Career
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.
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.
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.
A long-playing role in television was the character of Yōko Hīragi, the lawyer daughter of Public Prosecuter Shigeru Hīragi, nicknamed "Red Turnip" (Akakabu). The mystery series began with a set of feature-length television specials beginning in April 1990 with Akakabu Kenji Funsenki (Prosecutor Red Turnip"s Battle at the Court) on Asahi Broadcasting Corporation and continued with two more shows in October 1990 and February 1991.
These were followed by an 11-part television series which ran January-March 1992 and then further television specials after the television series ended.
