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Nakayama Miho
Nakayama Miho (中山美穂) is a Japanese actress and singer under the label King Records.
Profile
- Pen Name: Kitayama Mizuho (北山瑞穂)
- Nickname: Miporin (ミポリン)
- Birthdate: March 1, 1970
- Birthplace: Koganei, Tokyo Prefecture
- Blood Type: O
- Height: 158 cm
- Family: Tsuji Jinsei (Husband), Nakayama Shinobu (Younger Sister)
- Agency: BIG APPLE
Information
Nakayama Miho got her start in show business when she was scouted by a model agency when she was in her first year of middle school by Box Coperation. As a model, she modeled for commercials and magazines such as for TDK lens, cassettes, and the magazine Hana to Yume. Soon after, she switch agencies to Big Apple in order to start an idol career. She made her dorama debut in 1985 in the television dorama Maido Osawagaseshimasu and later appeared in various variety shows. In 1987, she got the nickname Miporin from her character on the dorama Mama wa Idol!.
Later on in 1985, Nakayama made her singing debut with the single "C". The single sold extremely well that she won the Rookie of the Year award at that year's Japan Record Awards. She would win countless awards in the next decade from numerous award ceremonies from Japan Golden Disc Awards to the FNS Kayousai. Her single, Witches, would earned Nakayama her first appearance to the end of the year program Kouhaku Utagaseen and would appeared on the program seven times. By the end of the decade, many would name Nakayama as one of the Four Queens of J-Pop in the 80s with Asaka Yui, Minamino Yoko, and Kudo Shizuka.
By the start of the 90s, Nakayama shifted gears and tried to aim to become a variety idol by appearing commercials, doramas, variety shows, releasing music, and holding her concert tours. This didn't slow her down as she released the single Sekaijuu no Dare Yori Kitto with WANDS, becoming a major hit by selling over 1.8 million copies. A couple months later, Nakayama would go to Los Angeles for a couple months for dance lessons.
When she return to Japan in April 1993, she would start working for the Yomiuri Giants. Soon after, she released another hit single, Tada Nakitaku Naru no, that sold over a million copies. In 1995, Nakayama won various film awards, including Best Actress at the Japan Acedemy Awards, for her role in the film Love Letter.
In 1996, she would collaborate with singer-songwriter Okamoto Mayo to release her next single, Mirai e no Present. Three years later, she would release the single Adore before taking a break from being a singer.
On June 2002, she would marry Tsuji Jinsei and would postpone her film role for the movie Sayonara Itsuka. After her appearance in the television dorama Home & Away, Nakayama would take a small break from show business and move to Paris, France, where she is residing today. But it didn't stop her from appearing in different commercials. She would later release a documentary film about her life, selling limit copies of the film's soundtrack in Starbucks stores.
Discography
Original Albums
- [1985.08.21] "C"
- [1985.12.18] AFTER SCHOOL
- [1986.07.01] SUMMER BREEZE
- [1986.12.18] EXOTIQUE
- [1987.07.15] ONE AND ONLY
- [1988.02.10] CATCH THE NITE
- [1988.07.11] Mind Games
- [1988.12.05] angel hearts
- [1989.09.05] Hide'n' Seek
- [1989.12.05] Merry Merry
- [1990.03.16] All For You
- [1990.07.18] Jeweluna
- [1991.03.15] Dé eaya
- [1992.06.10] Mellow
- [1993.06.23] Wagamama na Actress (わがままな あくとれす)
- [1994.06.08] Pure White
- [1995.09.30] Mid Blue
- [1996.06.01] Deep Lip French
- [1997.06.21] Groovin' Blue
- [1998.06.10] OLIVE
- [1999.09.16] manifesto
Best Albums
- [1987.11.15] COLLECTION
- [1989.11.20] Ballads
- [1990.11.21] COLLECTION II
- [1991.12.14] Miho's Select
- [1993.01.20] Dramatic Songs
- [1993.11.26] Blanket Privacy
- [1995.03.01] COLLECTION III
- [1996.12.18] Ballads II
- [1997.04.07] TREASURY
- [2001.03.07] YOUR SELECTION
- [2006.02.01] COLLECTION IV
- [2006.03.01] Complete Singles BOX
Remix Albums
- [1988.10.21] Makin' Dancin'
- [1991.07.25] DANCE BOX
- [1997.12.03] THE REMIXES MIHO NAKAYAMA MEETS New York GROOVE
- [1998.01.09] THE REMIXES MIHO NAKAYAMA MEETS Los Angeles GROOVE
Live Albums
- [1986.08.01] VIRGIN FLIGHT '86 Nakayama Miho First Concert (VIRGIN FLIGHT '86 中山美穂ファースト・コンサート)
- [1994.11.23] Pure White Live '94
Singles
- [1985.06.21] "C"
- [1985.10.01] Namaiki (生意気)
- [1985.12.05] BE-BOP-HIGHSCHOOL
- [1986.02.05] Iro White Blend (色・ホワイトブレンド)
- [1986.05.16] Close Up (クローズ・アップ)
- [1986.07.15] JINGI Aishite mo Raimasu (JINGI・愛してもらいます)
- [1986.08.21] Tsuiteru ne Notteru ne (ツイてるねノッてるね)
- [1986.11.21] WAKU WAKU Sasete (WAKU WAKUさせて)
- [1987.03.18] "Hate!!!" (「派手!!!」)
- [1987.07.07] 50/50
- [1987.10.07] CATCH ME
- [1988.02.17] You're My Only Shinin' Star
- [1988.07.11] Mermaid (人魚姫)
- [1988.11.14] Witches
- [1989.02.02] ROSÉCOLOR
- [1989.07.12] Virgin Eyes
- [1990.01.15] Midnight Taxi
- [1990.03.21] Semi Sweet no Mahou (セミスウィートの魔法)
- [1990.07.11] Megamitachi no Bouken (女神たちの冒険)
- [1990.10.22] Aishiteru tte Iwanai! (愛してるっていわない!)
- [1991.02.12] Kore Kara no I Love You (これからのI Love You)
- [1991.07.16] Rosa
- [1991.11.01] Tooi Machi no Dokoka de... (遠い街のどこかで…)
- [1992.04.01] Mellow
- [1992.10.28] Sekaijuu no Dare Yori Kitto (世界中の誰よりきっと; with WANDS)
- [1993.04.21] Shiawase ni Naru Tame ni (幸せになるために)
- [1993.07.07] Anata ni Nara... (あなたになら…)
- [1994.02.09] Tada Nakitaku Naru no (ただ泣きたくなるの)
- [1994.06.08] Sea Paradise -OL no Hanran- (Sea Paradise -OLの反乱-)
- [1994.12.14] HERO
- [1995.05.17] CHEERS FOR YOU
- [1995.07.21] Hurt to Heart ~Itami no Yukue~ (Hurt to Heart〜痛みの行方〜)
- [1996.02.16] Thinking about you ~Anata no Yoru wo Tsutsumitai~ (Thinking about you〜あなたの夜を包みたい〜)
- [1996.06.07] True Romance
- [1996.11.01] Mirai e no Present (未来へのプレゼント)
- [1997.06.04] March Collar (マーチカラー)
- [1998.04.08] LOVE CLOVER
- [1999.05.19] A Place Under the Sun
- [1999.09.16] Adore
Videos
- [1985.11.21] na・ma・i・ki
- [1986.07.02] VIRGIN FLIGHT '86 MIHO NAKAYAMA FIRST CONCERT
- [1988.04.05] CATCH ME MIHO NAKAYAMA LIVE '88
- [1988.12.21] Kokoro no Yoake L'Aube de mon cœur (心の夜明け L'Aube de mon cœur)
- [1989.07.05] WHUU!! NATURAL Live at Budokan '89
- [1990.09.10] Bi Fantasy / Nakayama Miho Oshare no Subete (美・ファンタジー/中山美穂おしゃれのすべて)
- [1990.12.05] LOVE SUPREME Miho Nakayama Selection '90
- [1990.12.21] Destiny
- [1991.07.21] MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR '91 MIHO THE FUTURE, MIHO THE NATURE
- [1992.07.04] Mellow
- [1992.12.04] LIVE IN "Mellow" MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR '92
- [1993.12.10] MIHO NAKAYAMA CONCERT TOUR '93 On My Mind
- [1996.03.16] Miho Nakayama Concert Tour '95 f
- [1996.12.21] Miho Nakayama Concert Tour '96 Sound of Lip
- [1998.12.23] MIHO NAKAYAMA TOUR '98 Live・O・Live
- [2003.07.24] Miho Nakayama Complete DVD BOX
Books
- [1985.xx.xx] Isshoukenmei Nakayama Miho Shashinshuu (一生懸命 中山美穂写真集)
- [1985.xx.xx] Toumei de Iru Yome Ippai Onna no Ko (透明でいるよ めいっぱい女の子)
- [1986.xx.xx] Miho Ganbaru (美穂がんばる)
- [1989.xx.xx] Docchi ni Suru no. (どっちにするの。)
- [1989.xx.xx] Ambivalence Nakayama Miho Shashinshuu (アンビバレンス Ambivalence 中山美穂写真集)
- [1991.xx.xx] SCENA miho nakayama pictoria
- [1991.xx.xx] P.S. I LOVE YOU
- [1995.xx.xx] LETTERS in Love Letter
- [1997.xx.xx] Nakayama Miho in Eiga "Tokyo Hiyori" (中山美穂 in 映画『東京日和』)
- [1997.xx.xx] Atashi to Watashi
- [1998.xx.xx] ANGEL
- [2009.xx.xx] Naze nara Yasashii Machi ga Attakara (なぜなら やさしいまちが あったから)