Miho Nakayama
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
Time Limit Investigator
The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms!
Renovation Like Magic
The High School Heroes
Love Letter
Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance
Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight
All Movies (42)
- Miho Nakayama 38th Anniversary Concert2023
- Lesson in Murder2022 · as Ms. Kakei
- Noukagaku Bengoshi Kaidou Azusa Doubt2021 · as Fuyukawa Sayaka
- Last Letter2020 · as Skae
- The Tragedy of W2019
- 108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba2019 · as Ayako
- The Confidence Man JP: Fortune2019
- Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito2019 · as Saeko Hashino
- Butterfly Sleep2018 · as Ryoko Matsumura
- Marmalade Boy2018 · as Chiyako
- Tales of the Bizarre: 2017 Fall Special2017
- 花実のない森2017
- I Have to Buy New Shoes2012 · as Aoi Teshigawara
- Shuuchakueki: Twilight express no koi2012 · as 高津千絵
- Goodbye, Someday2010 · as Toko
- The King of Minami: The Masked Woman2004
- Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi - Special 11999
- MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR ’98 Live・O・Live1998 · as Herself
- Tokyo Fair Weather1997 · as Yoko Shimazu
- MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR ’96 Sound of Lip1996 · as Herself
- MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR ’95 f1996 · as Herself
- Love Letter1995 · as Hiroko Watanabe / Female Itsuki Fujii
- Miho Nakayama Live ’94 Pure White1994 · as Herself
- MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR ’93 On My Mind1993 · as Herself
- LIVE IN "Mellow" MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR '921992 · as Herself
- Mellow1992 · as Herself
- Cover as Many Waves as Possible1991 · as Mariko
- MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR '91 MIHO THE FUTURE, MIHO THE NATURE1991 · as Herself
- LOVE SUPREME Miho Nakayama Selection ’901990 · as Herself
- Who Do I Choose?1989 · as Nobuko Kuwata
- WHUU!! NATURAL MIHO NAKAYAMA LIVE AT BUDOKAN ’891989 · as Herself
- Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally1989
- 心の夜明け L’Aube de mon cœur1988 · as Herself
- Mismatch - Miho & Shizuka Xmas Special1988 · as Tamaki Sugihara
- CATCH ME MIHO NAKAYAMA LIVE '881988 · as Herself
- Mama is an Idol! Special Final Chapter1988 · as Miho Nakayama
- Idol Hotline: Miho Nakayama's Tokimeki High School1988 · as Herself
- Be-Bop High School 21986 · as Kyoko Izumi
- VIRGIN FLIGHT ’86 MIHO NAKAYAMA FIRST CONCERT1986 · as Herself
- Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera1986 · as Sayoko Shiratori
- Be-Bop High School1985 · as Kyoko Izumi
- na・ma・i・ki1985 · as Herself
All TV Shows (30)
- Stage Play "Journey to the West"2024
- Renovation Like Magic2022
- The High School Heroes2021 · as Ruriko Manaka
- Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo2021
- Things You Can Know by Looking at Them2020 · as 内田百百子
- Tokyo 23-ku Onna2019 · as Kaoru
- Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight2018 · as Mariko Takizawa
- The Makioka Sisters2018 · as Makioka Tsuruko
- The Noble Detective2017
- Love of Sage2016 · as Mayuko Takanaka
- Platonic2014 · as Sara Mochizuki
- Time Limit Investigator2006 · as Machiko Kotobuki
- Home & Away2001
- Love Story2001
- Love 20002000 · as Mashiro Rieru
- A Sleeping Forest1998
- Delicious Relation1996 · as 藤原 百恵
- For You1995 · as Yoshikura Yayoi
- Moshimo Negai ga Kanau Nara1994
- Somebody Loves Her1992
- Aitai Toki ni Anata wa Inai1991 · as Miyoko Oki
- Wonderful Unrequited Love1990 · as Keiko Yoda/Nana Hayashi
- Tales of the Bizarre1990 · as (segment "Kyofu no tezawari")
- Graduation1990
- Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru1989 · as 高木瞳
- The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms!1988 · as Hirose Tomoko
- おヒマなら来てよネ!1987 · as 佐竹希望 / 広瀬洋子 (二役)
- Mama Is an Idol1987 · as Miho Nakayama
- Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance1986 · as Miho Yamagata
- Story of a Summer Experience1985 · as Sugimoto Yuki