Akina Nakamori

Born: 1965-07-13

Nakamori Akina (中森明菜) is a Japanese soloist and former idol. Nakamori started in show business after auditioning for the talent scouting TV show Star Tanjou!. She did not clear the preliminary rounds in 1979 and 1980's contests, but won 1st place in 1981 with a record breaking score, guaranteeing her a recording contract. She debuted as an idol in 1982 with the single slow motion, but it did not sell as planned. However, her subsequent single Shoujo A (少女A) became a huge hit, and after that she became one of the best selling artists of the 1980s. She remained active in entertainment until 2009 when she went on an extended hiatus. She returned to entertainment in 2014, but her physical apperances were rare. After the release of her album Akina in 2017, she went on an extended hiatus again. In August 2022, she launched her official Twitter account and announced her return to show business under a new management company. In December 2023, she opened her official YouTube account.


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Love: Starting on a Journey

as uncredited
Released: 1985-01-26

A girl suffering from an incurable disease get in a coma, while her boyfriend visit her to the...

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NEW AKINA Étranger Akina Nakamori in Europe

as Herself
Released: 1983-10-12

NEW AKINA Étranger Akina Nakamori in Europe is the first video release released by Nakamori...

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Nakamori Akina - Live In '87 A HUNDRED Days

as Herself
Released: 1993-08-25

Live in '87 A HUNDRED days is the seventh video release released by Nakamori Akina. It was...

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Hajimemashite Nakamori Akina

as Herself
Released: 1985-05-01

Akina Nakamori's second video work "Hajimemashite" consists of 12 songs (including three singles...

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Best Friend

as uncredited
Released: 1987-04-15

Aya, who works in a bank, and Sanae, a stylist, jointly rented an apartment and started living...

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Women with stars in their eyes

as Kaoru
Released: 1993-12-25

Kyoko Koizumi and Akina Nakamori, two big names, starring in a drama. Moeko (Koizumi Kyoko), an...

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-Dream- ‘91 Akina Nakamori Special Live

as Self
Released: 1992-07-25

Akina Nakamori’s classic concert held at Makuhari Messe on July 27 and 28, 1991, featuring a...

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Live in '88 Femme Fatale

as uncredited
Released: 1993-08-25

Akina Nakamori's October 26, 1988 performance at the Nakano Sun Plaza. Includes songs from her...

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Tales of the Bizarre: Vol. 4

as uncredited
Released: 1991-09-21

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Akina East Live Index-XXIII The 8th Anniversary

as Self
Released: 1989-11-28

On April 29 and 30, 1989, Akina Nakamori held a special concert at Yomiuriland East to...

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“Utahime” Akina Nakamori Parco Theater Live

as Herself
Released: 2002-12-04

The live show was filmed on December 4 and 5, 1994 at :Parco Theater Shibuya in Tokyo.

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BITTER & SWEET 1985 SUMMER TOUR

as uncredited
Released: 1985-12-10

Footage from Akina Nakamori's "Bitter & Sweet" summer concert tour remastered into 5.1 channel...

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Akina Milkyway '83 春の風を感じて

as uncredited
Released: 1983-06-19

Feeling the Wind of Spring. - 1983 First Concert Tour Digest

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Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

as uncredited
First aired: 1990-10-04

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SMAP×SMAP

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-04-15

SMAP×SMAP was an ongoing weekly Japanese variety show on Kansai TV and Fuji TV starring the...

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Furuhata Ninzaburo

as 小石川ちなみ
First aired: 1994-04-13

Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from...

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Primadam

as Ranko Kurahashi
First aired: 2006-04-12

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Just the Way We Are

as 月島カンナ
First aired: 1992-04-13

The story is about an unlikely friendship between two women. This intimate look at two lives...

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Cold Moon

as 希代加
First aired: 1998-01-12

Kiyoka, a doctor, will stop at nothing to exact revenge on the woman she thinks brought...

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Border - Criminal Psychology Investigation File

as Sugishima Kirie
First aired: 1999-01-11

Serial killers driven by deviant desires-the only way to stop them is to understand them. This...

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Control - Hanzai Shinri Sousa

as uncredited
First aired: 2011-01-11

Segawa Rio, a quick-acting detective, gets transferred to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's...

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ファイル ボーダー

as uncredited
First aired: 1999-01-11

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Best Friend

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-04-15

Akina Nakamori’s first appearance in a TV drama. The special depicts the process by which an...

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Nakamori Akina Premium BOX Lucas ~ NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen & Let's Go Young etc.

as Singer
First aired: 2015-09-30

Nakamori Akina Premium BOX Lucas ~ NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen & Let's Go Young etc. is the eighth box...

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The Best Ten Nakamori Akina Premium BOX

as Singer
First aired: 2012-03-28

The Best Ten Nakamori Akina Premium BOX is the sixth box set released by Nakamori Akina.

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The Best Ten

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-01-19

The Best Ten was a popular music TV program on TBS channel that ran from January 19, 1978 until ...

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