Miki Jinbo

Miki Jinbo
神保 美喜
Born	(1960-06-02) June 2, 1960 Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Education	Horikoshi High School Aoyama Gakuin University
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer
Years active	1976–present
Agent	Staff-up
Known for	Star Tanjō! "Hajimete no Waltz" House Uta no Wide 90-bu
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Website	Official website (in Japanese)

Miki Jinbo (神保 美喜, Jinbo Miki, born June 2, 1960, in Minato, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress and singer represented by Staff-up.

Biography

Jinbo entered Horikoshi High School, and in March 1983, she graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University Faculty of Letters, Second Section of English and American Literature.

While in third-year junior high school, she won the 15th Battle Tournament in Nippon TV's Star Tanjō!.

In March 1976, Jinbo signed with Philips Records (now Universal Music Japan) and debuted as a singer with the single "Hajimete no Waltz".

She performs as an actress and a singer. Jinbo is also a presenter in music series.

Notable performances are in Yōba (1976) and the horror-comedy film House (1977).

She appeared in an advertisement for DHC. Jinbo later commented in her blog that she loved DHC.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Notes
1976	Permanent Blue: Manatsu no Koi
	Yōba
1977	House
1978	Zanshō
1983	Plumeria no Densetsu: Tengoku no Kiss
1985	Keiji Monogatari: Kuroshio no Uta
1986	Mandara-ya no Ryōta
	Rikon Shinai Onna

Drama

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
1977	Shiroi Kōya		TBS
1978	Nichiyō Kyōfu Series		Fuji TV	Episode 7
1979	Netchū Jidai		NTV
	Kakekomi Buil 7-gōshitsu		Fuji TV	Episode 1
1980	Doberman Deka	Saeko Shiratori	TV Asahi
1981	Tetsudō Kōankan		TV Asahi	Episode 36
1983	Ōoku	Oko	KTV	Episode 38
	Mito Kōmon		TBS	Series 13 Episode 26, Series 20 Episode 10
1984	Seibu Keisatsu Part-III	Yumiko Kanzaki	TV Asahi	Episode 43
1985	Abarenbō Shogun II	Oyu	TV Asahi	Episode 102
	Chōshichirō Edo Nikki	Okyo	NTV	Episode 53
	Shadow Warriors		KTV	Episode 7
1987	Sanbiki ga Kiru!		TV Asahi
1990	The Keiji	Junko Kawakami	TV Asahi	Episode 12
1993	Ōoka Echizen	Osono	TBS	Episode 20
1994	Zenigata Heiji	Okayo	Fuji TV	Series 4 Episode 5
1997	Saigo no Koi	Reiko Saito	TBS
	Getsuyō Drama Special	Hisako Kitamura	TBS
2002	Bengoshi Kyoko Takamizawa		TBS
2003	Keiji Ichiro		TBS	Episode 9
	Hagure Dorobō Goro Ishikawa		Fuji TV
2005	Kenji Yoko Asahina	Kumi Nishikawa	TV Asahi
2006	Doctor Koishi no Jiken Karute	Chiharu Sakurai	Fuji TV
2009	Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery (51) Tsuriawanai Jōsha-ken o Kau Shitai	Yasuko Koike	TV Asahi
	Sono Otoko, Fuku Shochō		TV Asahi	Series 3 Episode 5
	Kyoto Minami-sho Kanshiki File	Yuko Fujimura	TV Asahi
2010	Hanchō: Jinnan-sho Asaka Han	Yoko Yaginuma	TBS	Series 3 Episode 7
2013	Seifuku Sōsa	Nobuko Shinozaki	TBS

Direct-to-video

Year	Title	Notes
2001	Shizukanaru Don – Yakuza Side Story
2002	Jitsuroku Yakuza Kōsō-shi LB Kumamoto Keimusho 4 Keimusho Bus-tei Mae

Stage

Title	Notes
Trapp Family Story
Horibe Yasubei
Tabigarasu Yoarashi Sen San: Yuki no Oiwake Sandogasa
Fu Keizu: Otsuta Monogatari
Tsugaru Ninjō Onna-bushi
Haru Sugata Senryō Matoi
Wakatono Senryō Kasa
Nihonichi? no Otō-chan
Onna Udemakuri
Bakushō! ! Shiranami Go-ri Otoko

Variety

Year	Title	Network	Notes
1982	Uta no Wide 90-bu	NTV
	Ichi-mai no Shashin	Fuji TV
	Challenge the Keiba	Fuji TV
	Zubari Iu Wa yo	TBS
	Kazuo Tokumitsu no Kandō Saikai "Aitai"	TBS
	Quiz Nihonjin no Shitsumon	NHK G TV
	Art Entertainment Meikyū Bijutsukan	NHK BS-2
	Asada! Namadesu Tabi Salad	TV Asahi
	Kaiketsu Emi Channel	KTV

Radio series

Title	Network	Notes
Coffee Time	Tokyo FM
Miki Jinbo no Brilliant na Josei	Radio Nippon
Miki Jinbo no Tea Lounge	NCB

Discography

Singles

Year	Title	Notes
1976	"Hajimete no Waltz"
	"Mizuiro no Omoide"
1977	"Furuutsu no Uta"

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)