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

• Stage Play "Journey to the West"
• 2023Miho Nakayama 38th Anniversary Concert
• 2022Lesson in Murder — Ms. Kakei
• Renovation Like Magic
• 2021Noukagaku Bengoshi Kaidou Azusa Doubt — Fuyukawa Sayaka
• The High School Heroes — Ruriko Manaka
• Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo
• 2020Last Letter — Skae
• Things You Can Know by Looking at Them — 内田百百子
• 2019108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba — Ayako
• 2019Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito — Saeko Hashino
• 2019The Confidence Man JP: Fortune
• 2019The Tragedy of W
• Tokyo 23-ku Onna — Kaoru
• 2018Butterfly Sleep — Ryoko Matsumura
• Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight — Mariko Takizawa
• 2018Marmalade Boy — Chiyako
• The Makioka Sisters — Makioka Tsuruko
• 2017Tales of the Bizarre: 2017 Fall Special
• The Noble Detective
• 2017花実のない森
• Love of Sage — Mayuko Takanaka
• Platonic — Sara Mochizuki
• 2012I Have to Buy New Shoes — Aoi Teshigawara
• 2012Shuuchakueki: Twilight express no koi — 高津千絵
• 2010Goodbye, Someday — Toko
• Time Limit Investigator — Machiko Kotobuki
• 2004The King of Minami: The Masked Woman
• Home & Away
• Love Story
• Love 2000 — Mashiro Rieru
• 1999Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi - Special 1
• 1999Jubaku: Spellbound — Theme Song Performance
• A Sleeping Forest
• 1997Tokyo Fair Weather — Yoko Shimazu
• Delicious Relation — 藤原 百恵
• For You — Yoshikura Yayoi
• 1995Love Letter — Hiroko Watanabe / Female Itsuki Fujii
• Moshimo Negai ga Kanau Nara
• Somebody Loves Her
• Aitai Toki ni Anata wa Inai — Miyoko Oki
• 1991Cover as Many Waves as Possible — Mariko
• Graduation
• Tales of the Bizarre — (segment "Kyofu no tezawari")
• Wonderful Unrequited Love — Keiko Yoda/Nana Hayashi
• Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru — 高木瞳
• 1989Who Do I Choose? — Nobuko Kuwata
• 1989Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
• 1988Mama is an Idol! Special Final Chapter — Miho Nakayama
• 1988Mismatch - Miho & Shizuka Xmas Special — Tamaki Sugihara
• The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms! — Hirose Tomoko
• Mama Is an Idol — Miho Nakayama
• おヒマなら来てよネ! — 佐竹希望 / 広瀬洋子 (二役)
• 1986Be-Bop High School 2 — Kyoko Izumi
• 1986Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera — Sayoko Shiratori
• Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance — Miho Yamagata
• 1985Be-Bop High School — Kyoko Izumi
• Maido Osawagase Shimasu
• Natsu Taiken Monogatari — Sugimoto Yuki

Appearances as themselves (15)

• 1998MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR ’98 Live・O・Live — Herself
• 1996MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR ’95 f — Herself
• 1996MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR ’96 Sound of Lip — Herself
• 1994Miho Nakayama Live ’94 Pure White — Herself
• 1993MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR ’93 On My Mind — Herself
• 1992LIVE IN "Mellow" MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR '92 — Herself
• 1992Mellow — Herself
• 1991MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR '91 MIHO THE FUTURE, MIHO THE NATURE — Herself
• 1990LOVE SUPREME Miho Nakayama Selection ’90 — Herself
• 1989WHUU!! NATURAL MIHO NAKAYAMA LIVE AT BUDOKAN ’89 — Herself
• 1988CATCH ME MIHO NAKAYAMA LIVE '88 — Herself
• 1988Idol Hotline: Miho Nakayama's Tokimeki High School — Herself
• 1988心の夜明け L’Aube de mon cœur — Herself
• 1986VIRGIN FLIGHT ’86 MIHO NAKAYAMA FIRST CONCERT — Herself
• 1985na・ma・i・ki — Herself