1. Mika Nakashima embarked on an acting career, most notably as Nana Osaki in the live action film adaptations of Nana.
17 Facts About Mika Nakashima
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Mika Nakashima has sold over 10 million records in Japan.
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Mika Nakashima decided not to attend high school after completing junior high and began working at the age of 15.
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Mika Nakashima's first album, True, released in August 2002, was a number 1 hit on the Oricon charts.
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Mika Nakashima won the "New Artist of the Year" award from the 44th Japan Record Awards.
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Best is the third album by Mika Nakashima to have sold a million copies or more, but like her second album, Best outsold True in sales - by nearly 30,000 copies.
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In 2005, Mika Nakashima co-starred alongside Aoi Miyazaki in the live-action movie Nana, based on the manga of the same name, which was released September 10,2005.
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Mika Nakashima sang one of the theme songs for the movie, which was released as a single under the name "Nana starring Mika Nakashima".
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Mika Nakashima introduced her then-new single, "Over Load", released on May 13,2009, during the tour.
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Mika Nakashima starred in the Japanese supernatural monster film Death Kappa, which was directed by Tomoo Haraguchi.
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Mika Nakashima is a romantic but conceited, he tries to convince female criminals, into either marrying him or being arrested.
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In September 2012, Mika Nakashima released the single, which was the main theme for the Japanese version of the Resident Evil: Retribution film.
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Mika Nakashima reprised her Resident Evil: Afterlife role as J Pop Girl, the first zombie in Japan, in the film.
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On June 4,2014, Mika Nakashima released the collaboration single "Fighter" along with Miliyah Kato, which was chosen to be the theme song for the Japanese version of American film The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
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Mika Nakashima made appearances on Miyuki Nakajima Respect Live Utaen on the November 23 and 29,2015.
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Mika Nakashima married volleyball player Kunihiro Shimizu on December 25,2014.
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On February 2,2018, Mika Nakashima announced that she and Shimizu would be divorcing.