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Miho Nakayama
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…
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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).
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2024
Stage Play "Journey to the West"
TV show
- 2023
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2022
Renovation Like Magic
TV show
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2022
Lesson in Murder
Movie Ms. Kakei
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2021
The High School Heroes
TV show Ruriko Manaka
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2021
Noukagaku Bengoshi Kaidou Azusa Doubt
Movie Fuyukawa Sayaka
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2021
Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo
TV show
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2020
Last Letter
Movie Skae
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2020
Things You Can Know by Looking at Them
TV show 内田百百子
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2019
The Tragedy of W
Movie
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2019
108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba
Movie Ayako
- 2019
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2019
Tokyo 23-ku Onna
TV show Kaoru
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2019
Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito
Movie Saeko Hashino
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2018
Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight
TV show Mariko Takizawa
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2018
Butterfly Sleep
Movie Ryoko Matsumura
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2018
Marmalade Boy
Movie Chiyako
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2018
The Makioka Sisters
TV show Makioka Tsuruko
- 2017
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2017
The Noble Detective
TV show
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2017
花実のない森
Movie
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2016
Love of Sage
TV show Mayuko Takanaka
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2014
Platonic
TV show Sara Mochizuki
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2012
I Have to Buy New Shoes
Movie Aoi Teshigawara
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2012
Shuuchakueki: Twilight express no koi
Movie 高津千絵
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2010
Goodbye, Someday
Movie Toko
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2006
Time Limit Investigator
TV show Machiko Kotobuki
- 2004
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2001
Home & Away
TV show
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2001
Love Story
TV show
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2000
Love 2000
TV show Mashiro Rieru
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1999
Jubaku: Spellbound
Movie Theme Song Performance
- 1999
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1998
MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR ’98 Live・O・Live
Movie Herself
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1998
A Sleeping Forest
TV show
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1997
Tokyo Fair Weather
Movie Yoko Shimazu
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1996
MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR ’96 Sound of Lip
Movie Herself
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1996
Delicious Relation
TV show 藤原 百恵
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1996
MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR ’95 f
Movie Herself
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1995
For You
TV show Yoshikura Yayoi
