Chinatsu Nakayama (中山千夏, born July 13, 1948) is a Japanese voice actress, writer, and politician.

Biography

Nakayama was born in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan on July 13, 1948.[1] She began acting on stage as a child in 1955, then her family moved to Tokyo with the encouragement of Kazuo Kikuta when Nakayama was 11 years old. She transitioned to television in 1968, hosting a television show called Ohiru no Waidoshō (お昼のワイドショー) for eight years. She also appeared on other NHK programs.[2]

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[3] and continued advocating for human rights and against war.[2] Her eight-volume autobiography, Koyaku no Jikan (子役の時間) was nominated for the Naoki Prize.[3] She was nominated for the Naoki Prize for two other works as well.[1]

Selected bibliography

  • Koyaku no Jikan (子役の時間), 1979

Selected filmography

References

  1. 1 2 "中山千夏 プロフィール｜講演依頼・講師派遣のシステムブレーン". www.sbrain.co.jp. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  2. 1 2 NHK. "中山千夏｜NHK人物録". NHK人物録 | NHKアーカイブス (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  3. 1 2 Schierbeck, Sachiko Shibata (1994). Japanese women novelists in the 20th century : 104 biographies, 1900-1993. Marlene R. Edelstein. [Copenhagen]: Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 87-7289-268-4. OCLC 32348453.


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