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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).
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