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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 1, 1970
Died
December 6, 2024
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also Known As
- 中山美穗
Miho Nakayama
1.3 Popularity
Biography
Miho Nakayama (中山 美穂) was a Japanese singer and actress born 1 March 1970. 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).
Known For
0.0
Stage Play "Journey to the West"
2024
0.0
Miho Nakayama 38th Anniversary Concert
2023
7.2
Renovation Like Magic
2022
7.5
Ms. Kakei
Lesson in Murder
2022
0.0
Ruriko Manaka
The High School Heroes
2021
0.0
Fuyukawa Sayaka
Noukagaku Bengoshi Kaidou Azusa Doubt
2021
6.8
Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo
2021
7.1
Skae
Last Letter
2020
0.0
内田百百子
Things You Can Know by Looking at Them
2020
0.0
The Tragedy of W
2019
Credits
Stage Play "Journey to the West"
2024
0.0
Miho Nakayama 38th Anniversary Concert
2023
0.0
Renovation Like Magic
2022
7.2
Lesson in Murder
as Ms. Kakei
2022
7.5
The High School Heroes
as Ruriko Manaka
2021
0.0
Noukagaku Bengoshi Kaidou Azusa Doubt
as Fuyukawa Sayaka
2021
0.0
Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo
2021
6.8
Last Letter
as Skae
2020
7.1
Things You Can Know by Looking at Them
as 内田百百子
2020
0.0
The Tragedy of W
2019
0.0
108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba
as Ayako
2019
6.0
The Confidence Man JP: Fortune
2019
7.2
Tokyo 23-ku Onna
as Kaoru
2019
5.0
Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito
as Saeko Hashino
2019
6.0
Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight
as Mariko Takizawa
2018
0.0
Butterfly Sleep
as Ryoko Matsumura
2018
6.1
Marmalade Boy
as Chiyako
2018
6.4
The Makioka Sisters
as Makioka Tsuruko
2018
8.0
Tales of the Bizarre: 2017 Fall Special
2017
6.5
The Noble Detective
2017
7.1
花実のない森
2017
0.0
Love of Sage
as Mayuko Takanaka
2016
6.2
Platonic
as Sara Mochizuki
2014
6.0
I Have to Buy New Shoes
as Aoi Teshigawara
2012
6.2
Shuuchakueki: Twilight express no koi
as 高津千絵
2012
0.0
Goodbye, Someday
as Toko
2010
5.4
Time Limit Investigator
as Machiko Kotobuki
2006
6.7
The King of Minami: The Masked Woman
2004
0.0
Home & Away
2001
5.0
Love Story
2001
7.0
Love 2000
as Mashiro Rieru
2000
7.0
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi - Special 1
1999
0.0
A Sleeping Forest
1998
7.0
Tokyo Fair Weather
as Yoko Shimazu
1997
6.8
Delicious Relation
as 藤原 百恵
1996
0.0
For You
as Yoshikura Yayoi
1995
0.0
Love Letter
as Hiroko Watanabe / Female Itsuki Fujii
1995
7.8
Moshimo Negai ga Kanau Nara
1994
0.0
LIVE IN "Mellow" MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR '92
as Herself
1992
0.0
Somebody Loves Her
1992
3.0
Aitai Toki ni Anata wa Inai
as Miyoko Oki
1991
4.0
Cover as Many Waves as Possible
as Mariko
1991
7.5
MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR '91 MIHO THE FUTURE, MIHO THE NATURE
as Herself
1991
0.0
Wonderful Unrequited Love
as Keiko Yoda/Nana Hayashi
1990
7.3
Tales of the Bizarre
as (segment "Kyofu no tezawari")
1990
7.8
Graduation
1990
0.0
Who Do I Choose?
as Nobuko Kuwata
1989
7.0
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989
6.3
Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru
as 高木瞳
1989
4.0
Mismatch - Miho & Shizuka Xmas Special
as Tamaki Sugihara
1988
0.0
The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms!
as Hirose Tomoko
1988
4.0
CATCH ME MIHO NAKAYAMA LIVE '88
as Herself
1988
0.0
Idol Hotline: Miho Nakayama's Tokimeki High School
as Herself
1988
0.0
おヒマなら来てよネ!
as 佐竹希望 / 広瀬洋子 (二役)
1987
0.0
Mama Is an Idol
as Miho Nakayama
1987
7.8
Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance
as Miho Yamagata
1986
8.0
Be-Bop High School 2
as Kyoko Izumi
1986
6.0
Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera
as Sayoko Shiratori
1986
6.0
Be-Bop High School
as Kyoko Izumi
1985
6.5
Story of a Summer Experience
as Sugimoto Yuki
1985
3.0