Miho Nakayama
Acting
1970-03-01 · Tokyo, Japan
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).
Filmography
Stage Play "Journey to the West"
2024 · Series
Miho Nakayama 38th Anniversary Concert
2023 · Movie
Renovation Like Magic
2022 · Series
Lesson in Murder
2022 · Movie
The High School Heroes
2021 · Series
Noukagaku Bengoshi Kaidou Azusa Doubt
2021 · Movie
Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo
2021 · Series
Last Letter
2020 · Movie
Things You Can Know by Looking at Them
2020 · Series
The Tragedy of W
2019 · Movie
108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba
2019 · Movie
The Confidence Man JP: Fortune
2019 · Movie
Tokyo 23-ku Onna
2019 · Series
Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito
2019 · Movie
Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight
2018 · Series
Butterfly Sleep
2018 · Movie
Marmalade Boy
2018 · Movie
The Makioka Sisters
2018 · Series
Tales of the Bizarre: 2017 Fall Special
2017 · Movie
The Noble Detective
2017 · Series
花実のない森
2017 · Movie
Love of Sage
2016 · Series
Platonic
2014 · Series
I Have to Buy New Shoes
2012 · Movie
Shuuchakueki: Twilight express no koi
2012 · Movie
Goodbye, Someday
2010 · Movie
Time Limit Investigator
2006 · Series
The King of Minami: The Masked Woman
2004 · Movie
Home & Away
2001 · Series
Love Story
2001 · Series
Love 2000
2000 · Series
Jubaku: Spellbound
1999 · Movie
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi - Special 1
1999 · Movie
MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR ’98 Live・O・Live
1998 · Movie
A Sleeping Forest
1998 · Series
Tokyo Fair Weather
1997 · Movie
MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR ’96 Sound of Lip
1996 · Movie
Delicious Relation
1996 · Series
MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR ’95 f
1996 · Movie
For You
1995 · Series
Love Letter
1995 · Movie
Miho Nakayama Live ’94 Pure White
1994 · Movie
Moshimo Negai ga Kanau Nara
1994 · Series
MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR ’93 On My Mind
1993 · Movie
LIVE IN "Mellow" MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR '92
1992 · Movie
Somebody Loves Her
1992 · Series
Mellow
1992 · Movie
Aitai Toki ni Anata wa Inai
1991 · Series
Cover as Many Waves as Possible
1991 · Movie
MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR '91 MIHO THE FUTURE, MIHO THE NATURE
1991 · Movie
LOVE SUPREME Miho Nakayama Selection ’90
1990 · Movie
Wonderful Unrequited Love
1990 · Series
Tales of the Bizarre
1990 · Series
Graduation
1990 · Series
Who Do I Choose?
1989 · Movie
WHUU!! NATURAL MIHO NAKAYAMA LIVE AT BUDOKAN ’89
1989 · Movie
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989 · Movie
Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru
1989 · Series
心の夜明け L’Aube de mon cœur
1988 · Movie
Mismatch - Miho & Shizuka Xmas Special
1988 · Movie
The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms!
1988 · Series
CATCH ME MIHO NAKAYAMA LIVE '88
1988 · Movie
Mama is an Idol! Special Final Chapter
1988 · Movie
Idol Hotline: Miho Nakayama's Tokimeki High School
1988 · Movie
おヒマなら来てよネ!
1987 · Series
Mama Is an Idol
1987 · Series
Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance
1986 · Series
Be-Bop High School 2
1986 · Movie
VIRGIN FLIGHT ’86 MIHO NAKAYAMA FIRST CONCERT
1986 · Movie
Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera
1986 · Movie
Be-Bop High School
1985 · Movie
na・ma・i・ki
1985 · Movie
Natsu Taiken Monogatari
1985 · Series
Maido Osawagase Shimasu
1985 · Series