Shinobu Nakayama

Shinobu Nakayama Nakayama Shinobu born January 18 1973 is an actress and a former Jpop singer She was born in Tokyo Japan and released her first single on 2 November 1988 Her final release as a Jpop artist was on 1 March 1991 She was a member of the shortlived 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Shinobu Nakayama licensed under CCBYSAfull list of contributors on Wikipedia