Miho Nakayama, a Japanese singer and actor greatest identified for the 1995 romance movie “Love Letter,” was discovered useless at her residence in Tokyo on Friday. She was 54.
Nakayama’s staff confirmed the information in a publish on her web site, writing: “We are deeply sorry to must 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 presently investigating the reason for loss of life and different particulars.”
According to the BBC, an acquaintance of Nakayama discovered her useless in a bath after she didn’t present up for work. The acquaintance referred to as the paramedics, who pronounced her useless on the scene. She had been scheduled to carry out at a Christmas live performance in Osaka on Friday, however had canceled her look citing well being causes.
Born on March 1, 1970, in Saku, Japan, Nakayama made her display debut within the sequence “Maido Osawagase Shimasu” in 1985, which catapulted her to instantaneous stardom. She launched her first single, “C,” shortly after after which starred within the blockbuster movie “Be-Bop High School.” Her work throughout movie, TV and music made her one among Japan’s hottest idols throughout a time of big success for the nation’s cultural output within the ’80s and ’90s.
Her most notable movie was the 1995 romance “Love Letter,” which follows a lady grieving her fiancé who strikes up an uncommon relationship with one other girl who shares her late fiancé’s title. Nakayama performed each roles within the movie, which was an area and worldwide field workplace hit and gained the viewers award on the Toronto International Film Festival. For her efficiency, she was named greatest actress on the following yr’s Blue Ribbon Awards in Japan in addition to the Hochi Film Awards.
Over the course of her profession, Nakayama recorded 22 studio albums and had eight No. 1 singles in Japan, together with “Catch Me,” “You’re My Only Shining Star” and “Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto” (“Surely More Than Anyone within the World”). In whole she starred in 14 movies, the latest being 2022’s “Lesson in Murder,” and dozens of sequence and TV motion pictures.
Nakayama is survived by a son that she shares along with her former husband, musician Hitonari Tsuji.
