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Miho Nakayama

Acting Born Mar 1, 1970 Tokyo, Japan 24 credits

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).

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Known for

Time Limit Investigator

as Machiko Kotobuki
Film

Love Letter

as Hiroko Watanabe / Female Itsuki Fujii

Full filmography

  • Time Limit Investigator (2006) as Machiko Kotobuki
  • Tales of the Bizarre (1990) as (segment "Kyofu no tezawari")
  • The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms! (1988) as Hirose Tomoko
  • Love Letter (1995) as Hiroko Watanabe / Female Itsuki Fujii
  • Renovation Like Magic (2022)
  • The High School Heroes (2021) as Ruriko Manaka
  • Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance (1986) as Miho Yamagata
  • Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight (2018) as Mariko Takizawa
  • Things You Can Know by Looking at Them (2020) as 内田百百子
  • Graduation (1990)
  • Love Story (2001)
  • Love of Sage (2016) as Mayuko Takanaka
  • A Sleeping Forest (1998)
  • Stage Play "Journey to the West" (2024)
  • Love 2000 (2000) as Mashiro Rieru
  • Tokyo 23-ku Onna (2019) as Kaoru
  • The Makioka Sisters (2018) as Makioka Tsuruko
  • Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo (2021)
  • Mama Is an Idol (1987) as Miho Nakayama
  • Platonic (2014) as Sara Mochizuki
  • The Noble Detective (2017)
  • Aitai Toki ni Anata wa Inai (1991) as Miyoko Oki
  • Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989)
  • Last Letter (2020) as Skae