Chinatsu Nakayama


Chinatsu Nakayama 2=中山千夏 is a Japanese voice actress, writer, and politician.
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Biography

Nakayama was born in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan on July 13, 1948. She began acting on stage as a child in 1955, then her family moved to Tokyo with the encouragement of when Nakayama was 11 years old. She transitioned to television in 1968, hosting a television show called 2=お昼のワイドショー for eight years. She also appeared on other NHK programs.
Nakayama started writing and becoming politically active in 1970. She was elected to the National Diet in 1980, but lost her re-election campaign in 1986. After leaving the Diet, Nakayama began writing full-time and continued advocating for human rights and against war. Her eight-volume autobiography, 2=子役の時間 was nominated for the Naoki Prize. She was nominated for the Naoki Prize for two other works as well.

Selected bibliography

  • 2=子役の時間, 1979

Selected filmography

Cleopatra, 1970Belladonna of Sadness, 1973Jarinko Chie, 1981

Commercial filmography