Nakamura (surname)

Nakamura (中村, "middle village") is the 7th most common Japanese surname.[2] Less common variants are 中邑, 仲村 and 仲邑. Notable people with the surname include:

Nakamura

Pronunciation	Nakamura
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Middle village
Region of origin	Japanese
[1]

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
• Katsuhiro Nakamura (中村 勝広, 1949–2015), Japanese baseball player, coach and manager
• 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

Martial arts and wrestling

• 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
• 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
• Tadashi Nakamura (martial artist) (中村 忠, born 1942), Japanese karateka
• Nakamura Taizaburo, founder of Nakamura-ryū
• 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 (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
• Fumiaki Nakamura (中村 文昭, born 1981), Japanese footballer
• Go Nakamura (中村 豪, born 1986), Japanese footballer
• Haruki Nakamura (born 1986), American football player
• Hayato Nakamura (中村 隼, born 1981), Japanese footballer
• 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
• Toshiki Nakamura (中村 俊貴, born 1993), 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
• Yuya Nakamura (footballer, born 1987) (中村 祐哉), 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, 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, academic and 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics
• 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

• 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
• 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
• Tomotsugu Nakamura, Japanese electronic musician
• 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 (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
• Ganjirō Nakamura (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, 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

Politics and military

• Hirohiko Nakamura (中村 博彦, 1943–2013), Japanese politician
• Hōdō Nakamura (中村 法道, born 1950), Japanese politician
• Nakamura Junkuro (中村 純九郎, 1853–1947), Japanese politician
• Judith Nakamura (born 1960), American judge
• Kishirō Nakamura (中村 喜四郎, born 1949), Japanese politician
• Aketo Nakamura (中村 明人, 1889–1966), Japanese general
• Kōtarō Nakamura (中村 孝太郎, 1881–1947), Japanese general
• Kuniwo Nakamura (中村 國雄, born 1943), former President of Palau
• Nakamura Satoru (general) (中村 覚, 1854–1925), Imperial Japanese Army general
• Seiji Nakamura (仲村 正治, born 1931), Japanese politician
• Shozaburo Nakamura (中村 正三郎, born 1934), Japanese businessman and politician
• Tetsuji Nakamura (中村 哲治, born 1971), Japanese politician
• Tokihiro Nakamura (中村 時広, born 1960), 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, born 1930), Japanese dissident and convicted murderer
• Ichiro Nakamura (died 1999), Japanese religious leader
• Nakamura Ichiroemon, 17th-century Japanese swordsman
• 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
• 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 video game Persona 4
• 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
• 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
• 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

References

1. 1990 Census Name Files Archived 2010-10-07 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
2. "明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation]" (PDF) (Press release). Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2019-03-09.

See also

• Japanese name
• List of most popular Japanese family names