Nakamura (surname)

Nakamura (中村, Nakamura) is a Japanese family name.

• Aiko Nakamura (中村 藍子; born 1983), Japanese tennis player
• Akihiko Nakamura (中村 明彦; born 1990), Japanese decathlete
• Ami Nakamura (中村 亜実; born 1987), Japanese ice hockey player
• Ayane Nakamura (中村 愛音; born 1993), Japanese figure skater
• Ayumi Nakamura (中村 亜友美; born 1990), Japanese volleyball player
• Chiharu Nakamura (中村 知春; born 1988), Japanese rugby sevens player
• Eiichi Nakamura (field hockey) (中村 英一; 1909–1945), Japanese field hockey player
• Hitoshi Nakamura (中村 等; born 1949), Japanese ice hockey player
• Katsumi Nakamura (中村 克; born 1994), Japanese swimmer
• Kazuhiro Nakamura (ski jumper) (born 1980), Japanese ski jumper
• Kazumi Nakamura (中村 和美; born 1971), Japanese volleyball player
• Kazuo Nakamura (basketball) (中村 和雄; born 1940), Japanese basketball coach
• Kenji Nakamura (sailor) (中村 健次; born 1964), Japanese sailor
• Kento Nakamura (中村 健人; born 1991), Japanese figure skater
• Kinjiro Nakamura (仲村 錦治郎; born 1975), Japanese table tennis player
• Kisato Nakamura (born 1993), Japanese cyclist
• Kiyoshi Nakamura (athlete) (中村 清; 1913–1985), Japanese middle-distance runner
• Kunihiko Nakamura (中村 邦彦; born 1939), Japanese basketball player
• Mai Nakamura (backstroke swimmer) (中村 真衣; born 1979), Japanese swimmer
• Mai Nakamura (synchronised swimmer) (中村 麻衣; born 1989), Japanese synchronized swimmer
• Naoto Nakamura (rugby union) (中村 直人; born 1969), Japanese rugby union player and coach
• Reikichi Nakamura (中村 礼吉; born 1916), Japanese speed skater
• Reiko Nakamura (中村 礼子; born 1982), Japanese swimmer
• Ryoto Nakamura (中村 亮土; born 1991), Japanese rugby union player
• Shota Nakamura (中村 奨太; born 1993), Japanese speed skater
• Shu Nakamura (中村 優; born 1996), Japanese figure skater
• Tadao Nakamura (born 1947), Japanese golfer
• Tadashi Nakamura (biathlete) (中村 忠; born 1956), Japanese biathlete
• Taniko Nakamura-Mitsukuri (中村-三栗 多仁子; born 1943), Japanese gymnast
• Teruo Nakamura (golfer) (born 1952), Japanese golfer
• Tomohiko Nakamura (born 1991), Japanese vert skater
• Torakichi Nakamura (中村 寅吉; 1915–2008), Japanese golfer
• Tōru Nakamura (golfer) (中村 通; born 1950), Japanese golfer
• Yasuo Nakamura (中村 康夫; born 1971), Japanese bobsledder
• Yuhei Nakamura (中村 悠平; born 1987), Japanese baseball player
• Yuji Nakamura (中村 祐二; born 1970), Japanese long-distance runner
• Yurika Nakamura (中村 友梨香; born 1986), Japanese long-distance runner
• Yūzo Nakamura (中村 祐造; 1942–2010), Japanese volleyball player

• Daiki Nakamura (中村 大輝; born 1992), better known as Hokutofuji, Japanese sumo wrestler
• Daiki Nakamura (中村 泰輝; born 2000), better known as Onosato, Japanese sumo wrestler
• Daisuke Nakamura (fighter) (中村 大介; born 1980), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Hiroshi Nakamura (fighter) (中村 浩士; born 1981), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Kazuhiro Nakamura (中村 和裕; born 1979), Japanese mixed martial artist and judoka
• Keigo Nakamura (中村 圭吾; born 1999), Japanese professional wrestler
• Keita Nakamura (中村 K太郎; born 1984), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Kenzo Nakamura (中村 兼三; born 1973), Japanese judoka
• Misato Nakamura (中村 美里; born 1989), Japanese judoka
• Rie Nakamura (中村 理恵; born 1974), better known as Bad Nurse Nakamura, Japanese professional wrestler
• Seigi Nakamura (1924–1999), Okinawan karateka
• Shigeru Nakamura (karate instructor) (born 1894), Japanese karate instructor
• Shinsuke Nakamura (中邑 真輔; born 1980), Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
• Tempu Nakamura (中村 天風; 1876–1968), Japanese martial artist and founder of Japanese yoga
• Tetsuaki Nakamura (中村 哲明; born 1948), Japanese boxer
• Yoshio Nakamura (中村 佳央; born 1970), Japanese judoka
• Yukimasa Nakamura (中村 行成; born 1972), Japanese judoka

• Akira Nakamura (baseball) (中村 晃; born 1989), Japanese baseball player
• Daishin Nakamura (中村 大伸; born 1966), Japanese baseball player
• Kyohei Nakamura (中村 恭平; born 1989), Japanese baseball player
• Masaru Nakamura (中村 勝; born 1991), Japanese baseball player
• Masato Nakamura (baseball) (中村 真人; born 1982), Japanese baseball player
• Micheal Nakamura (born 1976), Japanese-Australian baseball player
• Minoru Nakamura (中村 稔; born 1938), Japanese baseball player
• Norihiro Nakamura (中村 紀洋; born 1973), Japanese baseball player
• Shogo Nakamura (baseball) (中村 奨吾; born 1992), Japanese baseball player
• Takeya Nakamura (中村 剛也; born 1983), Japanese baseball player

• Nakamura Dōseki (中村 道碩; 1582–1630), Japanese Go player
• Hikaru Nakamura (born 1987), American chess player
• Momoko Nakamura (中村 桃子; born 1987), Japanese shogi player
• Osamu Nakamura (中村 修; born 1962), Japanese shogi player
• Shigeru Nakamura (renju player) (中村 茂; born 1959), Japanese Renju player
• Shinya Nakamura (仲邑 信也; born 1973), Japanese Go player
• Shuhei Nakamura (中村 修平; born 1981), Japanese Magic: The Gathering player
• Sumire Nakamura (仲邑 菫; born 2009), Japanese Go player
• Ryōsuke Nakamura (中村 亮介; born 1985), Japanese shogi player
• Taichi Nakamura (中村 太地; born 1988), Japanese shogi player

• Akihiro Nakamura (中村 彰宏; born 1977), Japanese footballer
• Atsutaka Nakamura (中村 充孝; born 1990), Japanese footballer
• Fumiaki Nakamura (中村 文昭; born 1981), Japanese footballer
• Haruki Nakamura (born 1986), American football player
• Hideyuki Nakamura (中村 英之; born 1984), Japanese footballer
• Hirohito Nakamura (中村 洋仁; born 1974), Japanese footballer
• Hokuto Nakamura (中村 北斗; born 1985), Japanese footballer
• Kaede Nakamura (中村 楓; born 1991), Japanese women's footballer
• Kazuyoshi Nakamura (中村 一義; born 1955), Japanese footballer
• Keita Nakamura (footballer) (中村 慶太; born 1993), Japanese footballer
• Keito Nakamura (中村 敬斗; born 2000), Japanese footballer
• Kengo Nakamura (中村 憲剛; born 1980), Japanese footballer
• Kiyoshi Nakamura (footballer) (中村 聖; born 1971), Japanese footballer
• Koki Nakamura (中村 宏輝; born 1992), Japanese footballer
• Kosei Nakamura (中村 幸聖; born 1981), Japanese footballer
• Kosuke Nakamura (中村 航輔; born 1995), Japanese footballer
• Kyoga Nakamura (仲村 京雅; born 1996), Japanese footballer
• Manabu Nakamura (中村 学; born 1977), Japanese footballer
• Naoshi Nakamura (中村 直志; born 1979), Japanese footballer
• Ryota Nakamura (中村 亮太; born 1991), Japanese footballer
• Shigekazu Nakamura (中村 重和; born 1958), Japanese footballer and manager
• Shin Nakamura (中村 伸; born 1974), Japanese footballer
• Shun Nakamura (footballer) (中村 駿; born 1994), Japanese footballer
• Shunsuke Nakamura (中村 俊輔; born 1978), Japanese footballer
• Shunta Nakamura (中村 駿太; born 1999), Japanese footballer
• Tadashi Nakamura (footballer) (中村 忠; born 1971), Japanese footballer and manager
• Taisuke Nakamura (中村 太亮; born 1989), Japanese footballer
• Takumi Nakamura (中村 拓海; born 2001), Japanese footballer
• Toya Nakamura (中村 桐耶; born 2000), Japanese footballer
• Yoshiro Nakamura (中村 祥朗; born 1979), Japanese footballer
• Yuki Nakamura (中村 祐輝; born 1987), Japanese footballer
• Yusuke Nakamura (footballer) (中村 友亮; born 1986), Japanese footballer
• Yuto Nakamura (中村 祐人; born 1987), Japanese footballer
• Yuya Nakamura (footballer, born 1986) (中村 祐也), Japanese footballer

• Akimasa Nakamura (中村 彰正; born 1961), Japanese astronomer
• Akira Nakamura (academic) (中村 粲; 1934–2010), Japanese academic
• Alice Nakamura, Canadian economist
• Eiichi Nakamura (chemist) (中村 栄一; born 1951), Japanese chemist
• Emi Nakamura, American economist
• Hajime Nakamura (中村 元; 1912–1999), Japanese academic
• Hiroshi Nakamura (biochemist) (中村 拓; born 1890), Japanese biochemist
• Karen Nakamura (born 1970), American academic and writer
• Kojiro Nakamura (中村 廣治郎), Japanese scholar of Islam
• Lisa Nakamura, American academic
• Satoshi Nakamura (中村 哲), Japanese scientist
• Shuji Nakamura (中村 修二; born 1954), Japanese-born American engineer, inventor of blue LEDs, academic and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014
• Takafusa Nakamura (中村 隆英; 1925–2013), Japanese economist
• Tetsu Nakamura (physician) (中村 哲; 1946–2019), Japanese physician
• Yasunobu Nakamura (中村 泰信; born 1968), Japanese quantum physicist
• Yusuke Nakamura (geneticist) (中村 祐輔; born 1952), Japanese geneticist and cancer researcher

• Anne Nakamura (中村 アン; born 1987), Japanese model, television personality and actress
• Carol Nakamura (born 1983), Brazilian dancer, actress and television personality
• Chiyo Nakamura (中村 チヨ; 1906–1969), Japanese writer
• Fuminori Nakamura (中村 文則; born 1977), Japanese writer
• Makoto Nakamura (中村 誠; born 1970), Japanese anime screenwriter
• Mitsuo Nakamura (中村 光夫; 1911–1988), Japanese writer
• Shin'ichirō Nakamura (中村 真一郎; 1918–1997), Japanese writer
• Tadashi Nakamura (filmmaker) (born c. 1980), Japanese-American filmmaker

• Ataru Nakamura (中村 中; born 1985), Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• Aya Nakamura (born 1995), French singer
• Dan Nakamura, American music producer
• Goh Nakamura, American musician, film score composer and actor
• Hachidai Nakamura (中村 八大; 1931–1992), Japanese songwriter and jazz pianist
• Kaho Nakamura (中村 佳穂; born 1992), Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress
• Kazuha Nakamura (中村 一葉; born 2003), Japanese singer, ballet dancer, rapper and member of K-pop girl group Le Sserafim
• Koji Nakamura (中村 弘二; born 1977), Japanese musician, and former guitarist and lead singer for the Japanese rock band Supercar
• Kôzô Nakamura (中村 康三), Japanese video game composer
• Maiko Nakamura (中村 舞子; born 1991), Japanese singer
• Masato Nakamura (中村 正人; born 1958), Japanese musician
• Naoto Nakamura (中村 直人; born 1979), Japanese singer-songwriter who performs under the name Naoto Inti Raymi
• Shigenobu Nakamura (中村 滋延; born 1950), Japanese composer and music teacher
• Tatsuya Nakamura (中村 達也; born 1965), Japanese musician
• Teruo Nakamura (musician) (中村 照夫; born 1942), Japanese jazz bassist
• Toshimaru Nakamura, Japanese musician
• Yu Nakamura (中村 優; born 1987), Japanese singer, model, television personality and gravure idol
• Yuriko Nakamura (中村 由利子), Japanese composer and pianist
• Hiroko Nakamura (中村 紘子; 1944–2016), Japanese classical pianist
• Takayuki Nakamura (中村 隆之; born 1967), Japanese video game composer

• Aoi Nakamura (中村 蒼; born 1991), Japanese actor
• Atsuo Nakamura (中村 敦夫; born 1940), Japanese actor and politician
• Ayano Nakamura (仲村 綾乃; born 1980), Japanese actress
• Chie Nakamura (中村 千絵), Japanese voice actress
• Chise Nakamura (中村 知世; born 1986), Japanese actress and gravure model
• Daiki Nakamura (中村 大樹; born 1962), Japanese voice actor
• Daisuke Nakamura (actor) (中村 太亮; born 1985), Japanese voice actor and actor
• Eriko Nakamura (中村 繪里子; born 1981), Japanese actress and voice actress
• Nakamura Ganjirō II (中村 鴈治郎; 1902–1983), Japanese actor
• Hidetoshi Nakamura (中村 秀利; 1954–2014), Japanese voice actor
• Kaito Nakamura (actor) (中村 嘉惟人; born 1998), Japanese actor and model
• Nakamura Kankurō VI (born 1981), Japanese kabuki actor
• Nakamura Kanzaburō, Kabuki stage name
• Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII (1955–2012), Japanese kabuki actor
• Katsuo Nakamura (中村 嘉葎雄; born 1938), Japanese actor
• Mami Nakamura (中村 麻美; born 1979), Japanese actress
• Masatoshi Nakamura (中村 雅俊; born 1951), Japanese actor and singer
• Masaya Nakamura (actor) (中村 昌也; born 1986), Japanese actor
• Nobuo Nakamura (中村 伸郎; 1908–1991), Japanese actor
• Saemi Nakamura, American actress
• Nakamura Shichinosuke II (born 1983), Japanese kabuki actor
• Shizuka Nakamura (中村 静香; born 1988), Japanese gravure idol and actress
• Shugo Nakamura (仲村 宗悟; born 1988), Japanese voice actor and singer
• Shūsei Nakamura (仲村 秀生; 1935–2014), Japanese voice actor
• Suzy Nakamura, American actress
• Tadashi Nakamura (voice actor) (中村 正; 1929–2019), Japanese voice actor
• Tamao Nakamura (中村 玉緒; born 1939), Japanese actress
• Tetsu Nakamura (actor) (中村 哲; 1909–1992), Japanese actor and opera singer
• Tomoya Nakamura (中村 倫也; born 1986), Japanese actor
• Tōru Nakamura (actor) (仲村 トオル; born 1965), Japanese actor
• Nakamura Umemaru (初代 中村 梅丸; born 1996), Japanese kabuki actor
• Nakamura Utaemon I (1714–1791), Japanese actor
• Nakamura Utaemon II (1752–1798), Japanese actor
• Nakamura Utaemon III (1778–1838), Japanese actor
• Nakamura Utaemon IV (1798–1852), Japanese actor
• Nakamura Utaemon V (1865–1940), Japanese actor
• Nakamura Utaemon VI (1917–2001), Japanese actor
• Yuichi Nakamura (actor) (中村 優一; born 1987), Japanese actor and singer, member of Japanese talent group D-BOYS
• Yuichi Nakamura (voice actor) (中村 悠一; born 1980), Japanese voice actor
• Yūko Nakamura (中村 優子; born 1975), Japanese actress
• Yuri Nakamura (中村 友理; born 1982), Japanese actress and singer
• Yuri Nakamura (singer) (中村 由利), Japanese actress

• Asumiko Nakamura (中村 明日美子), Japanese manga artist
• Félix Nakamura (1940–2000), Peruvian animator
• Nakamura Fusetsu (中村 不折; 1866–1943), Japanese painter
• Gakuryō Nakamura (中村 岳陵; 1890–1969), Japanese painter
• Gorō Nakamura (中村 梧郎; born 1940), Japanese photographer
• Hikaru Nakamura (artist) (中村 光; born 1984), Japanese manga artist
• Hiroshi Nakamura (artist) (中村 宏; born 1932), Japanese artist
• Ikuo Nakamura (中村 征夫; born 1945), Japanese photographer
• Kazuo Nakamura (1926–2002), Japanese-Canadian painter and sculptor
• Kenji Nakamura (中村 健治; born 1970), Japanese anime director
• Masaya Nakamura (photographer) (中村 正也; 1926–2001), Japanese photographer
• Mitsuru Nakamura (中村 満), Japanese artist and poet
• Nakamura Daizaburō (中村 大三郎; 1898–1947), Japanese painter
• Naondo Nakamura (中村 直人; 1905–1981), Japanese painter and sculptor
• Noboru Nakamura (中村 登; 1913–1981), Japanese film director
• Rikkō Nakamura (中村 立行; 1912–1995), Japanese photographer
• Robert A. Nakamura (born 1937), American documentary filmmaker
• Ryūtarō Nakamura (中村 隆太郎; 1955–2013), Japanese anime director
• Shungiku Nakamura (中村 春菊; born 1980), Japanese manga artist
• Takashi Nakamura (中村 たかし; born 1955), Japanese animator and anime director
• Nakamura Tsune (中村 彝; 1887–1924), Japanese yōga painter
• Yoshihiro Nakamura (中村 義洋; born 1970), Japanese film director and screenwriter
• Yoshiki Nakamura (仲村 佳樹; born 1969), Japanese manga artist
• Yutaka Nakamura (中村 豊; born 1967), Japanese animator

• Aketo Nakamura (中村 明人; 1889–1966), Japanese general
• Hirohiko Nakamura (中村 博彦; 1943–2013), Japanese politician
• Hōdō Nakamura (中村 法道; born 1950), Japanese politician
• Itaru Nakamura (born 1963), Japanese police bureaucrat
• Nakamura Junkuro (中村 純九郎; 1853–1947), Japanese politician
• Kishirō Nakamura (中村 喜四郎; born 1949), Japanese politician
• Kōtarō Nakamura (中村 孝太郎; 1881–1947), Japanese general
• Kuniwo Nakamura (中村 國雄; 1943–2020), former President of Palau
• Nakamura Satoru (general) (中村 覚; 1854–1925), Imperial Japanese Army general
• Seiji Nakamura (仲村 正治; 1931–2018), Japanese politician
• Shozaburo Nakamura (中村 正三郎; 1934–2023), Japanese businessman and politician
• Tetsuji Nakamura (中村 哲治; born 1971), Japanese politician
• Tokihiro Nakamura (中村 時広; born 1960), Japanese politician
• Toshifumi Nakamura (中村 寿文; 1939–2024), Japanese politician
• Nakamura Yoshikoto (中村 是公; 1867–1927), Japanese bureaucrat, entrepreneur and politician
• Masao Nakamura (中村 正雄; 1892–1939), Japanese general

• Nakamura (bandit) or Nakamura Chōbei (中村 長兵衛), Japanese bandit and alleged slayer of Akechi Mitsuhide
• Craig H. Nakamura (born 1956), American jurist
• Eric Nakamura, American magazine publisher
• Hiroshi Nakamura (dissident) (中村 泰; born 1930), Japanese dissident and convicted murderer
• Ichiro Nakamura (died 1999), Japanese religious leader
• Nakamura Ichiroemon, 17th-century Japanese swordsman
• Ikumi Nakamura (中村 育美), Japanese video game artist
• Judith Nakamura (born 1960), American judge
• Kiharu Nakamura (中村 喜春; 1913–2004), Japanese geisha
• Koichi Nakamura (中村 光一; born 1964), Japanese video game designer
• Koumei Nakamura (中村 孝明; born 1947), Japanese celebrity chef
• Kunio Nakamura (中村 邦夫; born 1939), Japanese businessman
• Mamoru Nakamura (died 1992), Palauan jurist
• Nakamura Masanao (中村 正直; 1832–1891), Japanese samurai, philosopher and educator
• Masaya Nakamura (businessman) (中村 雅哉; 1925–2017), Japanese businessman
• Mitsuhiro Nakamura (中村 光宏; born 1984), Japanese announcer
• Satoru Nakamura (Scouting) (中村 知; 1893–1972), Japanese educator and Scouting leader
• Seisaku Nakamura (中村 誠策), Japanese serial killer
• Shiro Nakamura (中村 史郎; born 1950), Japanese car designer
• Shun Nakamura (中村 俊), Japanese video game designer
• Teruo Nakamura (中村 輝夫; 1919−1979), Japanese soldier and World War II holdout
• William K. Nakamura (1922–1944), United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• Yorinaga Nakamura (中村 頼永; born 1963), Japanese shoot wrestler
• Yugo Nakamura (中村 勇吾; born 1970), Japanese web designer

• Aika Nakamura, a character in the anime series Persona 4: The Animation
• Asako Nakamura, a character in the manga series Ushio and Tora
• Ethan Nakamura, a character in the novel series Percy Jackson and The Olympians
• Hajime Nakamura, a character in the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Ryuki
• Hiro Nakamura, a character in the American television series Heroes
• Jay Nakamura, Superman (Jon Kent)'s boyfriend in DC Comics
• Kaito Nakamura, a character in the American television series Heroes
• Kimiko Nakamura, a character in the American television series Heroes
• Rio Nakamura (中村 莉桜), a character in the manga series Assassination Classroom
• Okuto Nakamura, a character in the manga series Go For It, Nakamura!
• Yuri Nakamura, a character in the anime series Angel Beats!
• Vice Admiral Nakamura, a character in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Nakamura, a character in the manga series Kodomo no Jikan
• Sawa Nakamura, a character in the manga "Aku no Hana"
• Suzy Nakamura, a character in the graphic novel American Born Chinese
• Shiori Nakamura, a character in the video game Yo-kai Watch

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