# Shinobu Nakayama

Shinobu Nakayama (中山 忍, Nakayama Shinobu, born January 18, 1973) is a Japanese actress and a former J-pop singer. She released her first single on 2 November 1988; her final release as a J-pop artist was on 1 March 1991. She acted in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993), Fist of Legend (1994), Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) and Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999). Nakayama was a member of the short-lived idol groups Nanatsuboshi and Rakutenshi. She is affiliated with Office Muse.

## Biography

Nakayama was born on January 18, 1973, in Koganei, Tokyo. She is the younger sister of singer and actress Miho Nakayama. She graduated from Asia University.
Nakayama, like her older sister, Miho, started out her career as a musician. She released her first single on 2 November 1988. Her final release as a J-pop artist was on 1 March 1991. She became successful when she became part of a music group called Rakutenshi. She was also a member of the short-lived idol group Nanatsuboshi.
Nakayama started a career in acting in the early 1990s. She portrayed Yuri Katagiri in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993). She was cast in the Jet Li movie Fist of Legend (1994), a remake of the Bruce Lee film Fist of Fury. She portrayed Mayumi Nagamine in Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) and Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999).

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Year | Information | Oricon weekly peak position |
| 1989 | Kesshin Released: June 1, 1989 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, cassette | — |
| 1989 | Niji no Lithograph Released: December 1, 1989 Label: CBS Sony Formats: CD, cassette | — |
| 1990 | Hakoiri Musume: Konomama ja Irarenai wa Released: August 1, 1990 Label: CBS Sony Formats: CD, cassette | — |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. |||||

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details |
| Kyō made Soshite Asu kara | Released: January 1, 1991 Label: Sony Records Formats: CD, cassette |
| Idol Miracle Bible Series: Shinobu Nakayama | Released: November 30, 2005 Label: SME Records Formats: CD |

### Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Date | Peak chart positions | Sales (JPN) | RIAJ certification | Album |
| Title | Date | JPN Oricon | Sales (JPN) | RIAJ certification | Album |
| "Chīsana Kesshin" | November 2, 1988 | — | | | Kesshin |
| "Namida, Tomare!" | February 1, 1989 | — | | | Kesshin |
| "Makenaide, Yūki" | May 1, 1989 | — | | | Kesshin |
| "Natsu ni Koi suru Awatenbo" | August 10, 1989 | — | | | Niji no Lithograph |
| "Kaketekita Shojo (Otome)" | November 1, 1989 | — | | | Niji no Lithograph |
| "Hikari no Opera" | March 1, 1990 | — | | | Kyō made Soshite Asu kara |
| "Hakoiri Musume no Nageki" | July 1, 1990 | — | | | Hakoiri Musume: Konomama ja Irarenai wa |
| "Romantic" | December 21, 1990 | — | | | Kyō made Soshite Asu kara |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. ||||||

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1993 | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II | Yuri Katagiri | |
| 1994 | Fist of Legend | Mitsuko Yamada | |
| 1996 | Donor: Jinkaku Ishoku | Yuka Yamashina | Lead role |
| 2006 | The Ode to Joy | Matsu | |
| 2023 | After-school Angler Life for High School Girls. | | |

### Television
#### Drama series

| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
| 1988 | Otoko darou! | | Fuji TV | |
| 1988 | Born to be Wild | Makiko | Fuji TV | |
| 1991 | Nurse Station | Kayo Akimoto | TBS | |
| 1991–92 | Fushigi na Gentōkan | | TV Asahi | |
| 1991 | Funny Face | | TV Tokyo | |
| 1991 | Inagawa Junji no True Story: Meido e Oideyo! | | Kansai TV | |
| 1991 | High Leg Queen Romance: Pit ni Kakeru koi! | | Fuji TV | |
| 1992 | Deka Kizoku | Shinobu Tanabe | NTV | Season 3 |
| 1992 | Neo Drama: Tanpopo Club | | TV Asahi | |
| 1992 | Shuhei Asahina Mystery 4 | Natsuko Tsukamoto | NTV | |
| 1993 | Chotto Abunai Enchō-san | Yoko Hatoyama | NTV | |
| 1993 | Neo Drama: Piasu no Onna | | TV Asahi | |
| 1994 | Giniro no Koibumi | Kiku's grandchild | Fuji TV | |
| 1995 | Single Again | | Kansai TV | |
| 1995 | Kazetachi no Yuigon | Shinobu Matsuyama | TBS | |
| 1996 | Kazoku Chūihō! | Mika Akiyama | NHK | |
| 1996 | Klein no Tsubo | Risa Takaishi | NHK | |
| 1997 | Ashita Fukukaze | Hatsune Saegusa | TBS | Lead role |
| 1999 | Kanojo-tachi no Jidai | Tsugiko Asai | Fuji TV | |
| 2001 | Big Wing | Taeko Onishi | TBS | Final episode |
| 2001 | Kyōto Meikyū Annai | Miyuki Kōno | TV Asahi | Episode 18 |
| 2001 | Moshichi no Jikenbo: Fushigi Sōshi | Otae | NHK | Season 1, Episode 7 |
| 2002 | Kasōken no Onna | Yōko Takasu | TV Asahi | Season 4, Episode 2 |
| 2003 | Okami ni Narimasu! | Kumi Nagayama | NHK | |
| 2003 | Kozure Ōkami | Namie Shirasaka | TV Asahi | Season 2, Episode 1 |
| 2003 | Kyōhansha | Sae Tōyama | NTV | |
| 2003 | Dokushin 3!! | | TV Asahi | Episode 10 and Episode 11 |
| 2004 | Batsu Kare | Hiroko Tanabe | TBS | |
| 2004 | Omiyasan | Sumiko Morikawa | TV Asahi | Season 3, Episode 4 |
| 2005 | Rikon Bengoshi | Mari Nonami | Fuji TV | Episode 7 |
| 2005 | Ōoku | Ōsuke | Fuji TV | Season 3 |
| 2006 | 7-nin no Onna Bengoshi | Mariko Ikeuchi | TV Asahi | Episode 3 |
| 2006 | Sweet Dream | Ryōko Yamashita | TBS | |
| 2007 | Hasshūmawari Kuwayama Jūbei: Torimono Hikae Burari Tabi | Otaki | TV Asahi | Episode 8 |
| 2007–08 | Shikaku Ukeoinin | Oshizu | TV Tokyo | |
| 2008 | Puzzle | Tsubaki Andō | ABC | Episode 8 |
| 2008 | Otokomae! | Oyuki | NHK | Episode 11 and 12 |
| 2009 | Maid Deka | Hitomi Ōzora | TV Asahi | Episode 3 |
| 2010 | Akakabu Kenji Funseki | Mayako Sugita | TBS | Episode 5 |
| 2010 | Hanchō: Jinnan-sho Azumi-han | Noriko Etō | TBS | Season 2, Episode 6 |
| 2010 | Omiyasan | Eiko Harada | TV Asahi | Season 7, Episode 1 |
| 2011 | Dr. Irabu Ichirō | Kana Ōmori | TV Asahi | Episode 6 |
| 2011 | Iryū Sōsa | Yukie Aikawa | TV Asahi | Season 1, Episode 1 |
| 2011 | Keishichō Sōsa Ikkachō 9-gakari | Mayumi Shinohara | TV Asahi | Season 6, Episode 11 |
| 2011 | Kuruma no Futari: Tokyo Drive Stories | Kaori Hosono | BS TwellV | Episode 4 |
| 2012 | Sōsa Danchi no Onna | Kaori Fujino | TV Asahi | |
| 2013 | Aibou | Reiko Keima | TV Asahi | Season 11, Episode 16 |
| 2013 | Doubles: Futari no Keiji | Wakaba Aida | TV Asahi | Episode 3 |
| 2013 | Tenshi wa Mop wo Motte | Satoko Tominaga | NHK BS Premium | |
| 2013 | Keiji Yoshinaga Seiichi: Namida no Jikenbo | Teruko Yoshinaga | TV Tokyo | |
| 2014 | Shin Keiji Yoshinaga Seiichi | Teruko Yoshinaga | TV Tokyo | |
| 2015 | Dekin no Onna: Jiken Kisha Kurogane | Chiharu Nanjō | TV Asahi | Episode 1 |
| 2015 | Sanbiki no Ossan | Hiroko Kuroda | TV Tokyo | Season 2, Episode 6 |
| 2015 | Risk no Kamisama | Takako Mochizuki | Fuji TV | Episode 6 |
| 2016 | Keishichō Sōsa Ikkachō | Yukiko Doi | TV Asahi | Season 1, Episode 5 |
| 2016 | 99.9: Keiji Senmon Bengoshi | Ikue Yamashiro | TBS | Episode 6 |
| 2016 | Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko | Emi Kujō | TV Asahi | Season 4, Episode 8 |
| 2018 | BG: Shinpen Keigonin | Yasuko Murata | | Episode 8 and 9 |
| 2018 | Kodoku no Gourmet | Sugiyama | TV Tokyo | Season 7, Episode 5 |
| 2018 | Iryū Sōsa | Mari Kawahara | TV Asahi | Season 5, Episode 4 |
| 2020 | Mikaiketsu no Onna | Katsuko Kosaka | TV Asahi | Season 2, Episode 1 |
| 2020 | Talio: Fukushū Daikō no Futari | Kiyoko Kamimura | NHK | Episode 5 |
| 2021 | Iryū Sōsa | Ayatsuki Okuda | TV Asahi | Season 6, Episode 1 |
| 2022 | Double | Minami Kamino | WOWOW | |
| 2022 | Kioku Sōsa | Yuriko Shimatani | TV Tokyo | Season 3, Episode 1 |
| 2022 | Keishichō Kosatsu Ichika | Shinobu | TV Tokyo | Episode 10 and 11 |
| 2023 | Aibou | Tomoko Makimura | TV Asahi | Season 21, Episode 13 |
| 2023 | The Way of the Hot & Spicy | Yurie Tabuchi | TV Tokyo | Episode 4 |
| 2024 | A Suffocatingly Lonely Death | Saori Horiuchi | Yomiuri TV | Episode 5 and 9 |
| 2024 | Shinjuku Yasen Byōin | Eriko Takamine | Fuji TV | Episode 6 |
| 2024 | Wing-Man | Yoshiko Hirono | TV Tokyo | |

#### 2-hour dramas

| Year | Title | Role | Network | Lead actor |
| 1992 | Asahina Shūhei Mystery 2 | Natsuko Tsukamoto | NTV | Yutaka Mizutani |
| 1996 | Saotome Chiharu no Tenjō Hokoku-shō 2 | Kimiko Sawaguchi | TBS | Yūko Natori |
| 1996 | Muta Keijikan Jiken File 22 | Yoshimi Hayami | TV Asahi | Keiju Kobayashi |
| 1997 | Honō no Bugyō | Okei | TV Tokyo | Ichikawa Shinnosuke VII |
| 1997 | Suri San Shimai Series | Karin Sakurafubuki | TV Asahi | Wakako Kanō |
| 1997 | Udemakuri Kangofu Monogatari | Kozue Okuda | Fuji TV | Pinko Izumi |
| 1997 | Kenshi Enatsu Fuyuko 1 | Akane Sugio | TBS | Hisako Manda |
| 1997 | Totsugawa Keibu Series 14 | Machiko Kurata | TBS | Tsunehiko Watase |
| 1998 | Asami Mitsuhiko Series 10 | Takae Saji | TBS | Takurō Tatsumi |
| 1998 | Edogawa Ranpo no Jūjiro | Yoshie Sōma | TV Asahi | Morio Kazama |
| 1998–2011 | Manbiki G Men Nikaido Yuki | Chiaki Nikaido | TBS | Nana Kinomi |
| 2000 | Kariya Oyako Series 1 | Mariko Kishi | TV Asahi | Miki Fujitani |
| 2000 | Kyōto Gion Irimuko Keiji Jikenbo 7 | Shino | Fuji TV | Kunihiko Mitamura |
| 2001 | Kabe Giwa Zeimukan 1 | Masuyo Hiki | Fuji TV | Chosuke Ikariya |
| 2001 | Asami Mitsuhiko Series 12 | Satomi Kashima | Fuji TV | Takurō Tatsumi |
| 2001 | Shinpen Keigo 8 | Hiromi Sakazaki | NTV | Hiroshi Katsuno |
| 2001 | Gankai Komuro Hitomi no Satsujin Karute 1 | Yukino Hikawa | TV Asahi | Hisako Manda |
| 2001 | Picking Trio no Jikenbo | Mari Kamiya | Fuji TV | Taizo Harada |
| 2001 | 1 Oku 2 Sen Man Ri no Boyfriend | Rie Shinohara | Fuji TV | Sarina Suzuki |
| 2002 | Keisatsu-i Hanai Goro no Satsujin Karute | Shizue Nakagawa | TV Tokyo | Yutaka Mizutani |
| 2002 | Yomigaeru In'yōshi: Dare mo Ikanai Haka Satsujin Jiken | Naoko | Fuji TV | Matsumoto Kōshirō X |
| 2002 | Bengoshi Asabuki Riyako 2 | Michiyo Kasuga | TBS | Kaho Minami |
| 2002 | Obanzai Keiji! Sasuga Himeko 7 | Manami Hakushima | TV Asahi | Tamao Nakamura |
| 2002 | Akahige | Chigusa | Fuji TV | Yōsuke Eguchi |
| 2003 | Shinano no Columbo Jiken File 3 | Yōko Mabuchi | TV Tokyo | Baijaku Nakamura |
| 2003 | Izu Kanazawa Saiga-shō Satsujin Jiken | Haruna Ozaki | TV Tokyo | Ryuji Harada |
| 2003 | Shin Kyōto Geiko Series: Miyako Odori Satsujin Jiken | Chiyono | Fuji TV | Riho Makise |
| 2004 | Shinpu Kusaba Ippei no Suiri 1 | Kanako Akazawa | TV Asahi | Yutaka Mizutani |
| 2004 | Hamidashi Bengoshi Tatsumi Shiro 8 | Yumiko Asano | TV Asahi | Tomokazu Miura |
| 2004 | Morimura Seiichi Suspense Series 4 | Yumi Tateshina | TBS | Tomokazu Miura |
| 2004 | Otoko Tachi no Shukudai | Yuki Hanada | Fuji TV | Kin'ya Kitaōji |
| 2004 | Yatsu wa Kamura | Tsuruko | Fuji TV | Goro Inagaki |
| 2004 | Otōto | Dr. Naitō | TV Asahi | Tetsuya Watari |
| 2004 | Kansatsui Shinomiya Hazuki Shitaihakataru 5 | Saori Nemoto | TV Tokyo | Reiko Takashima |
| 2004–07 | Bijin San Shimai no Suiri Ryokō | Satomi Sonoda | TV Asahi | Maho Toyota |
| 2004–08, 2011–12 | Keiji Yoshinaga Seiichi: Namida no Jikenbo | Teruko Yoshinaga | TV Tokyo | Eiichiro Funakoshi |
| 2005 | Ikitai ~Kazoku no Inochi Relay Seitaikan Ishoku ~ | Akiko Hyōdō | TV Asahi | Goro Kishitani |
| 2005 | Kita Hotel 3 | Kyōko Kondō | NTV | Ikkō Furuya |
| 2005 | Kagurazaka-shō Seikatsu Anzenka 1 | Hiroko Tachibana | TV Tokyo | Hiroshi Tachi |
| 2005 | Hōigaku Kyōshitsu no Jiken File 21 | Reiko Tsuda | TV Asahi | Yūko Natori |
| 2005 | Mukoiri Keiji Takayama-ke Akira no Jiken File 2 | Yuki Yoshizawa | TBS | Kenji Sakaguchi |
| 2006 | Kariya Keibu Series 2 | Mayumi Miyamoto | TBS | Eiichiro Funakoshi |
| 2006 | Mikkai no Yado 5 | Yuki Asao | TV Tokyo | Kumiko Okae |
| 2006 | Uranaishi Misuzu Jiken wa Unmei no Kanata ni | Eiko Shiga | TV Asahi | Kumiko Okae |
| 2006 | Shikakenin Fujieda Baian | Onaka | Fuji TV | Goro Kishitani |
| 2007 | Shin Keishichō Onna Sōsakan 2 | Akane Saegusa | TV Asahi | Hisako Manda |
| 2008 | Tsugaru Kaikyō Mystery Kōro 7 | Ryōko Nakamichi | Fuji TV | Hiroaki Murakami |
| 2008 | Kariya Oyako Series 9 | Asako Kurita | TV Asahi | Miki Fujitani |
| 2009 | Nene: Onna Taikōki | Matsu | TV Tokyo | Yukie Nakama |
| 2009 | Tensai Keiji Noro Banroku 3 | Inami Mochizuki | TV Asahi | Isao Hashizume |
| 2009 | Totsugawa Keiji no Shōzō 1 | Saeko Mitamura | Fuji TV | Masanobu Takashima |
| 2009 | Geisha Koharu-neesan Fun Tōki 6 | Sumika | TV Tokyo | Yukiyo Toake |
| 2009 | Keiji no Tsuma Dekatsuma 2 | Masumi Abe | TV Asahi | Yūko Asano |
| 2010 | Totsugawa Keibu Series 43 | Kyōko Suzuki | TBS | Tsunehiko Watase |
| 2010 | Taxi Driver no Suiri Nisshi 27 | Kyōko Fujii | TV Asahi | Tsunehiko Watase |
| 2011 | Onsen Waka Okami no Jiken Suiri 22 | Naoko Itō | TV Asahi | Chizuru Azuma |
| 2011 | Kamijo Reiko no Jiken Suiri 8 | Akane Nakahara | TBS | Azusa Mano |
| 2011 | Yamamura Misa Suspense: Akai Reikyūsha 28 | Yukako Shinnōji | Fuji TV | Nagisa Katahira |
| 2012 | Chushingura: Sono Gi Sono Ai | Dayū Akaishi | TV Tokyo | Seiyō Uchino |
| 2012 | Onsen Okami Futari no Jikenbo 1 | Ryōko Mikami | TV Tokyo | Rei Kikukawa |
| 2012 | Yamamura Misa Suspense: Kuro no Kassoro 2 | Akemi Nagai | Fuji TV | Yūko Asano |
| 2012 | Ōsaki Ikuzō no Jiken Sanpo | Shiori Yanase | TV Asahi | Takeo Chii |
| 2013 | Onna Sandai Kisaragi Hōritsu Jimushō 2 | Sayo Satoda | TV Tokyo | Keiko Takeshita |
| 2013 | Asakusa Shitamachi-dōri Kōban: Kozure Junsa no Sōsa Nisshi 1 | Hiromi Kobayashi | TV Tokyo | Tomomitsu Yamaguchi |
| 2013 | Kenji Asahina Yōko 14 | Mai Togawa | TV Asahi | Azusa Mano |
| 2014 | Kagemusha Tokugawa Ieyasu | Yukō no Kata | TV Tokyo | Toshiyuki Nishida |
| 2014 | Morimura Seiichi Suspense: Keiji no Shōmei 7 | Noriko Matsuzaki | TV Tokyo | Hiroaki Murakami |
| 2014 | Department Shikakenin! Tennōji Tamami no Satsujin Suiri 7 | Asako Nagamine | TV Asahi | Pinko Izumi |
| 2014 | Yamehan Shindō Kensuke: Koroshi no Jikenbo | Tamako Onda | TBS | Isao Hashizume |
| 2014 | Keiji Gasahime: Keishichō Tokumei Kataku Sōsakuhan 3 | Akiko Kazama | TV Tokyo | Keiko Toda |
| 2014 | Nishimura Kyotaro Special: Keibuho Sasaki Jōtaro 7 | Masumi Hirata | Fuji TV | Yasufumi Terawaki |
| 2014 | Zaimu Sōsakan Amamiya Ruriko 8 | Yukino Kondō | TBS | Yūko Asano |
| 2014 | Onsen Maruhi Daisakusen 14 | Yūko Oikawa | TV Asahi | Yoko Moriguchi |
| 2015 | Ofukuro Sensei no Shinryō Nikki 7 | Sumika Hayashi | TBS | Pinko Izumi |
| 2015 | Kyōto Minami-shō Kanshiki File 9 | Ayano Kiryū | TV Asahi | Misato Tanaka |
| 2015 | Doctor Hikojiro 1 | Ruriko Segawa | TV Asahi | Susumu Terajima |
| 2015 | 100 no Shikaku wo Motsu Onna: Futari no Batsuichi Satsujin Sōsa 10 | Narimi Tanaka | TV Asahi | Eri Watanabe |
| 2015 | Ghost Writer no Satsujin Shusai 2 | Chizuko Ōtaki | TV Asahi | Yūko Asano |
| 2015 | Hōigaku Kyōshitsu no Jiken File 41 | Kozue Murakoshi | TV Asahi | Yūko Natori |
| 2016 | Taxi Driver no Suiri Nisshi 39 | Tokie Morikawa | TV Asahi | Tsunehiko Watase |
| 2016 | Keishichō Sakura Police: Saikyō no Shimai Sōsakan | Kyōko Egawa | TV Tokyo | Nene Otsuka |
| 2016 | Suwa no Sugo ude Keisatsui 2 | Chiharu Kaneya | TV Tokyo | Hideki Takahashi |
| 2016 | Chūzai Keiji 4 | Taeko Ōwada | TV Tokyo | Susumu Terajima |
| 2017 | Kōiki Keisatsu 8 | Misa Sawamura | TV Asahi | Katsunori Takahashi |
| 2017 | Shin Totsugawa Keibu Series 1 | Hiromi Watanabe | TBS | Takashi Naitō |
| 2017 | Keishichō Nanpeihan: Shichi-nin no Keiji 10 | Marie Inui | TBS | Hiroaki Murakami |
| 2017 | Keppekikun no Satsujin File 3 | Shimako Tōgo | BS Fuji | Shinobu Sakagami |
| 2017 | Jiken 18 | Mayumi Fujio | TV Asahi | Kin'ya Kitaōji |
| 2017 | Hakui Keiji | Saori Tanaka | TV Asahi | Ken Yasuda |
| 2017–18 | Hagure Shochō no Satsujin Kyūkō | Asuka Ichige | TBS | Toshiaki Megumi |
| 2018 | Hōigaku Kyōshitsu no Jiken File 45 | Kyōko Nogami | TV Asahi | Yūko Natori |
| 2019 | Onsen Waka Okami no Jiken Suiri 30 | Tōko Mizuno | TV Asahi | Chizuru Azuma |
| 2020 | Totsugawa Keibu no Jikenbo | Makiko Takeuchi | TV Tokyo | Eiichiro Funakoshi |
| 2023 | Keishichō Tsuiseki Sōsa Gakari | Miyako Nishikawa | TV Tokyo | Kenichi Endō |
| 2023 | Muyō Aninkyo Shugyō | Osaki | BS Asahi | Yutaka Mizutani |
| 2023 | Tabibito Kenshikan Michiba Shūsaku 1 | Saori Yoshizaki | BS NTV | Takashi Naitō |