Miho Nakayama
Acting
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).
TV Shows(30)
Stage Play "Journey to the West"
2024
Renovation Like Magic
2022
The High School Heroes
Ruriko Manaka
2021
Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo
2021
Things You Can Know by Looking at Them
内田百百子
2020
Tokyo 23-ku Onna
Kaoru
2019
Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight
Mariko Takizawa
2018
The Makioka Sisters
Makioka Tsuruko
2018
The Noble Detective
2017
Love of Sage
Mayuko Takanaka
2016
Platonic
Sara Mochizuki
2014
Time Limit Investigator
Machiko Kotobuki
2006
Home & Away
2001
Love Story
2001
Love 2000
Mashiro Rieru
2000
A Sleeping Forest
1998
Delicious Relation
藤原 百恵
1996
For You
Yoshikura Yayoi
1995
Moshimo Negai ga Kanau Nara
1994
Somebody Loves Her
1992
Aitai Toki ni Anata wa Inai
Miyoko Oki
1991
Wonderful Unrequited Love
Keiko Yoda/Nana Hayashi
1990
Tales of the Bizarre
(segment "Kyofu no tezawari")
1990
Graduation
1990
Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru
高木瞳
1989
The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms!
Hirose Tomoko
1988
おヒマなら来てよネ!
佐竹希望 / 広瀬洋子 (二役)
1987
Mama Is an Idol
Miho Nakayama
1987
Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance
Miho Yamagata
1986
Story of a Summer Experience
Sugimoto Yuki
1985
Movies(31)
Miho Nakayama 38th Anniversary Concert
2023
Lesson in Murder
Ms. Kakei
2022
Noukagaku Bengoshi Kaidou Azusa Doubt
Fuyukawa Sayaka
2021
Last Letter
Skae
2020
The Tragedy of W
2019
108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba
Ayako
2019
The Confidence Man JP: Fortune
2019
Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito
Saeko Hashino
2019
Butterfly Sleep
Ryoko Matsumura
2018
Marmalade Boy
Chiyako
2018
Tales of the Bizarre: 2017 Fall Special
2017
花実のない森
2017
I Have to Buy New Shoes
Aoi Teshigawara
2012
Shuuchakueki: Twilight express no koi
高津千絵
2012
Goodbye, Someday
Toko
2010
The King of Minami: The Masked Woman
2004
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi - Special 1
1999
Tokyo Fair Weather
Yoko Shimazu
1997
Love Letter
Hiroko Watanabe / Female Itsuki Fujii
1995
LIVE IN "Mellow" MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR '92
Herself
1992
Cover as Many Waves as Possible
Mariko
1991
MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR '91 MIHO THE FUTURE, MIHO THE NATURE
Herself
1991
Who Do I Choose?
Nobuko Kuwata
1989
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989
Mismatch - Miho & Shizuka Xmas Special
Tamaki Sugihara
1988
CATCH ME MIHO NAKAYAMA LIVE '88
Herself
1988
Mama is an Idol! Special Final Chapter
Miho Nakayama
1988
Idol Hotline: Miho Nakayama's Tokimeki High School
Herself
1988
Be-Bop High School 2
Kyoko Izumi
1986
Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera
Sayoko Shiratori
1986
Be-Bop High School
Kyoko Izumi
1985