Miho Nakayama

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).

Most Known For

Tales of the Bizarre

as (segment "Kyofu no tezawari")

Time Limit Investigator

as Machiko Kotobuki

The High School Heroes

as Ruriko Manaka

Love Story

Renovation Like Magic

Love Letter

as Hiroko Watanabe / Female Itsuki Fujii

Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo

Things You Can Know by Looking at Them

as 内田百百子

Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance

as Miho Yamagata

Mama Is an Idol

as Miho Nakayama

Love of Sage

as Mayuko Takanaka

A Sleeping Forest

Wonderful Unrequited Love

as Keiko Yoda/Nana Hayashi

The Noble Detective

Story of a Summer Experience

as Sugimoto Yuki

The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms!

as Hirose Tomoko

Platonic

as Sara Mochizuki

Graduation

Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru

as 高木瞳

Delicious Relation

as 藤原 百恵