Best known for her role of Mayumi Nagamine in Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) and Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (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 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: Revenge of Iris (1999).

Acting Toho Filmography
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) - Yuri Katagiri
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) - Mayumi Nagamine
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) - Mayumi Nagamine
Pyrokinesis (2000) - Police Personnel