Nakahara (surname)

Nakahara (written: 中原 or 仲原) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• An Nakahara (中原 杏; born 1969), Japanese manga artist
• Aya Nakahara (中原 アヤ; born 1973), Japanese manga artist
• Chūya Nakahara (中原 中也; 1907–1937), Japanese poet
• Jun'ichi Nakahara (中原 淳一; 1913–1983), Japanese graphic artist and fashion designer
• Kellye Nakahara (born 1950), American actress
• Mai Nakahara (中原 麻衣; born 1981), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Makoto Nakahara (中原 誠; born 1947), Japanese shogi player
• Masaya Nakahara (中原 昌也; born 1970), Japanese musician, writer and actor
• Meiko Nakahara (中原 めいこ; born 1959), Japanese singer
• Morihiko Nakahara (born 1975), Japanese conductor
• Nakahara Nantenbō (中原 南天棒; 1839–1925), Japanese Zen Buddhist
• Nobuko Nakahara (中原 暢子; 1929–2008), Japanese architect
• Ryutaro Nakahara (中原 龍太郎; born 1979), Japanese composer
• Shigeru Nakahara (中原 茂; born 1961), Japanese voice actor
• Shogo Nakahara (中原 彰吾; born 1994), Japanese footballer
• Shun Nakahara (中原 俊; born 1951), Japanese film director
• Shuto Nakahara (中原 秀人; born 1990), Japanese footballer
• Takayuki Nakahara (中原 貴之; born 1984), Japanese footballer
• Takeo Nakahara (中原 丈雄; born 1951), Japanese actor
• Tsuneo Nakahara (中原 恒雄; 1930–2016), Japanese electrical engineer
• Yusei Nakahara (中原 優生; born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Zenchū Nakahara (仲原 善忠; 1890–1964), Japanese ethnologist

• Chūya Nakahara (中原 中也), an antagonist in Bungo Stray Dogs
• Misaki Nakahara (中原岬), one of the main protagonists in Welcome to the N.H.K.
• Mizuki Nakahara (中原 ミズキ), a supporting character in Lycoris Recoil
• Sunako Nakahara (中原 スナコ), the main protagonist in The Wallflower