Miho Nakayama

Known for ActingBorn 1970-03-01Died 2024-12-06Tokyo, 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).Read more

Movies & web series

The Makioka Sisters

Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance

Love Letter

Lesson in Murder

Tales of the Bizarre

Mama Is an Idol

Love 2000

Renovation Like Magic

Cover as Many Waves as Possible

Who Do I Choose?

A Sleeping Forest

Last Letter

Tokyo Fair Weather

The Noble Detective

The Confidence Man JP: Fortune

Wonderful Unrequited Love

Love Story

Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo

Delicious Relation

Time Limit Investigator

Home & Away

Tales of the Bizarre: 2017 Fall Special

Be-Bop High School

Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito

Marmalade Boy

Be-Bop High School 2

Love of Sage

I Have to Buy New Shoes

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

Butterfly Sleep

108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba

Jubaku: Spellbound

Platonic

Mama is an Idol! Special Final Chapter

Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera

Goodbye, Someday

Tokyo 23-ku Onna

Aitai Toki ni Anata wa Inai

Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru

The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms!

Somebody Loves Her

Story of a Summer Experience

Stage Play "Journey to the West"

Miho Nakayama 38th Anniversary Concert

Noukagaku Bengoshi Kaidou Azusa Doubt

The High School Heroes

Things You Can Know by Looking at Them

The Tragedy of W