Shinobu Nakayama
Known for Acting · 56 credits
- Born
- 1973-01-18 (age 53)
- Place of birth
- Koganei, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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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Known For
TV Shows (24)
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2002
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
2012
Solitary Gourmet
2012
CSI: Crime Scene Talks
2011
99.9 Criminal Lawyer
2016
as Ikue Yamashiro
Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
2003
as Guest
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
2004
as Tsuruko Igawa
Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~
2016
Divorce Lawyer
2004
as Mari Nonami
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
2004
刑事貴族
1990
A Suffocatingly Lonely Death
2024
Nevertheless: The Shapes of Love
2024
as Usami
Seven Female Lawyers
2006
Japan's Number One Jerk Salaryman
2025
as Fumi Samejima / Minako Sonoda
Muyoan Retirement Training
2017
Me, My Husband & My Husband's Boyfriend
2023
Double
2022
as Minami Kamino
Kanojotachi no Jidai
1999
Batsu Kare
2004
Big Wing
2001
Keiji Yoshinaga Seiichi Namida no Jikenbo
2013
眼科医 小室瞳の推理カルテ
2001
弟
2004
Movies (32)
Fist of Legend
1994
as Mitsuko Yamada
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
1993
as Yuri Katagiri
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
1999
as Dr. Mayumi Nagamine
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
1995
as Dr. Mayumi Nagamine
Honey
2018
as Kaori Onise
Anxious Virgin: One More Time, I Love You
1990
as Sachiko
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2001
Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace
2006
as Fujikawa
Midnight Run Main Store 2
1993
as Natsuki Aratama
TANNKA
2006
as Mika
The Donor
1996
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
1996
as Chie Ito
Come Back! Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Ninnin Girls vs. Boys FINAL WARS
2016
as Sakurako Igasaki
Ghost Writer's Homicide Coverage 2 - Writing About a Celebrity's Crime
2015
The Goblin of Mt. Kurama
2001
High School Jingi Gaiden: Chi o haumono
1992
Kagaku Sentai Dynaman: The Movie
1983
as Boy
GAMERA 1999
1999
Dr. Hikojiro
2015
as Ruriko Segawa
The Making of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
1995
全身刑事
2020
as Iyo Monda
恋に唄えば♪
2002
Keishichō tsuiseki sōsa-gakari -kōsaku-
2023
Matchmaking Cruise
2017
Junji Inagawa: True Story
1991
After School Angler Life
2023
Baian Fujieda the Assassin
2006
Sutegoro: The Three Kajiwara Brothers' Turbulent Showa History
2003
Eleven Without Honor or Humanity
1993
The New King of Kita
1996
Junji Inagawa's the Story of Terror II
1998
Inheritence
2025
About Shinobu Nakayama
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,… With 56 credits spanning from 1983 to 2025, Shinobu Nakayama has appeared in 32 films and 24 TV shows.
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Most Popular Shinobu Nakayama Movies
- Fist of Legend (1994) — as Mitsuko Yamada
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) — as Yuri Katagiri
- Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) — as Dr. Mayumi Nagamine
- Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) — as Dr. Mayumi Nagamine
- Honey (2018) — as Kaori Onise
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