Born in
Shizuoka, Miho worked at a department store and did some topless glamour modeling before debuting in the
Mamoru Watanabe directed
Nikkatsu Roman Porno film
Uniform Virgin Pain (
Seifuku shojo no itami) in September 1981. A few months later, she appeared in another
Roman Porno film, ''Koichiro Uno's Wet and Riding'', part of a long series of films from Nikkatsu based on the erotic novels of
Kōichirō Uno. In July 1982, Miho starred in the first of Nikkatsu's
Pink Curtain series of films. The three episodes in the series follow a brother and sister, trying to put their lives back together after the death of their parents, who fall into an incestuous relationship. According to
pink film critics Thomas and Yuko Weisser, the controversial nature of the films made Miho an "
overnight sensation" and paved the way to a career in mainstream film. Miho won best newcomer awards at the
Japan Academy Prize and at the
Blue Ribbon Awards for the
Pink Curtain series. Moving into mainstream roles, she became a regular in the
Tora-san film series, playing Akemi, the daughter of the printing shop owner. She has also appeared on television as both an actress and a commentator. ==Filmography==