
Miho Nakayama (March 1, 1970 – December 6, 2024) was a Japanese singer and actress. 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).

Tales of the Bizarre
TV • 1990

Time Limit Investigator
TV • 2006

Renovation Like Magic
TV • 2022

Love Story
TV • 2001

The High School Heroes
TV • 2021

A Sleeping Forest
TV • 1998

Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance
TV • 1986

Love Letter
MOVIE • 1995

Things You Can Know by Looking at Them
TV • 2020

Love of Sage
TV • 2016

Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight
TV • 2018

Graduation
TV • 1990

Tokyo 23-ku Onna
TV • 2019

Platonic
TV • 2014

The Makioka Sisters
TV • 2018

Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo
TV • 2021

The Noble Detective
TV • 2017

Stage Play "Journey to the West"
TV • 2024