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Shinobu Nakayama (中山 忍, Nakayama Shinobu, born January 18, 1973 in Koganei, Tokyo, Japan) is an actress[1] and a former J-pop singer. The younger sister of singer and actress Miho Nakayama, she released her first single on 2 November 1988; her final release as a J-pop artist was on 1 March 1991. Nakayama was also a member of the short-lived idol groups Nanatsuboshi and Rakutenshi. She is affiliated with Office Muse.

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Shinobu Nakayama
中山 忍
Born	(1973-01-18) January 18, 1973 (age 49) Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actress singer
Years active	1988–present
Agent	Office Muse
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Musical career
Genres	J-pop
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1983–1995 2005–2006
Labels	CBS Sony
Japanese name
Kanji	中山 忍
Hiragana	なかやま しのぶ
Katakana	ナカヤマ シノブ
Transcriptions Romanization Nakayama Shinobu
Musical artist
Website	www.office-muse.co.jp

Known for her role of Mayumi Nagamine in Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) and Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999), Shinobu, like her older sister, Miho, started out her career as a musician and became successful when she became part of a music group called Rakutenshi. In the early 1990s Shinobu started a career in acting. She was cast in the Jet Li movie Fist of Legend, a remake of the Bruce Lee film Fist of Fury. Shortly afterwards she got the part of Mayumi Nagamine in Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995), revisiting that same role four years later in Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999).

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Information	Oricon weekly peak position[2]	Sales	RIAJ certification[3]
1989	Kesshin Released: June 1, 1989 Label: CBS Sony Formats: LP, CD, cassette	—
	Niji no Lithograph Released: December 1, 1989 Label: CBS Sony Formats: CD, cassette	—
1990	Hakoiri Musume: Konomama ja Irarenai wa Released: August 1, 1990 Label: CBS Sony Formats: CD, cassette	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Title	Album details
Kyō made Soshite Asu kara	Released: January 1, 1991 Label: Sony Records Formats: CD, cassette
Idol Miracle Bible Series: Shinobu Nakayama	Released: November 30, 2005 Label: SME Records Formats: CD

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions

Title	Date	Peak chart positions	Sales (JPN)	RIAJ certification[3]	Album
		JPN Oricon [2]
"Chīsana Kesshin"	November 2, 1988	—			Kesshin
"Namida, Tomare!"	February 1, 1989	—
"Makenaide, Yūki"	May 1, 1989	—
"Natsu ni Koi suru Awatenbo"	August 10, 1989	—			Niji no Lithograph
"Kaketekita Shojo (Otome)"	November 1, 1989	—
"Hikari no Opera"	March 1, 1990	—			Kyō made Soshite Asu kara
"Hakoiri Musume no Nageki"	July 1, 1990	—			Hakoiri Musume: Konomama ja Irarenai wa
"Romantic"	December 21, 1990	—			Kyō made Soshite Asu kara
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1993	Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II	Yuri Katagiri		[4]
2006	The Ode to Joy	Matsu		[5]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2005	Ōoku	Ōsuke	Fuji TV	Season 3	[6]

References

External links

• Official website
• Shinobu Nakayama at IMDb
• JMDb profile (in Japanese)
• Shinobu Nakayama discography at MusicBrainz
• Shinobu Nakayama discography at Discogs

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