Chinatsu Nakayama

Chinatsu Nakayama is a Japanese voice actress, writer, and politician.

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 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, was nominated for the Naoki Prize. She was nominated for the Naoki Prize for two other works as well.

Selected bibliography , 1979

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

Commercial filmography M&M's, 1977