Miho Nakayama
Born: 1970-03-01 in Tokyo, Japan
Died: 2024-12-06
Known For: Acting
Biography
Miho Nakayama (March 1, 1970 – December 6, 2024) was a Japanese singer and actress. 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
- Renovation Like Magic
- Lesson in Murder as Ms. Kakei
2021
- The High School Heroes as Ruriko Manaka
- Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo
- Noukagaku Bengoshi Kaidou Azusa Doubt as Fuyukawa Sayaka
2020
- Things You Can Know by Looking at Them as 内田百百子
- Last Letter as Skae
2019
- Tokyo 23-ku Onna as Kaoru
- The Confidence Man JP: Fortune
- The Tragedy of W
- 108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba as Ayako
- Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito as Saeko Hashino
2018
- Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight as Mariko Takizawa
- The Makioka Sisters as Makioka Tsuruko
- Marmalade Boy as Chiyako
- Butterfly Sleep as Ryoko Matsumura
2016
- Love of Sage as Mayuko Takanaka
2014
- Platonic as Sara Mochizuki
2012
- I Have to Buy New Shoes as Aoi Teshigawara
- Shuuchakueki: Twilight express no koi as 高津千絵
2010
- Goodbye, Someday as Toko
2006
- Time Limit Investigator as Machiko Kotobuki
2001
2000
- Love 2000 as Mashiro Rieru
1999
- Jubaku: Spellbound ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi - Special 1
1998
1997
- Tokyo Fair Weather as Yoko Shimazu
1996
- Delicious Relation as 藤原 百恵
- MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR ’95 f as Herself
- MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR ’96 Sound of Lip as Herself
1995
- Love Letter as Hiroko Watanabe / Female Itsuki Fujii
- For You as Yoshikura Yayoi
1994
1993
- MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR ’93 On My Mind as Herself
1992
- Somebody Loves Her
- LIVE IN "Mellow" MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR '92 as Herself
- Mellow as Herself
1991
- Aitai Toki ni Anata wa Inai as Miyoko Oki
- Cover as Many Waves as Possible as Mariko
- MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR '91 MIHO THE FUTURE, MIHO THE NATURE as Herself
1990
- Tales of the Bizarre as (segment "Kyofu no tezawari")
- Graduation
- Wonderful Unrequited Love as Keiko Yoda/Nana Hayashi
- LOVE SUPREME Miho Nakayama Selection ’90 as Herself
1989
- Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
- Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru as 高木瞳
- Who Do I Choose? as Nobuko Kuwata
- WHUU!! NATURAL MIHO NAKAYAMA LIVE AT BUDOKAN ’89 as Herself
1988
- The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms! as Hirose Tomoko
- Mama is an Idol! Special Final Chapter as Miho Nakayama
- Mismatch - Miho & Shizuka Xmas Special as Tamaki Sugihara
- CATCH ME MIHO NAKAYAMA LIVE '88 as Herself
- Idol Hotline: Miho Nakayama's Tokimeki High School as Herself
- 心の夜明け L’Aube de mon cœur 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
- Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance as Miho Yamagata
- Be-Bop High School 2 as Kyoko Izumi
- Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera as Sayoko Shiratori
- VIRGIN FLIGHT ’86 MIHO NAKAYAMA FIRST CONCERT as Herself
1985
- Story of a Summer Experience as Sugimoto Yuki
- Be-Bop High School as Kyoko Izumi
- na・ma・i・ki as Herself