Miho Nakayama
Acting • Born 1970-03-01 – Died 2024-12-06
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).
Filmography
61 credits
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi - Special 1
Movie • 1999
Lesson in Murder
Movie • 2022
Ms. Kakei
Love Letter
Movie • 1995
Hiroko Watanabe / Female Itsuki Fujii
Mismatch - Miho & Shizuka Xmas Special
Movie • 1988
Tamaki Sugihara
Goodbye, Someday
Movie • 2010
Toko
I Have to Buy New Shoes
Movie • 2012
Aoi Teshigawara
Tokyo Fair Weather
Movie • 1997
Yoko Shimazu
LIVE IN "Mellow" MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR '92
Movie • 1992
Herself
Who Do I Choose?
Movie • 1989
Nobuko Kuwata
Be-Bop High School
Movie • 1985
Kyoko Izumi
Shuuchakueki: Twilight express no koi
Movie • 2012
高津千絵
Be-Bop High School 2
Movie • 1986
Kyoko Izumi
Cover as Many Waves as Possible
Movie • 1991
Mariko
Marmalade Boy
Movie • 2018
Chiyako
Butterfly Sleep
Movie • 2018
Ryoko Matsumura
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Movie • 1989
Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito
Movie • 2019
Saeko Hashino
The Confidence Man JP: Fortune
Movie • 2019
Idol Hotline: Miho Nakayama's Tokimeki High School
Movie • 1988
Herself
108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba
Movie • 2019
Ayako
Last Letter
Movie • 2020
Skae
Tales of the Bizarre: 2017 Fall Special
Movie • 2017
The Tragedy of W
Movie • 2019
Noukagaku Bengoshi Kaidou Azusa Doubt
Movie • 2021
Fuyukawa Sayaka
花実のない森
Movie • 2017
The King of Minami: The Masked Woman
Movie • 2004
Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera
Movie • 1986
Sayoko Shiratori
CATCH ME MIHO NAKAYAMA LIVE '88
Movie • 1988
Herself
MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR '91 MIHO THE FUTURE, MIHO THE NATURE
Movie • 1991
Herself
Miho Nakayama 38th Anniversary Concert
Movie • 2023
Mama is an Idol! Special Final Chapter
Movie • 1988
Miho Nakayama
A Sleeping Forest
TV • 1998
Aitai Toki ni Anata wa Inai
TV • 1991
Miyoko Oki
Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance
TV • 1986
Miho Yamagata
The High School Heroes
TV • 2021
Ruriko Manaka
Time Limit Investigator
TV • 2006
Machiko Kotobuki
Love Story
TV • 2001
Wonderful Unrequited Love
TV • 1990
Keiko Yoda/Nana Hayashi
Home & Away
TV • 2001
Somebody Loves Her
TV • 1992
The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms!
TV • 1988
Hirose Tomoko
Delicious Relation
TV • 1996
藤原 百恵
Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru
TV • 1989
高木瞳
おヒマなら来てよネ!
TV • 1987
佐竹希望 / 広瀬洋子 (二役)
Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo
TV • 2021
Love of Sage
TV • 2016
Mayuko Takanaka
Renovation Like Magic
TV • 2022
Moshimo Negai ga Kanau Nara
TV • 1994
Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight
TV • 2018
Mariko Takizawa
For You
TV • 1995
Yoshikura Yayoi
Tales of the Bizarre
TV • 1990
(segment "Kyofu no tezawari")
Love 2000
TV • 2000
Mashiro Rieru
Mama Is an Idol
TV • 1987
Miho Nakayama
Platonic
TV • 2014
Sara Mochizuki
Stage Play "Journey to the West"
TV • 2024
Graduation
TV • 1990
Things You Can Know by Looking at Them
TV • 2020
内田百百子
The Makioka Sisters
TV • 2018
Makioka Tsuruko
Story of a Summer Experience
TV • 1985
Sugimoto Yuki
Tokyo 23-ku Onna
TV • 2019
Kaoru
The Noble Detective
TV • 2017