Miho Nakayama

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Miho Nakayama 中山 美穂
Born	(1970-03-01) 1 March 1970 (age 51) Saku, Nagano, Japan[1]
Other names	Miporin (ミポリン) Mizuho Kitayama (北山 瑞穂) Issaque (一咲)
Occupation	Singer-songwriter actress
Years active	1985–present
Agent	Big Apple
Height	158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Spouse(s)	Hitonari Tsuji ​ (m. 2002⁠–⁠2014)​
Children	1[2]
Relatives	Shinobu Nakayama (sister)
Musical career
Genres	J-pop kayōkyoku city pop dance-pop pop rock
Instruments	Vocals
Labels	King Records
Associated acts	Toshiki Kadomatsu Wands Mayo Okamoto
Japanese name
Kanji	中山 美穂
Hiragana	なかやま みほ
Katakana	ナカヤマ ミホ
showTranscriptions Romanization Nakayama Miho
Musical artist
Website	nakayamamiho.com

Miho Nakayama (中山 美穂, Nakayama Miho, born 1 March 1970) is a Japanese singer and actress. She is affiliated with Big Apple Co., Ltd.^[3][4] 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) as a songwriter.^[5][6]

Biography[]

History[]

Nakayama was born in Saku, Nagano, Japan. Following her mother's remarraige, her family moved to Koganei, Tokyo. There, Nakayama attended Koganei Municipal Junior High School.^[1]

Idol career[]

After being discovered by a talent scout while shopping in Harajuku, she 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. She also starred in a Famicom Disk System dating sim made by Nintendo titled Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School, in which she played a high school student trying to mask her true identity.^[6]

Acting career[]

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,^[7] the 17th Yokohama Film Festival^[8] and the 18th Hochi Film Awards.^[9][6]

Nakayama was nominated for a Best Actress Japanese Academy Award in 1998 for her role in Tokyo Biyori,^[10] and has appeared in a number of TV series including Love Story (2001).^[11]

Personal life[]

Nakayama's younger sister is Shinobu Nakayama, who is also an actress and former pop singer.^[6] She also has a younger brother named Tomoaki.^[1]

Nakayama had been signed to the same Box Corporation and before debut, became friends with Yasuko Endō. Two years after Endō's suicide, Nakayama performed song called "Long Distance Tengoku He" during concert tour 1988. As a homage to the title of Endō's cancelled debut single "In the Distance", it was held as a requiem for her. Nakayama wrote the lyrics and composed the song herself. The song title changed to "Long Distance To The Heaven", and it was included on the album Mind Game, released July that year. She touched about this song in the 1991 essay collection P.S. I Love You. Also in the 2009 collection Nazenara Yasashii Machi ga Atta Kara, Endō is written about with name excluded.^[12]

Nakayama married musician Hitonari Tsuji in 2002 after an eight-month relationship and they both moved to Paris before she gave birth to their son a year later.^[6] They divorced in 2014, and Nakayama moved back to Japan, with Tsuji retaining custody of their son.^[2][1]

Discography[]

Studio albums

• C (1985)
• After School (1985)
• Summer Breeze (1986)
• Exotique (1986)
• One and Only (1987)
• Catch the Nite (1988)
• Mind Game (1988)
• Angel Hearts (1988)
• Hide 'n' Seek (1989)
• Merry Merry (1989)
• All for You (1990)
• Jeweluna (1990)
• Dé eaya (1991)
• Mellow (1992)
• Wagamama na Actress (1993)
• Pure White (1994)
• Mid Blue (1995)
• Deep Lip French (1996)
• Groovin' Blue' (1997)
• Olive (1998)
• Manifesto (1999)
• Neuf Neuf (2019)

Filmography[]

Film[]

• Be-Bop High School (1985) – Kyōko Izumi
• Who Do I Choose? (1989) – Nobuko Kuwata
• Love Letter (1995) – Itsuki Fujii and Hiroko Watanabe
• Marmalade Boy (2018)
• Butterfly Sleep (2018)
• Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito (2019)
• 108: Kaiba Gorō no Fukushū to Bōken (2019) – Ayako Kaiba
• Last Letter (2020)

Television[]

• Uchi no Ko ni Kagitte... (1985) – Nobuko Takaoka
• Na-ma-i-ki Mori (1986) - Kayoko Kinoshita^[13]
• Mama wa Idol^[14] (1987–88) – herself
• Suteki na Kataomoi (1990) – Keiko Yoda/Nana Hayashi
• Nobunaga: King of Zipangu (1992) – Nene
• Nemureru Mori (1998) – Minako Ōba
• W's Tragedy (2019) – Yoshie

Kōhaku Uta Gassen appearances[]

Year / Broadcast	Appearance	Song	Appearance order	Opponent
1988 (Shōwa 63) / 39th	Debut	"Witches"	1/21	Hikaru Genji
1989 (Heisei 1) / 40th	2	"Virgin Eyes"	10/27	Otokogumi
1990 (Heisei 2) / 41st	3	"Aishiterutte Iwanai!"	2/29	Eisaku Yoshida
1991 (Heisei 3) / 42nd	4	"Rosa"	3/28
1992 (Heisei 4) / 43rd	5	"Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto" (with Wands)	10/28	Shonentai
1993 (Heisei 5) / 44th	6	"Shiawase ni Naru Tame ni"	14/26
1994 (Heisei 6) / 45th	7	"Tada Nakitaku Naru no"	8/25	Fumiya Fujii

Bibliography[]

• Issho Kenmei Nakayama Miho Photo Collection (1985, Wani Books) - Photo CollectionIssho Kenmei Nakayama Miho Photo Collection. Wani Books. 1985. ISBN 9784847020247.
• Toumei de Iru Yo, Meippai Onna no Ko (1985, Wani Books) - Essay CollectionToumei de Iru Yo, Meippai Onna no Ko. Wani Books. 1985. ISBN 4847010310.
• Miho Ganbaru (1986, Shueisha) - Photo CollectionMiho Ganbaru. Shueisha. 1986.
• Docchi ni Suru no. (1989, Shueisha) - Photo CollectionDocchi ni Suru no. Shueisha. 1989.
• Ambivalence Nakayama Miho Shashinshu (1989, Wani Books) - Photo CollectionMysterious Book. Wani Books. 1901.
• SCENA miho nakayama pictorial (1991, Wani Books) - Photo CollectionAmbivalence Nakayama Miho Shashinshu. Wani Books. 1991.
• P.S. I LOVE YOU (1991, Nippon Hassou Shuppan and Fusosha Publishing) - Essay CollectionP.S. I LOVE YOU. Fusosha Publishing. 1991.
• LETTERS in Love Letter（Nakayama Miho Photo Collection） (1995, Wani Books) - Photo CollectionLETTERS in Love Letter. Wani Books. 1995.
• Nakayama Miho in Eiga Tokyo Biyori (1997, Wani Books) - Photo CollectionNakayama Miho in Eiga Tokyo Biyori. Wani Books. 1997.
• Atashi to Watashi (1997, Gentosha) - NovelMiho Nakayama (1997). Atashi to Watashi. Gentosha.
• ANGEL (1998, Wani Books) - Photo CollectionANGEL. Wani Books. 1998.
• Nazenara Yasashii Machi ga Atta Kara (2009, Shueisha) - Photo Essay Collection^[15]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Miho Nakayama at IMDb
• Miho Nakayama at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
• Miho Nakayama discography at MusicBrainz
• Miho Nakayama discography at Discogs
• Miho Nakayama at Oricon
• Miho Nakayama at Idol.ne.jp

Preceded by Yukiko Okada

Japan Record Award for Best New Artist 1985

Succeeded by Shonentai