# Nakamura (surname)

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

## 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 (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
* 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
* 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 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

* 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

### 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, 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

* 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, 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
* 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
* 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