Miho Nakayama

Miho Nakayama
is a Japanese singer and actress represented by Big Apple Co., Ltd. Nicknamed , Nakayama occasionally uses the pseudonyms or when she writes song lyrics.
Biography
History
Nakayama was born in Saku, Nagano, Japan. After her mother remarried, her family moved to Koganei, Tokyo, where Nakayama attended Koganei Municipal Junior High School.
Idol career
After a talent scout discovered her in Harajuku, Nakayama debuted on 21 June 1985 with her single "C", and with her starring role in the film Be-Bop High School. Throughout her career as a singer and actress, she recorded 22 studio albums and scored eight No. 1 singles on Oricon charts, two of which sold over one million copies each. She also starred in a Famicom Disk System dating sim produced by Nintendo titled Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School, in which she played a high school student who tries to conceal her actual identity.
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, the 17th Yokohama Film Festival 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 numerous TV series including Love Story (2001).
On 8 November 2021, Nakayama starred alongside King & Prince member Yuta Jinguji in the stage play at The Globe Tokyo. The play ran until December 5.
Personal life
Nakayama's younger sister is Shinobu Nakayama, also an actress and retired pop singer. She also has a younger brother named Tomoaki.
Two years after her friend Yasuko Endō died by suicide, Nakayama performed a song, "Long Distance to Heaven," during a 1988 concert tour. As an homage to the title of Endō's cancelled debut single "In the Distance", Nakayama's song was intended as a requiem for Endō. Nakayama wrote the lyrics and composed the music for the song. It was included in her July 1988 album Mind Game, and mentioned in her 1991 essay collection P.S. I Love You. Without specifying Endō's name, Nakayama wrote about her in her 2009 photo essay collection Nazenara Yasashii Machi ga Atta Kara.
Nakayama married musician Hitonari Tsuji in 2002 after an eight-month relationship. They moved to Paris, where they had a son a year later. In 2014, Nakayama and Tsuji divorced, and Nakayama moved back to Japan, with Tsuji retaining custody of their son.
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
Television series
Television Movies
Kōhaku Uta Gassen appearances
Bibliography
Issho Kenmei Nakayama Miho Photo Collection (1985, Wani Books) - Photo Collection
Toumei de Iru Yo, Meippai Onna no Ko (1985, Wani Books) - Essay Collection
Miho Ganbaru (1986, Shueisha) - Photo Collection
Docchi ni Suru no. (1989, Shueisha) - Photo Collection
Ambivalence Nakayama Miho Shashinshu (1989, Wani Books) - Photo Collection
SCENA miho nakayama pictorial (1991, Wani Books) - Photo Collection
P.S. I LOVE YOU (1991, Nippon Hassou Shuppan and Fusosha Publishing) - Essay Collection
LETTERS in Love Letter (Nakayama Miho Photo Collection) (1995, Wani Books) - Photo Collection
Nakayama Miho in Eiga Tokyo Biyori (1997, Wani Books) - Photo Collection
Atashi to Watashi (1997, Gentosha) - Novel
ANGEL (1998, Wani Books) - Photo Collection
Nazenara Yasashii Machi ga Atta Kara (2009, Shueisha) - Photo Essay Collection
References
External links
Miho Nakayama at Oricon
Miho Nakayama at Idol.ne.jp
1970 births
Living people
People from Nagano Prefecture
People from Koganei, Tokyo
Japanese actresses
Japanese idols
Japanese women pop singers
Japanese expatriates in France
English-language singers from Japan
King Records (Japan) artists
21st-century Japanese singers
21st-century Japanese women singers