Nakamura

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

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

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

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

Risa Nakamura (中村 里砂; born 1989), Japanese model, actress, television personality, and businessperson

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

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

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

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

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