Trivia
- Mika Nakashima has a series of videos called Film Lotus. Each album contains several music videos and also some mixes and making-of features. She has produced six of them so far and they are titled with Roman numerals.
- She released her latest single, All Hands Together, on 6/7/06. Mika also covers Louis Armstrong's famous song, What a wonderful world, on the single in English.
- It was confirmed by their managers that Mika Nakashima has been dating Nagase Masatoshi, a Japanese actor 17 years older than her.
- She collects High-heels but likes to go barefoot when performing.
- She drives a Cadillac Escalade.
- Her friends think her sense of humor is weird.
- She is interested in Occult related stuff.
- She loves anything unique.
- She has the lotus logo because, the place where she grew up had lots of those.
- Mika has a cat named Dio who has a daughter named Donna.
- Favorites!
Accessory: silver
Animal: tapir
Anime character: Doraemon
Fashion Clothing Brand: Vivienne Westwood
Colors: black and purple
Dessert: candy
Flower: lotus
Foods: boiled white rice, miso, and Chinese noodles
Insect: butterfly (and spider if it were an insect)
Love Song: Countdown by Cocco.
Music Artists: Dreams Come True, Yasumuro Nami Megumi, YUKI, and UA.
Music Artist outside Japan: The Offspring
Perfume: Vanilla and White musk from The Body Shop.
Season: winter
Seasoning: mayonnaise
Snacks: malt coffee, rice balls
Weather: rainy - Her hobbies are Collecting shoes, Aroma therapy, Writing lyrics, Drawing, Photography and Nail art.
- Her childhood dream occupation was to be a nurse.
- Her music genres are Jazz/Soul/Pop/R&B/Rock.
- Her blood type is A.
- Mika walked away a winner for 'Best Video from a Film' award for her video "Glamorous Sky" at the MTV Music Awards Japan 2006.
- She appeared on "Matthews Best Hit TV" on the episode "November 5, 2003".
- On her first album, True, she sung the first track, Amazing Grace, in English.
- With the exeception of her Nana soundtrack album, Mika's albums all have one word titles:
True (2002)
Love (2003)
Music (2005)
Best (2005) (greatest hits album)
The End (2006) (Nana soundtrack)
Yes (2007) - In 2005, she stars alongside Aoi Miyazaki in the live-action movie Nana, based on the manga of the same name, which was released September 10, 2005. Nana is about two 20-year old gals that share the same name, but different personalities, who end up sharing an apartment. Mika plays the Nana that is an up and coming punk rock singer.
- She was recently nominated at the MTV Video Music Japan as "Best BuzzASIA from Japan" for "Amazing Grace '05", and the "Glamorous Sky" video was nominated as "Best Female Video" and "Best Video from a Film". She won the "Best Video from a Film" award.
- One of her favorite bands is the American punk-rock band, The Offspring.
- She was the final featured artist in the series Pop Japan TV. She promoted her third album, Music, on that show.
- Mika likes to sleep because she likes dreams.
- Mika collects shoes.
- Mika is the first Japanese to receive an Honorary Citizenship from Memphis.
- Mika is also a member of the White Band: End Poverty Association.
- Mika smokes cigarettes, but not very often.
- Mika's ethnic background has always been a controversial issue. Some people think that she is Hispanic but she is pure Japanese.
- On December 18, 2002, a documentary video, "Kiseki: the Document of a Start", was released.
- As a commemoration of one year since her debut, she released a Premium EP "Resistance," which hit the charts #1 spot two weeks in a row.
