Miho Nakayama
Miho Nakayama (中山 美穂) is a Japanese singer and actress born 1 March 1970. She is 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).
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Stage Play "Journey to the West" as
- 2022 · Renovation Like Magic as
- 2022 · Lesson in Murder as Ms. Kakei
- 2021 · The High School Heroes as Ruriko Manaka
- 2021 · Noukagaku Bengoshi Kaidou Azusa Doubt as Fuyukawa Sayaka
- 2021 · Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo as
- 2020 · Last Letter as Skae
- 2020 · Things You Can Know by Looking at Them as 内田百百子
- 2019 · The Tragedy of W as
- 2019 · 108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba as Ayako
- 2019 · The Confidence Man JP: Fortune as
- 2019 · Tokyo 23-ku Onna as
- 2019 · Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito as Saeko Hashino
- 2018 · Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight as Mariko Takizawa
- 2018 · Butterfly Sleep as Ryoko Matsumura
- 2018 · Marmalade Boy as Chiyako
- 2018 · The Makioka Sisters as Makioka Tsuruko
- 2017 · Tales of the Bizarre: 2017 Fall Special as
- 2017 · 花実のない森 as
- 2016 · Love of Sage as Mayuko Takanaka
- 2014 · Platonic as Sara Mochizuki
- 2012 · I Have To Buy New Shoes as Aoi Teshigawara
- 2012 · Shuuchakueki: Twilight express no koi as 高津千絵
- 2010 · Goodbye, Someday as Toko
- 2006 · Time Limit Investigator as Machiko Kotobuki
- 2004 · The King of Minami 27 as
- 2004 · Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi as
- 2001 · Home & Away as
- 2001 · Love Story as
- 2000 · Love 2000 as Mashiro Rieru
- 1999 · Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi - Special 1 as
- 1998 · A Sleeping Forest as
- 1997 · Tokyo Fair Weather as Yoko Shimazu
- 1996 · Delicious Relation as 藤原 百恵
- 1995 · For You as Yoshikura Yayoi
- 1995 · Love Letter as Hiroko Watanabe / Female Itsuki Fujii
- 1994 · もしも願いが叶うなら as
- 1992 · LIVE IN "Mellow" MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR '92 as Herself
- 1992 · Somebody Loves Her as
- 1991 · Aitai Toki ni Anata wa Inai as Miyoko Oki
- 1991 · Cover as Many Waves as Possible as Mariko
- 1990 · Wonderful Unrequited Love as Keiko Yoda/Nana Hayashi
- 1990 · Tales of the Bizarre as (segment "Kyofu no tezawari")
- 1990 · Sotsugyō as
- 1989 · Why Do I Choose? as
- 1989 · Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally as
- 1989 · Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru as 高木瞳
- 1988 · Mismatch - Miho & Shizuka Xmas Special as Tamaki Sugihara
- 1988 · The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms! as Hirose Tomoko
- 1988 · Idol Hotline: Miho Nakayama's Tokimeki High School as Herself
- 1987 · おヒマなら来てよネ! as 佐竹希望 / 広瀬洋子 (二役)
- 1987 · Mama is an Idol as
- 1987 · Daddy, the Newscaster as
- 1986 · Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance as Miho Yamagata
- 1986 · Be-Bop High School 2 as Kyoko Izumi
- 1985 · Be-Bop High School as Kyoko Izumi
- 1985 · Story of a Summer Experience as Sugimoto Yuki
- Future · Fujiko Fujio no Yume Camera as