Miho Nakayama

Miho Nakayama 中山 美穂 is a Japanese singer and actress born 1 March 1970 She is 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 BeBop High School Throughout her career as a singer and actress Nakayama recorded 22 studio albums and scored eight No 1 singles on Oricons 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 boxoffice success and Nakayama won Best Actress awards for her role in the film at the 38th Blue Ribbon Awards the 17th Yokohama Film Festival8 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