashiro appears in 34 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Miyuki. Mononoke the Movie: Chapter III - The Curse of the Serpent 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, drama. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for mystery, fantasy, animation. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Tomoaki Koshida, Takahiro Hasui, Ai Yoshimura and others, Miyuki Sawashiro 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.
Mononoke the Movie: Chapter III - The Curse of the Serpent (2026) as Third Empress (voice) · Princess Principal Crown Handler: Chapter 4 (2025) · How to Enjoy This World: Secret Story Film (2020) as Rei Tamura (voice)
Career snapshot
Ranked #1228 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
34
2013–2026
Career length
13 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
10.0
Mononoke the Movie: Chapter III - The Curse of the Serpent
Average Nutevio score
6.9
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
10.0
Mononoke the Movie: Chapter III - The Curse of the Serpent
Most frequent director
Naoyoshi Shiotani
5 films together
Longest collaboration
5×
With Naoyoshi Shiotani
Most common genre
Animation
33 titles
Average runtime
1h 28m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
7.0
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
7.0
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
2020s
7.0 average MV
The 2020s are where the work and the material meet. Mononoke the Movie: Chapter III - The Curse of the Serpent, Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway, cocoon - One Summer of Girlhood — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2020s
7.0
Across 23 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2020s
7.0
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
2010s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Lupin the Third: Goodbye Partner, Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko's Lie, Human Lost.
Most productive era
2020s
23 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 | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|
| Drama | 7.43 films | 6.48 films |
| Action | 6.56 films | 7.514 films |
| Thriller | — | 7.01 film |
| Comedy | 6.63 films | 6.82 films |
| Crime | 6.85 films | 7.46 films |
| Romance | 7.41 film | 6.93 films |
| Horror | — | 7.41 film |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2013Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Kei (voice).
First Nutevio masterpiece · Highest rated performance · Career peak
2020How to Enjoy This World: Secret Story Film
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
2026プリンセス・プリンシパル Crown Handler 第4章「Fabulous Platypus」
The current state of the argument.
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Entertainment District Decisive Battle Arc
2023 · Action
2h 6m
Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System - Case.1 Crime and Punishment
2019 · Science Fiction
1h 0m
Every title
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34 of 34 films
as Rei Tamura (voice)
Directed by Fumie Muroi
as Third Empress (voice)
Directed by Tomoaki Koshida
Directed by Masaki Tachibana
as Daki (voice)
Directed by Haruo Sotozaki
as Fujiko Mine (voice)
Directed by Unknown
From the library
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The defining work
#1
Rei Tamura (voice)
How to Enjoy This World: Secret Story Film (2020)
Performance score9.9
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Rei Tamura (voice) gives Miyuki Sawashiro a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Third Empress (voice)
Mononoke the Movie: Chapter III - The Curse of the Serpent (2026)
Performance score9.5
Mononoke the Movie: Chapter III - The Curse of the Serpent asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Third Empress (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Princess Principal Crown Handler: Chapter 4
Princess Principal Crown Handler: Chapter 4 (2025)
Performance score9.5
Princess Principal Crown Handler: Chapter 4 asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. The role is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Daki (voice)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Entertainment District Decisive Battle Arc (2023)
Performance score8.6
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Entertainment District Decisive Battle Arc asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Daki (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 Rei Tamura (voice)
Start here. How to Enjoy This World: Secret Story Film is the clearest statement of what Miyuki Sawashiro does — accessible, 0 minutes, and rated 10.0 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Miyuki 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.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Entertainment District Decisive Battle Arc (2023)
Keeps the animation register of How to Enjoy This World: Secret Story Film but asks for a colder reading of it.
Princess Principal Crown Handler: Chapter 4 (2025)
Keeps the action register of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Entertainment District Decisive Battle Arc but asks for a colder reading of it.
LUPIN THE IIIRD: Zenigata and the Two Lupins (2025)
Keeps the action register of Princess Principal Crown Handler: Chapter 4 but asks for a colder reading of it.
Mononoke the Movie: Chapter III - The Curse of the Serpent (2026)
Keeps the animation register of LUPIN THE IIIRD: Zenigata and the Two Lupins but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Naoyoshi Shiotani
Director
5 films together
Notably Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector
Masaki Tachibana
Director
3 films together
Notably Princess Principal Crown Handler: Chapter 4
Shinji Aramaki
Director
1 film together
Notably Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Tatsuma Minamikawa
Director
1 film together
Notably Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry
Atsuko Ishizuka
Director
1 film together
Notably No Game No Life: Zero
Mari Okada
Director
1 film together
Notably Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Hatsuki Tsuji
Director
1 film together
Notably Lupin the Third: Prison of the Past
Fuminori Kizaki
Director
1 film together
Notably Human Lost
Fumie Muroi
Director
1 film together
Notably How to Enjoy This World: Secret Story Film
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
Kazuya Tsurumaki
Director
1 film together
Notably Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Yoshihide Ibata
Director
1 film together
Notably Fruits Basket -prelude-
Hiroyuki Seshita
Director
1 film together
Notably LUPIN THE 3rd vs. CAT'S EYE
Kotono Watanabe
Director
1 film together
Notably Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom
Haruo Sotozaki
Director
1 film together
Notably Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Entertainment District Decisive Battle Arc
Ayataka Tanemura
Director
1 film together
Notably Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King
Koichi Sakamoto
Director
1 film together
Notably Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger vs. Kyoryuger
Ai Yoshimura
Director
1 film together
Notably The Rose of Versailles
Takahiro Hasui
Director
1 film together
Notably Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway
Tomoaki Koshida
Director
1 film together
Notably Mononoke the Movie: Chapter III - The Curse of the Serpent
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Naoyoshi Shiotani
Director
5 films together · 7.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 5 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Psycho-Pass 3: First InspectorMasaki Tachibana
Director
3 films together · 7.8 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Princess Principal Crown Handler: Chapter 4Tomoaki Koshida
Director
1 film together · 10.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Mononoke the Movie: Chapter III - The Curse of the SerpentFumie Muroi
Director
1 film together · 10.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
How to Enjoy This World: Secret Story FilmHaruo Sotozaki
Director
1 film together · 8.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Takahiro Hasui
Director
1 film together · 7.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the HighwayKazuya Tsurumaki
Director
1 film together · 7.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a TimeMari Okada
Director
1 film together · 7.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Maquia: When the Promised Flower BloomsKoichi Sakamoto
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger vs. KyoryugerAyataka Tanemura
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard KingAtsuko Ishizuka
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
No Game No Life: ZeroAi Yoshimura
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Rose of VersaillesYoshihide Ibata
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Fruits Basket -prelude-Hatsuki Tsuji
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Lupin the Third: Prison of the PastToshifumi 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: SolomonKotono Watanabe
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Gold Kingdom and Water KingdomTatsuma Minamikawa
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Fairy Tail: Dragon CryShinji Aramaki
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Space Pirate Captain HarlockHiroyuki Seshita
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
LUPIN THE 3rd vs. CAT'S EYEKazuto Arai
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Fuminori 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
Mononoke the Movie: Chapter III - The Curse of the Serpent
as Third Empress (voice)
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
How to Enjoy This World: Secret Story Film
as Rei Tamura (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
How to Enjoy This World: Secret Story Film
as Rei Tamura (voice)
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger vs. Kyoryuger
as Hilbil Leech (voice)
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
How to Enjoy This World: Secret Story Film
as Rei Tamura (voice)
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. Miyuki Sawashiro 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
33 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
Mononoke the Movie: Chapter III - The Curse of the Serpent
as Third Empress (voice)
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Princess Principal Crown Handler: Chapter 4
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
The Rose of Versailles
as Oscar François de Jarjayes (voice)
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Mononoke the Movie: Chapter III - The Curse of the Serpent
as Third Empress (voice)
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Princess Principal Crown Handler: Chapter 4
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
LUPIN THE IIIRD: Zenigata and the Two Lupins
as Fujiko Mine (voice)
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Lupin the Third: Prison of the Past
as Fujiko Mine (voice)
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko's Lie
as Fujiko Mine (voice)
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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