Miho Nakayama
Born: 1970-03-01 in Tokyo, Japan
Died: 2024-12-06
Known For: Acting
Biography
Miho Nakayama (中山 美穂) was a Japanese singer and actress born 1 March 1970. She was affiliated with Big Apple Co., Ltd. Nakayama is nicknamed Miporin (ミポリン), and sometimes uses the pseudonyms Mizuho Kitayama (北山 瑞穂, Kitayama Mizuho) or Issaque (一咲(いっさく), Issaku) when she writes the lyrics. Nakayama made her debut on 21 June 1985 with her single "C", as well as a starring role in the film Be-Bop High School. Throughout her career as a singer and actress, Nakayama recorded 22 studio albums and scored eight No. 1 singles on Oricon's charts; two of them selling over a million copies each. In 1995, director Shunji Iwai cast Nakayama in the starring dual roles of Hiroko Watanabe and Itsuki Fujii in the film Love Letter. The film was a huge box-office success, and Nakayama won Best Actress awards for her role in the film at the 38th Blue Ribbon Awards, the 17th Yokohama Film Festival[8] and the 18th Hochi Film Awards. Nakayama was nominated for a Best Actress Japanese Academy Award in 1998 for her role in Tokyo Biyori, and has appeared in a number of TV series including Love Story (2001).
Filmography
2022
- Lesson in Murder as Ms. Kakei
- Renovation Like Magic
2021
- Noukagaku Bengoshi Kaidou Azusa Doubt as Fuyukawa Sayaka
- The High School Heroes as Ruriko Manaka
- Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo
2020
- Last Letter as Skae
- Things You Can Know by Looking at Them as 内田百百子
2019
- The Confidence Man JP: Fortune
- Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito as Saeko Hashino
- 108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba as Ayako
- The Tragedy of W
- Tokyo 23-ku Onna as Kaoru
2018
- Marmalade Boy as Chiyako
- Butterfly Sleep as Ryoko Matsumura
- Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight as Mariko Takizawa
- The Makioka Sisters as Makioka Tsuruko
2016
- Love of Sage as Mayuko Takanaka
2014
- Platonic as Sara Mochizuki
2012
- Shuuchakueki: Twilight express no koi as 高津千絵
- I Have to Buy New Shoes as Aoi Teshigawara
2010
- Goodbye, Someday as Toko
2006
- Time Limit Investigator as Machiko Kotobuki
2001
2000
- Love 2000 as Mashiro Rieru
1998
1997
- Tokyo Fair Weather as Yoko Shimazu
1996
- Delicious Relation as 藤原 百恵
1995
- Love Letter as Hiroko Watanabe / Female Itsuki Fujii
- For You as Yoshikura Yayoi
1992
1991
- Cover as Many Waves as Possible as Mariko
- MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR '91 MIHO THE FUTURE, MIHO THE NATURE as Herself
- Aitai Toki ni Anata wa Inai as Miyoko Oki
1990
- Tales of the Bizarre as (segment "Kyofu no tezawari")
- Wonderful Unrequited Love as Keiko Yoda/Nana Hayashi
- Graduation
1988
- Mismatch - Miho & Shizuka Xmas Special as Tamaki Sugihara
- CATCH ME MIHO NAKAYAMA LIVE '88 as Herself
- The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms! as Hirose Tomoko
- Idol Hotline: Miho Nakayama's Tokimeki High School as Herself
1987
- Mama Is an Idol as Miho Nakayama
- おヒマなら来てよネ! as 佐竹希望 / 広瀬洋子 (二役)
1986
- Be-Bop High School 2 as Kyoko Izumi
- Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance as Miho Yamagata
- Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera as Sayoko Shiratori
1985
- Be-Bop High School as Kyoko Izumi
- Story of a Summer Experience as Sugimoto Yuki