Person Details

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Aliases: 中山美穗

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Homepage: https://nakayamamiho.com

Movie Involvements: 14

TV Involvements: 16


Most Famous Work

Biography

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).

Most Famous Work

Tales of the Bizarre
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8

Tales of the Bizarre

(1990) (segment "Kyofu no tezawari")
Love Letter
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8

Love Letter

(1995) Itsuki Fujii / Hiroko Watanabe
Last Letter
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7

Last Letter

(2020) Skae
The Makioka Sisters
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8

The Makioka Sisters

(2018) Makioka Tsuruko
Tokyo Fair Weather
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7

Tokyo Fair Weather

(1997) Yoko Shimazu
The High School Heroes
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0

The High School Heroes

(2021) Ruriko Manaka
Butterfly Sleep
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6

Butterfly Sleep

(2018) Ryoko Matsumura
The Noble Detective
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7

The Noble Detective

(2017) Tanaka

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 N/A
2022 N/A
Ms. Kakei
2021 Ruriko Manaka
Fuyukawa Sayaka
N/A
2020 Skae
内田百百子
2019 N/A
Ayako
N/A
N/A
Saeko Hashino
2018 Mariko Takizawa
Ryoko Matsumura
Chiyako
Makioka Tsuruko
2017 N/A
N/A
2016 Mayuko Takanaka
2014 Sara Mochizuki
2012 Aoi Teshigawara
高津千絵
2010 Toko
2006 Machiko Kotobuki
2004 N/A
N/A
2001 N/A
N/A
2000 Mashiro Rieru
1999 N/A
1998 N/A
1997 Yoko Shimazu
1996 藤原 百恵
1995 Yoshikura Yayoi
Hiroko Watanabe / Female Itsuki Fujii
1994 N/A
1992 Herself
N/A
1991 Miyoko Oki
Mariko
1990 Keiko Yoda/Nana Hayashi
(segment "Kyofu no tezawari")
N/A
1989 N/A
N/A
高木瞳
1988 Tamaki Sugihara
Hirose Tomoko
Herself
1987 佐竹希望 / 広瀬洋子 (二役)
N/A
N/A
1986 Miho Yamagata
Kyoko Izumi
1985 Kyoko Izumi
Sugimoto Yuki
Year Character Movie/Tv

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