Miho Nakayama
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).
61 acting credits
Acting · 61
Tales of the Bizarre
1990
Time Limit Investigator
2006
Love Letter
1995
Renovation Like Magic
2022
The High School Heroes
2021
Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight
2018
Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance
1986
Graduation
1990
Stage Play "Journey to the West"
2024
The Makioka Sisters
2018
Love of Sage
2016
Love 2000
2000
Things You Can Know by Looking at Them
2020
Love Story
2001
Platonic
2014
A Sleeping Forest
1998
Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo
2021
The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms!
1988
Tokyo 23-ku Onna
2019
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989
The Noble Detective
2017
Last Letter
2020
おヒマなら来てよネ!
1987
Mama Is an Idol
1987
Wonderful Unrequited Love
1990
Aitai Toki ni Anata wa Inai
1991
Be-Bop High School 2
1986
Delicious Relation
1996
Story of a Summer Experience
1985
108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba
2019
For You
1995
Tokyo Fair Weather
1997
Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru
1989
Marmalade Boy
2018
Home & Away
2001
Lesson in Murder
2022
Butterfly Sleep
2018
The Tragedy of W
2019
Somebody Loves Her
1992
I Have to Buy New Shoes
2012
Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito
2019
Goodbye, Someday
2010
Tales of the Bizarre: 2017 Fall Special
2017
Who Do I Choose?
1989
The Confidence Man JP: Fortune
2019
Cover as Many Waves as Possible
1991
Be-Bop High School
1985
Moshimo Negai ga Kanau Nara
1994
The King of Minami: The Masked Woman
2004
Shuuchakueki: Twilight express no koi
2012
花実のない森
2017
Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera
1986
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi - Special 1
1999
Noukagaku Bengoshi Kaidou Azusa Doubt
2021
Mismatch - Miho & Shizuka Xmas Special
1988
LIVE IN "Mellow" MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR '92
1992
Idol Hotline: Miho Nakayama's Tokimeki High School
1988
Miho Nakayama 38th Anniversary Concert
2023
Mama is an Idol! Special Final Chapter
1988
CATCH ME MIHO NAKAYAMA LIVE '88
1988
MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR '91 MIHO THE FUTURE, MIHO THE NATURE
1991