| Shinobu Nakayama | |
| Native Name: | 中山 忍 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Birth Date: | 18 January 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Koganei, Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Agent: | Office Muse |
| Years Active: | 1988–present |
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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.
Shinobu Nakayama graduated from Asia University (Japan)
Known for her role of Mayumi Nagamine in (1995) and (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).
| Year | Information | Oricon weekly peak position[2] | Sales | RIAJ certification[3] | |
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| 1989 | Kesshin | — | |||
Niji no Lithograph
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| 1990 | Hakoiri Musume: Konomama ja Irarenai wa
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| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||
| Title | Album details | |
|---|---|---|
| Kyō made Soshite Asu kara |
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| Idol Miracle Bible Series: Shinobu Nakayama |
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| Title | Date | Peak chart positions | Sales (JPN) | RIAJ certification | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Oricon | ||||||
| "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. | ||||||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II | Yuri Katagiri | [4] | |
| 1994 | Fist of Legend | Mitsuko Yamada | ||
| 1996 | Donor: Jinkaku Ishoku | Yuka Yamashina | Lead role | |
| 2006 | The Ode to Joy | Matsu | [5] | |
| 2023 | After-school Angler Life for High School Girls. | [6] | ||
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Otoko darou! | Fuji TV | ||||
| Born to be Wild | Makiko | |||||
| 1991 | Nurse Station | Kayo Akimoto | TBS | |||
| 1991–92 | Fushigi na Gentōkan | TV Asahi | ||||
| 1991 | Funny Face | TV Tokyo | ||||
| Inagawa Junji no True Story: Meido e Oideyo! | Kansai TV | |||||
| High Leg Queen Romance: Pit ni Kakeru koi! | Fuji TV | |||||
| 1992 | Deka Kizoku | Shinobu Tanabe | NTV | Season 3 | ||
| Neo Drama: Tanpopo Club | TV Asahi | |||||
| Shuhei Asahina Mystery 4 | Natsuko Tsukamoto | NTV | ||||
| 1993 | Chotto Abunai Enchō-san | Yoko Hatoyama | ||||
| Neo Drama: Piasu no Onna | TV Asahi | |||||
| 1994 | Giniro no Koibumi | Kiku's grandchild | Fuji TV | |||
| 1995 | Single Again | Kansai TV | ||||
| Kazetachi no Yuigon | Shinobu Matsuyama | TBS | ||||
| 1996 | Saotome Chiharu no Tenjō Hokoku-shō 2 | Kimiko Sawaguchi | 2-hour drama | |||
| Kazoku Chūihō! | Mika Akiyama | NHK | ||||
| Klein no Tsubo | Risa Takaishi | |||||
| Muta Keijikan Jiken File 22 | Yoshimi Hayami | TV Asahi | 2-hour drama | |||
| 1997 | Honō no Bugyō | Okei | TV Tokyo | 12-hour drama | ||
| Suri San Shimai Series | Karin Sakurafubuki | TV Asahi | 2-hour drama | |||
| Ashita Fukukaze | Hatsune Saegusa | TBS | Lead role | |||
| Udemakuri Kangofu Monogatari | Kozue Okuda | Fuji TV | 2-hour drama | |||
| Kenshi Enatsu Fuyuko | Akane Sugio | TBS | ||||
| Totsugawa Keibu Series 14 | Machiko Kurata | |||||
| 1998 | Asami Mitsuhiko Series 10 | Takae Saji | ||||
| 1998–2011 | Manbiki G Men Nikaido Yuki | Chiaki Nikaido | ||||
| 1999 | Kanojo-tachi no Jidai | Tsugiko Asai | Fuji TV | |||
| 2005 | Ōoku | Ōsuke | Fuji TV | Season 3 | [7] | |
| 2013 | Aibou | Reiko Keima | TV Asahi | Season 11, Episode 16 | ||
| 2019 | Onsen Waka Okami no Jiken Suiri 30 | Tōko Mizuno | TV Asahi | 2-hour drama | ||
| 2020 | Totsugawa Keibu no Jikenbo | Makiko Takeuchi | TV Tokyo | 2-hour drama | ||
| Mikaiketsu no Onna | Katsuko Kosaka | TV Asahi | Season 2, Episode 1 | |||
| Talio: Fukushū Daikō no Futari | Kiyoko Kamimura | NHK | Episode 5 | |||
| 2022 | Double | Minami Kamino | WOWOW | |||
| Kioku Sōsa | Yuriko Shimatani | TV Tokyo | Season 3, Episode 1 | |||
| Keishichō Kosatsu Ichika | Shinobu | Episode 10 and 11 | ||||
| 2023 | Aibou | Tomoko Makimura | TV Asahi | Season 21, Episode 13 |