Quick Facts
Born:
1973-01-18
Birthplace:
Koganei, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Credits:
54 Total Roles
Shinobu Nakayama
Acting
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Biography
Shinobu Nakayama (Nakayama Shinobu , born January 18, 1973) is an actress and a former J-pop singer. She was born in Tokyo, Japan, and released her first single on 2 November 1988. Her final release as a J-pop artist was on 1 March 1991. She was a member of the short-lived idol groups Nanatsuboshi and Rakutenshi. She is the younger sister of actress Miho Nakayama.
Best known for her role of Mayumi Nagamine in Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) and Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle (1999), Shinobu Nakayama like her older sister, Miho Nakayama, started out her career as a musician. Unfortunately, Nakayama could never quite attain the same popularity of her older sister as a solo artist, but became successful when she joined a music group called Rakutenshi. In the early 1990s Shinobu Nakayama started a career in acting, again following in the footsteps of her older sister. Her career finally started going after she landed a role in the Jet Li movie Fist of Legend, a remake of the Bruce Lee film Chinese Connection. Shortly afterwards she got the part of Mayumi Nagamine in Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995), which lead to playing that same character four years later in Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle (1999).
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Best known for her role of Mayumi Nagamine in Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) and Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle (1999), Shinobu Nakayama like her older sister, Miho Nakayama, started out her career as a musician. Unfortunately, Nakayama could never quite attain the same popularity of her older sister as a solo artist, but became successful when she joined a music group called Rakutenshi. In the early 1990s Shinobu Nakayama started a career in acting, again following in the footsteps of her older sister. Her career finally started going after she landed a role in the Jet Li movie Fist of Legend, a remake of the Bruce Lee film Chinese Connection. Shortly afterwards she got the part of Mayumi Nagamine in Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995), which lead to playing that same character four years later in Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle (1999).
Description above from the Wikipedia article Shinobu Nakayama, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Fist of Legend
Mitsuko Yamada
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Yuri Katagiri
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
Dr. Mayumi Nagamine
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
Dr. Mayumi Nagamine
Honey
Kaori Onise
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
Self
Solitary Gourmet
Self
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Self
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Inheritence MOVIE | Self |
| 2025 | Japan's Number One Jerk Salaryman TV | Fumi Samejima / Minako Sonoda |
| 2024 | Nevertheless: The Shapes of Love TV | Usami |
| 2024 | A Suffocatingly Lonely Death TV | Self |
| 2023 | Keishichō tsuiseki sōsa-gakari -kōsaku- MOVIE | Self |
| 2023 | After School Angler Life MOVIE | Self |
| 2023 | Me, My Husband & My Husband's Boyfriend TV | Self |
| 2022 | Double TV | Minami Kamino |
| 2020 | 全身刑事 MOVIE | Iyo Monda |
| 2018 | Honey MOVIE | Kaori Onise |