| Shinobu Nakayama |
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| Born |
(1973-01-18) January 18, 1973
Tokyo, Japan |
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| Nationality |
Japanese |
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Actress, singer |
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Shinobu Nakayama (Nakayama Shinobu, 中山忍, born January 18, 1973) is an actress[1] 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: The Revenge of Iris (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: The Revenge of Iris (1999).
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| Name |
Nakayama, Shinobu |
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| Short description |
Japanese actor and singer |
| Date of birth |
January 18, 1973 |
| Place of birth |
Tokyo, Japan |
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