Michio Mamiya has been played on NTS shows including Radio Ghibli, with ほたるの墓 (Grave Of The Fireflies) first played on 17 January 2017.

Michio Mamiya (b Asahikawa, 29 June 1929) is a Japanese composer.

A pupil of Ikenouchi (1947-52), he has collected and arranged folk music. His compositions draw on it and since 1963 also on African music and jazz.

His works include dramatic, choral and orchestral pieces, some for Japanese instruments.