
Miho Nakayama (中山 美穂) was a Japanese singer and actress born 1 March 1970. 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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Hiroko Watanabe / Female Itsuki Fujii
Tamaki Sugihara
Saeko Hashino
Kyoko Izumi
Ms. Kakei
Toko
Ayako
Fuyukawa Sayaka
Skae
Machiko Kotobuki
Chiyako
Ryoko Matsumura
Kyoko Izumi
Mariko
高津千絵
Yoko Shimazu
Herself
Aoi Teshigawara
Herself
Miho Yamagata
Herself
Mayuko Takanaka
Ruriko Manaka
Keiko Yoda/Nana Hayashi
Miho Nakayama
内田百百子
Miyoko Oki
Sugimoto Yuki
Mariko Takizawa
Mashiro Rieru
藤原 百恵
Kaoru
Sara Mochizuki
高木瞳
佐竹希望 / 広瀬洋子 (二役)
Makioka Tsuruko
Yoshikura Yayoi
Hirose Tomoko
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