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Shinobu Nakayama (中山忍) is an actress and a former J-pop singer. She was born on 18 January 1973, in Tokyo, Japan. Shinobu 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 七つ星 (Nanatsuboshi) and 楽天使 (Rakutenshi). Shinobu is also 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 楽天使 (Rakutenshi). In the early 90's 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 Fist of Fury. 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). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.