Nakamura (surname)

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

PronunciationNakamura

Word/nameJapanese

MeaningMiddle village

Region of originJapanese

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Nakamura
Origin
Pronunciation	Nakamura
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Middle village
Region of origin	Japanese
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Sports

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 (runner) (中村友梨香; born 1986), Japanese long-distance runner
Yūzo Nakamura (中村祐造; 1942–2010), Japanese volleyball player

Martial arts and wrestling

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

Baseball

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

Board games

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

Football

Akihiro Nakamura (中村彰宏; born 1977), Japanese footballer
Atsutaka Nakamura (中村充孝; born 1990), Japanese footballer
Haruki Nakamura (born 1986), American football player
Hideyuki Nakamura (中村英之; born 1984), 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
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
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

Academia

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; 1890–1974), 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

Arts

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

Music

Akiko Nakamura (中村晃子), Japanese singer and actress
Ataru Nakamura (中村中; born 1985), Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
Aya Nakamura (born 1995), French singer (adopted as a stage name)
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

Acting

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

Visual arts

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; 1932–2026), 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 (1936–2025), 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

Politics and military

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

Other

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; 1930–2024), Japanese dissident and convicted murderer
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; 1939–2022), Japanese businessman
Mamoru Nakamura (died 1992), first chief justice of the Supreme Court of Palau
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

Fictional characters

Aika Nakamura, a character in the anime series Persona 4: The Animation
Eri Nakamura (中村恵里, Nakamura Eri), a character in the Light Novel Series Arifureta
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
Kana Nakamura, a character in the manga and anime series Nichijou