Miho Nakayama discography

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Miho Nakayama discography
Studio albums22
Live albums2
Compilation albums17
Singles39
Video albums17 [fn 1]
Remix albums4
Box sets3 [fn 2]

The discography of the Japanese singer/actress Miho Nakayama consists of 22 studio albums, 17 compilation albums, and 39 singles released since 1985.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

YearInformation Oricon weekly
peak position
[1]
Sales [2]
RIAJ certification [3]
1985 C 1190,000
After School
  • Released: December 18, 1985
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
1395,000
1986 Summer Breeze
  • Released: July 1, 1986
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
877,000
Exotique
  • Released: December 18, 1986
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
6206,000
1987 One and Only
  • Released: July 15, 1987
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
3153,000
1988 Catch the Nite
  • Released: February 10, 1988
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
1349,000
Mind Game
  • Released: July 11, 1988
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
2252,000
Angel Hearts
  • Released: December 5, 1988
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
3250,000
1989 Hide 'n' Seek
  • Released: September 5, 1989
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
1190,000
  • Gold
Merry Merry
  • Released: December 5, 1989
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
9111,000
1990 All for You
  • Released: March 16, 1990
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
3124,000
  • Gold
Jeweluna
  • Released: July 18, 1990
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
3112,000
1991 Dé eaya
  • Released: March 15, 1991
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
2125,000
1992 Mellow
  • Released: June 10, 1992
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
3140,000
  • Gold
1993 Wagamama na Actress
  • Released: June 23, 1993
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
4145,000
  • Gold
1994 Pure White
  • Released: June 8, 1994
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
3112,000
1995 Mid Blue
  • Released: September 30, 1995
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
7145,000
1996 Deep Lip French
  • Released: June 1, 1996
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
1380,000
1997 Groovin' Blue
  • Released: June 21, 1997
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
2822,000
1998 Olive
  • Released: June 10, 1998
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
934,000
1999 Manifesto
  • Released: September 16, 1999
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
2912,000
2019 Neuf Neuf
  • Released: December 4, 2019
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, digital
28

Live albums

YearInformation Oricon weekly
peak position
[1]
Sales [2]
RIAJ certification [3]
1986 Virgin Flight '86: Miho Nakayama First Concert 1948,000
1994 Pure White Live '94
  • Released: November 23, 1994
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
1884,000

Compilations

YearInformation Oricon weekly
peak position
[1]
Sales [2]
RIAJ certification [3]
1987 Collection 1542,000
1989 Ballads
  • Released: March 20, 1989
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
2195,000
  • Gold
1990 Collection II
  • Released: November 21, 1990
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
2392,000
  • Platinum
1991 Miho's Select
  • Released: December 24, 1991
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
3332,000
  • Platinum
1993 Dramatic Songs
  • Released: January 20, 1993
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
2435,000
  • Platinum
Blanket Privacy
  • Released: November 26, 1993
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
989,000
  • Gold
1995 Collection III
  • Released: March 1, 1995
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
3590,000
  • Platinum
1996 Ballads II
  • Released: December 18, 1996
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
2541,000
1997 Treasury
  • Released: April 7, 1997
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
3333,000
  • Gold
2001 Your Selection 1
  • Released: March 7, 2001
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: Enhanced CD
289,000
Your Selection 2
  • Released: March 7, 2001
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: Enhanced CD
625,000
Your Selection 3
  • Released: March 7, 2001
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: Enhanced CD
674,000
Your Selection 4
  • Released: March 7, 2001
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: Enhanced CD
684,000
2006 Collection IV
  • Released: February 1, 2006
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD
>300
2010 Miho Nakayama Perfect Best
  • Released: July 7, 2010
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: 2CD, digital
105
2013 Miho Nakayama Perfect Best 2
  • Released: October 2, 2013
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, digital
133
2020 All Time Best
  • Released: December 23, 2020
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: 3CD, 3CD + Blu-ray, digital
29

Box sets

YearInformation Oricon weekly
peak position
[1]
Sales [2]
RIAJ certification [3]
2006 Complete Singles Box 147
2015 30th Anniversary: The Perfect Singles Box
  • Released: July 22, 2015
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: 40CD + DVD
169

Remix albums

YearInformation Oricon weekly
peak position
[1]
Sales [2]
RIAJ certification [3]
1988 Makin' Dancin' 2183,000
1991 Dance Box
  • Released: July 25, 1991
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
3138,000
1997 The Remixes: Miho Nakayama Meets New York Groove
  • Released: December 3, 1997
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: EP, CD, cassette
575,000
1998 The Remixes: Miho Nakayama Meets Los Angeles Groove
  • Released: January 9, 1998
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: EP, CD, cassette
804,000

Singles

Regular singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
TitleDatePeak chart positionsSales (JPN) [4] RIAJ
certification [3]
Album
Oricon Singles Charts
[1]
"C"June 21, 198512170,000C
"Namaiki"October 1, 19858114,000After School
"Be-Bop High School"December 5, 19854179,000Collection
"Iro White Blend"February 5, 19865223,000
"Close Up"May 16, 19864128,000Summer Breeze
"Jingi Aishite Moraimasu"July 15, 19864138,000Collection
"Tsuiteru ne Notteru ne"August 21, 19863192,000
"Waku Waku Sasete"November 21, 19863237,000Exotique
"Hade!!!"March 18, 19872205,000Collection
"50/50"July 7, 19872211,000
"Catch Me"October 7, 19871218,000Catch the Nite
"You're My Only Shinin' Star"February 17, 19881293,000Ballads
"Mermaid"July 11, 19881365,000Collection II
"Witches"November 14, 19881314,000Angel Hearts
"Rosécolor"February 21, 19891277,000
  • Gold
Collection II
"Virgin Eyes"July 12, 19892254,000
  • Gold
Hide 'n' Seek
"Midnight Taxi"January 15, 19901181,000
  • Gold
All for You
"Semi-sweet Magic"March 21, 19903122,000
"Megamitachi no Bōken"July 11, 19903119,000Jeweluna
"Aishiterutte Iwanai!"October 22, 19903361,000
  • Gold
Collection II
"Kore kara no I Love You"February 12, 19913145,000Jeweluna
"Rosa"July 16, 19913362,000
  • Gold
Miho's Select
"Tōi Machi no Doko ka de..."November 1, 19913673,000
  • Platinum
"Mellow"April 1, 19923169,000
  • Gold
Mellow
"Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto"
(Miho Nakayama & Wands)
October 28, 199211,833,000
  • 4× Platinum
Dramatic Songs
"Shiawase ni Naru Tame ni"April 21, 19934414,000
  • Platinum
Blanket Privacy
"Anata ni Nara..."July 7, 19938280,000
  • Gold
"Tada Nakitaku Naru no"February 9, 199411,048,000
  • 3× Platinum
Collection III
"Sea Paradise (OL no Hanran)"June 8, 19949154,000
  • Gold
Pure White
"Hero"December 14, 19948474,000
  • Platinum
Collection III
"Cheers for You"May 17, 199517127,000
  • Gold
Collection IV
"Hurt to Heart (Itami no Yukue)"July 21, 199510319,000
  • Gold
Mid Blue
"Thinking About You (Anata no Yoru wo Tsutsumitai)"February 16, 199613107,000Deep Lip French
"True Romance"June 7, 19963738,000
"Mirai e no Present"
(Miho Nakayama with Mayo)
November 1, 19966409,000
  • Platinum
Treasury
"March Color"June 4, 19972925,000Groovin' Blue
"Love Clover"April 8, 19981438,000
  • Gold
Your Selection 1
"A Place Under the Sun"May 19, 19994010,000
"Adore"September 16, 19993511,000Collection IV
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Digital-only singles

List of singles
TitleDateNotes
"Stardust"July 7, 2000Originally released exclusively on Nakayama's online fan club.
"Lagrimas Negras"October 20, 2000
"Kimi ga Iru kara"December 16, 2000
"I Am with You (Tōku Hanare Tete mo)"March 20, 2011Written by Nakayama and Hitonari Tsuji and released online to support the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. [5] [6]

Other recordings

As a featured artist
List of singles
TitleArtistDateNotes
"Ninna Nanna" Night Tempo September 5, 2023Fifth single from Night Tempo's second studio album Neo Standard. Lyrics by Nakayama. [7]

Videography

Music video and image albums

List of media, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsSales (Oricon)
JPN DVD
[1]
JPN Blu-ray
[1]
Na-ma-i-kiN/A
Kokoro no Yoake: L'Aube de mon cœur
  • Released: December 21, 1988
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LD, VHS
N/A
Bi Fantasy: Nakayama Miho Oshare no Subete
  • Released: September 10, 1990
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LD, VHS
N/A
Love Supreme: Miho Selection '90
  • Released: December 5, 1990
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LD, VHS
N/A
Destiny
  • Released: December 21, 1990
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LD, VHS
N/A
Mellow
  • Released: July 4, 1992
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LD, VHS
N/A

Live video albums

List of media, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsSales (Oricon)
JPN DVD
[1]
JPN Blu-ray
[1]
Virgin Flight '86: Miho Nakayama First Concert N/A
Catch Me: Miho Nakayama Live '88
  • Released: April 5, 1988
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LD, VHS
N/A
Whuu! Natural Live at Budokan '89
  • Released: July 5, 1989
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LD, VHS
N/A
Miho Nakayama Concert Tour '91: Miho the Future, Miho the Nature
  • Released: July 21, 1991
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LD, VHS
N/A
Live in Mellow: Miho Nakayama Concert Tour '92
  • Released: December 4, 1992
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LD, VHS
N/A
Miho Nakayama Concert Tour '93: On My Mind
  • Released: December 10, 1993
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LD, VHS
N/A
Miho Nakayama Concert Tour '95: F
  • Released: March 16, 1996
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LD, VHS
N/A
Miho Nakayama Concert Tour '96: Sound of Lip
  • Released: December 21, 1996
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LD, VHS
N/A
Miho Nakayama Tour '98: Live O Live
  • Released: December 23, 1998
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: LD, VHS
N/A
Miho Nakayama 38th Anniversary Concert: Trois
  • Released: November 22, 2023
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: Blu-ray
N/A
Miho Nakayama Concert Tour 2024: Deux
  • Released: November 27, 2024
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: Blu-ray
N/A

Video box sets

List of media, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsSales (Oricon)
JPN DVD
[1]
JPN Blu-ray
[1]
Miho Nakayama Complete DVD Box N/A
Miho Nakayama 40th Anniversary: The Best Ten [8]
  • Released: March 19, 2025
  • Label: King Records
  • Formats: Blu-ray
TBAN/A

Video games

List of video games
TitlePlatform(s)Game details
Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School Famicom Disk System
  • Released: December 1, 1987
  • Publisher: Nintendo

See also

Footnotes

  1. This includes the music video compilation albums and concert DVDs.
  2. This includes the video box sets.

Related Research Articles

<i>Virgin Flight 86: Miho Nakayama First Concert</i> Live video album

Virgin Flight '86: Miho Nakayama First Concert is the first live video album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on July 21, 1986, the video was recorded at Nakayama's debut concert at the Nakano Sunplaza on April 5, 1986.

<i>Collection</i> (Miho Nakayama album) 1987 compilation album by Miho Nakayama

Collection is the first compilation album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on November 15, 1987, the album compiles Nakayama's singles from 1985 to 1987. "C" and "Tsuiteru ne Notteru ne" were the album versions on initial releases of this album; they were replaced with single versions on the 2006 reissue.

<i>Ballads</i> (Miho Nakayama album) 1989 compilation album by Miho Nakayama

Ballads is the second compilation album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on March 20, 1989, the album features 12 ballads selected by Nakayama from her past releases, plus new recordings of "Sentimental Tsūshin", "Kabin", and "Try or Cry". The album was reissued on December 18, 1996, as Ballads I with a different cover to match that of Ballads II.

<i>Hide n Seek</i> 1989 studio album by Miho Nakayama

Hide 'n' Seek is the ninth studio album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on September 5, 1989, the album features the single "Virgin Eyes", as well as a re-recording of her 1988 No. 1 hit "You're My Only Shinin' Star". It was also Nakayama's last album to be issued on LP.

<i>All for You</i> (Miho Nakayama album) 1990 studio album by Miho Nakayama

All for You is the 11th studio album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on March 16, 1990, the album features the singles "Midnight Taxi" and "Semi-sweet Magic".

<i>Collection II</i> (Miho Nakayama album) 1990 compilation album by Miho Nakayama

Collection II is the third compilation album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on November 21, 1990, the album compiles Nakayama's singles from 1988 to 1990, plus the new song "I Can't Follow You".

<i>Dé eaya</i> 1991 studio album by Miho Nakayama

Dé eaya is the 13th studio album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on March 15, 1991, it is Nakayama's fourth studio release to not feature a single. The album's title is derived from the Japanese word "De iiya", but stylized to sound Spanish to match the Latin music motif of the album.

<i>Mihos Select</i> 1991 compilation album by Miho Nakayama

Miho's Select is the fourth compilation album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on December 24, 1991, the album features re-recordings of Nakayama's personal selection of eight of her past songs, plus the singles "Rosa" and "Tōi Machi no Doko ka de..." The photos in the album were taken from the Wani Books photo book Scena: Miho Nakayama Pictorial.

<i>Mellow</i> (Miho Nakayama album) 1992 studio album by Miho Nakayama

Mellow is the 14th studio album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on June 10, 1992, it features the single "Mellow". The album was co-produced by Nakayama and recorded in Los Angeles. She wrote majority of the album's songs; both under her real name and her pseudonym "Issaque". A limited edition release included a mini photo book featuring pictures taken during the Los Angeles recording sessions.

<i>Dramatic Songs</i> 1993 compilation album by Miho Nakayama

Dramatic Songs: Miho Nakayama on TV Theme is the fifth compilation album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on January 20, 1993, the album compiles Nakayama's songs that were used as theme songs or image songs for TV dramas she starred in from 1985 to 1992. The popularity of the No. 1 single "Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto" helped boost the album's sales.

<i>Blanket Privacy</i> 1993 compilation album by Miho Nakayama

Blanket Privacy is the sixth compilation album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on November 26, 1993, the album includes seven re-recordings of Nakayama's ballads, two new singles, and three cover songs. The initial release of the album featured a holographic image of gemstones swirling around Nakayama.

<i>Collection III</i> 1995 compilation album by Miho Nakayama

Collection III is the seventh compilation album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on Nakayama's birthday of March 1, 1995, the album compiles her singles from 1991 to 1994, including her Japanese-language cover of Mariah Carey's "Hero". The popularity of the million-selling songs "Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto" and "Tada Nakitaku Naru no" helped boost the album's sales.

<i>Ballads II</i> 1996 compilation album by Miho Nakayama

Ballads II is the eighth compilation album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on December 18, 1996, the album features 15 ballads selected by Nakayama from her past releases. To coincide with the release of this album, the 1989 compilation Ballads was reissued on the same day with a new matching cover art.

<i>Treasury</i> (album) 1997 compilation album by Miho Nakayama

Treasury is the ninth compilation album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on April 7, 1997, the album compiles 15 songs selected by Nakayama from her past recordings, including her final top-10 hit "Mirai e no Present". The initial release of the album came with an 88-page hardcover photo book containing her full discography and videography from 1985 to 1996.

<i>The Remixes: Miho Nakayama Meets New York Groove</i> 1997 remix album by Miho Nakayama

The Remixes: Miho Nakayama Meets New York Groove is the third remix album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on December 3, 1997, the album features six remixed songs; four of which are from her album Groovin' Blue.

<i>Olive</i> (album) 1998 studio album by Miho Nakayama

Olive is the 20th studio album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on June 10, 1998, it is Nakayama's sixth studio release to not feature a single.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Catch Me (Miho Nakayama song)</span> 1987 single by Miho Nakayama

"Catch Me" is the 11th single by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Written and produced by Toshiki Kadomatsu, the single was released on October 7, 1987, by King Records. A remix of the song by Korean DJ Night Tempo was released on streaming media on June 18, 2021.

<i>Your Selection</i> 2001 compilation album by Miho Nakayama

Your Selection is a series of four compilation albums by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama, released through King Records on March 7, 2001. Each enhanced CD uses a soap bar motif for the cover and includes a music video of the last track of the disc.

<i>Perfect Best</i> (Miho Nakayama album) 2010 compilation album by Miho Nakayama

Miho Nakayama Perfect Best is the 15th compilation album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on July 7, 2010 to commemorate Nakayama's 25th anniversary, the album compiles 34 of her singles from 1985 to 1996.

<i>Perfect Best 2</i> 2013 compilation album by Miho Nakayama

Miho Nakayama Perfect Best 2 is the 16th compilation album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on November 2, 2013, the album is a supplement to the 2010 compilation Miho Nakayama Perfect Best, covering the singles not featured in the previous release and including different versions of Nakayama's popular singles.

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