Miho Nakayama
Acting
Born: 1970-03-01 in Tokyo, Japan
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).
Known For
Tales of the Bizarre
(segment "Kyofu no tezawari")
The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms!
Hirose Tomoko
Tokyo 23-ku Onna
Kaoru
Love Letter
Hiroko Watanabe / Female Itsuki Fujii
Time Limit Investigator
Machiko Kotobuki
Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance
Miho Yamagata
A Sleeping Forest
Wonderful Unrequited Love
Keiko Yoda/Nana Hayashi
The Noble Detective
Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo
I Have to Buy New Shoes
Aoi Teshigawara
Renovation Like Magic
The High School Heroes
Ruriko Manaka
Story of a Summer Experience
Sugimoto Yuki
Things You Can Know by Looking at Them
内田百百子
Mama Is an Idol
Miho Nakayama
Love 2000
Mashiro Rieru
Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight
Mariko Takizawa
Love of Sage
Mayuko Takanaka
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Butterfly Sleep
Ryoko Matsumura
Lesson in Murder
Ms. Kakei
Be-Bop High School
Kyoko Izumi
Delicious Relation
藤原 百恵
Maido Osawagase Shimasu
Graduation
Goodbye, Someday
Toko
Aitai Toki ni Anata wa Inai
Miyoko Oki
The Confidence Man JP: Fortune
Last Letter
Skae
Love Story
Stage Play "Journey to the West"
Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru
高木瞳
The Makioka Sisters
Makioka Tsuruko
おヒマなら来てよネ!
佐竹希望 / 広瀬洋子 (二役)
Platonic
Sara Mochizuki
Tokyo Fair Weather
Yoko Shimazu
Marmalade Boy
Chiyako
Be-Bop High School 2
Kyoko Izumi
