Japanese singer and actress Miho Nakayama was discovered useless at her residence in Tokyo on Friday.
Born in Saku, Japan, Nakayama was identified for her lead roles in Love Letter (1995) and Tokyo Weather (1997), amongst others. She was 54.
Nakayama was scheduled to carry out at a Christmas live performance in Osaka on Friday, however she had canceled her look, citing well being causes.
Nakayama’s group confirmed the information of her passing on her web site, which said: “We are deeply sorry to should abruptly announce this to all of the individuals concerned who’ve at all times sorted her and to all of the followers who’ve supported her, however this incident was so sudden that we, too, are shocked and saddened. We are at present investigating the reason for loss of life and different particulars.”
Nakayama made her performing debut in Maido Osawagase Shimasu in 1985 and launched her first single, “C.”
She later starred within the function movie Be-Bop High School and recorded 22 studio albums, with eight No. 1 singles in Japan. Her work throughout movie, TV and music cemented her place as considered one of Japan’s most well-known stars in the course of the Japanese cultural wave within the Nineteen Eighties and Nineties.
Her efficiency in Love Letter received her Best Actress on the following 12 months’s Blue Ribbon Awards in Japan and the Hochi Film Awards. The movie additionally picked up the viewers award on the Toronto International Film Festival.
Nakayama is survived by a son that she shares together with her former husband, musician Hitonari Tsuji.
