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Miho Nakayama
Actor
Born March 1, 1970Died December 6, 2024 (54 years)
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).
Known For
Filmography
| 2022 | Renovation Like Magic (TV Series) |
| 2022 | Lesson in Murder · as Ms. Kakei |
| 2021 | The High School Heroes (TV Series) · as Ruriko Manaka |
| 2021 | Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo (TV Series) |
| 2020 | Last Letter · as Skae |
| 2020 | Things You Know by Watching Them (TV Series) · as 内田百百子 |
| 2019 | 108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba · as Ayako |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Tokyo Nijusan Ku Onna (TV Series) |
| 2019 | Ai Uta: Yakusoku no Nakuhito · as Saeko Hashino |
| 2018 | Marmalade Boy · as Chiyako |
| 2018 | Women Document Detectives (TV Series) · as Shimano Izumi |
| 2017 | Butterfly Sleep · as Ryoko Matsumura |
| 2017 | The Noble Detective (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2016 | Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono (TV Series) · as Reiko Tanaka |
| 2016 | Kenja no Ai (TV Series) · as Mayuko Takanaka |
| 2013 | Shiawase ni naru mittsu no kaimono · as Mutsumi Ando |
| 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 (TV Series) · as Machiko Kotobuki |
| 2004 | |
| 2002 | Home & Away (TV Series) |
| 2001 | Love Story (2001) (TV Series) |
| 2000 | Love 2000 (TV Series) · as Mashiro Rieru |
| 1998 | A Sleeping Forest (TV Series) |
| 1997 | Tokyo biyori · as Yoko Shimazu |
| 1995 | Love Letter · as Hiroko Watanabe / Female Itsuki Fujii |
| 1990 | すてきな片想い (TV Series) · as Keiko Yoda |
| 1990 | Tales of the Unusual (TV Series) · as (segment "kyofu No Tezawari") |
| 1990 | Sotsugyō (TV Series) |
| 1989 | |
| 1986 | Sailor Suit Rebellion Alliance (TV Series) · as Miho Yamagata |
| 1986 | Be-Bop highschool: Koko yotaro elegy · as Kyoko Izumi |
| 1985 | Be-bop High School · as Kyoko Izumi |