Acting credits
52
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Shinobu Nakayama
Acting
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1.2
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Movies: 30Series: 22
TMDB ID: 82396
IMDb ID: nm0620429
Known for: Acting
Born: January 18, 1973
Age: 53
Place of birth: Koganei, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1983 - 2025
Years active: 43
Average TMDB rating: 7.65
Wikidata: Q3027452
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Shinobu Nakayama.
Inheritence
2025 Movie
Keishichō tsuiseki sōsa-gakari -kōsaku-
2023 Movie
6.8
After School Angler Life
2023 Movie
全身刑事
as Iyo Monda
2020 Movie
7.7
Honey
as Kaori Onise
2018 Movie
5.0
Matchmaking Cruise
2017 Movie
7.0
Come Back! Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Ninnin Girls vs. Boys FINAL WARS
as Sakurako Igasaki
2016 Movie
Dr. Hikojiro
as Ruriko Segawa
2015 Movie
7.0
Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace
as Fujikawa
2006 Movie
6.0
TANNKA
as Mika
2006 Movie
Baian Fujieda the Assassin
2006 Movie
Sutegoro: The Three Kajiwara Brothers' Turbulent Showa History
2003 Movie
恋に唄えば♪
2002 Movie
The Goblin of Mt. Kurama
2001 Movie
7.4
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
as Dr. Mayumi Nagamine
1999 Movie
6.0
GAMERA 1999
1999 Movie
Junji Inagawa's the Story of Terror II
1998 Movie
The Donor
1996 Movie
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
as Chie Ito
1996 Movie
The New King of Kita
1996 Movie
7.4
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
as Dr. Mayumi Nagamine
1995 Movie
The Making of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
1995 Movie
7.5
Fist of Legend
as Mitsuko Yamada
1994 Movie
7.3
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
as Yuri Katagiri
1993 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Shinobu Nakayama.
Japan's Number One Jerk Salaryman
as Fumi Samejima / Minako Sonoda • 11 eps
2025 Series
7.8
Nevertheless: The Shapes of Love
as Usami • 8 eps
2024 Series
8.8
A Suffocatingly Lonely Death
1 eps
2024 Series
6.5
Me, My Husband & My Husband's Boyfriend
2 eps
2023 Series
7.0
Double
as Minami Kamino • 10 eps
2022 Series
7.0
Muyoan Retirement Training
2 eps
2017 Series
7.9
Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~
1 eps
2016 Series
6.8
99.9 Criminal Lawyer
as Ikue Yamashiro • 1 eps
2016 Series
Keiji Yoshinaga Seiichi Namida no Jikenbo
9 eps
2013 Series
7.4
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
1 eps
2012 Series
8.9
Solitary Gourmet
1 eps
2012 Series
7.2
CSI: Crime Scene Talks
3 eps
2011 Series
6.0
Seven Female Lawyers
1 eps
2006 Series
6.7
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
3 eps
2004 Series
Batsu Kare
12 eps
2004 Series
6.0
Divorce Lawyer
as Mari Nonami • 1 eps
2004 Series
9.0
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
as Tsuruko Igawa • 1 eps
2004 Series
9.3
Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
as Guest • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.6
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
1 eps
2002 Series
Big Wing
10 eps
2001 Series
Kanojotachi no Jidai
12 eps
1999 Series
刑事貴族
26 eps
1990 Series