is a Japanese family name.

Sports

, Japanese tennis player , Japanese decathlete , Japanese ice hockey player , Japanese figure skater , Japanese volleyball player , Japanese rugby sevens player , Japanese field hockey player , Japanese ice hockey player , Japanese swimmer Kazuhiro Nakamura (ski jumper) (born 1980), Japanese ski jumper , Japanese volleyball player , Japanese basketball coach , Japanese sailor , Japanese figure skater , Japanese table tennis player Kisato Nakamura (born 1993), Japanese cyclist , Japanese middle-distance runner , Japanese basketball player , Japanese swimmer , Japanese synchronized swimmer , Japanese rugby union player and coach , Japanese speed skater , Japanese swimmer , Japanese rugby union player , Japanese speed skater , Japanese figure skater Tadao Nakamura (born 1947), Japanese golfer , Japanese biathlete , Japanese gymnast Teruo Nakamura (golfer) (born 1952), Japanese golfer Tomohiko Nakamura (born 1991), Japanese vert skater , Japanese golfer , Japanese golfer , Japanese bobsledder , Japanese baseball player , Japanese long-distance runner , Japanese long-distance runner , Japanese volleyball player

Martial arts and wrestling , better known as Hokutofuji, Japanese sumo wrestler , better known as Onosato, Japanese sumo wrestler , Japanese mixed martial artist , Japanese mixed martial artist , Japanese mixed martial artist and judoka , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese mixed martial artist , Japanese judoka , Japanese judoka , better known as Bad Nurse Nakamura, Japanese professional wrestler Seigi Nakamura (1924–1999), Okinawan karateka Shigeru Nakamura (karate instructor) (born 1894), Japanese karate instructor , Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist , Japanese martial artist and founder of Japanese yoga , Japanese boxer , Japanese judoka , Japanese judoka

Baseball

, Japanese baseball player , Japanese baseball player , Japanese baseball player , Japanese baseball player , Japanese baseball player Micheal Nakamura (born 1976), Japanese-Australian baseball player , Japanese baseball player , Japanese baseball player , Japanese baseball player , Japanese baseball player

Board games

, Japanese Go player Hikaru Nakamura (born 1987), American chess player , Japanese shogi player , Japanese shogi player , Japanese Renju player , Japanese Go player , Japanese Magic: The Gathering player , Japanese Go player , Japanese shogi player , Japanese shogi player

Football , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer Haruki Nakamura (born 1986), American football player , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese women's footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer and manager , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer and manager , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer

Academia

, Japanese astronomer , Japanese academic Alice Nakamura, Canadian economist , Japanese chemist Emi Nakamura, American economist , Japanese academic , Japanese biochemist Karen Nakamura (born 1970), American academic and writer , Japanese scholar of Islam Lisa Nakamura, American academic , Japanese scientist , Japanese-born American engineer, inventor of blue LEDs, academic and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 , Japanese economist , Japanese physician , Japanese quantum physicist , Japanese geneticist and cancer researcher

Arts

, Japanese model, television personality and actress Carol Nakamura (born 1983), Brazilian dancer, actress and television personality , Japanese writer , Japanese writer , Japanese anime screenwriter , Japanese writer , Japanese model, actress, television personality, and businessperson , Japanese writer Tadashi Nakamura (filmmaker) (born c. 1980), Japanese-American filmmaker

Music

, Japanese singer and actress , 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 , Japanese songwriter and jazz pianist , Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress , Japanese singer, ballet dancer, rapper and member of K-pop girl group Le Sserafim , Japanese musician, and former guitarist and lead singer for the Japanese rock band Supercar , Japanese video game composer , Japanese singer , Japanese musician , Japanese singer-songwriter who performs under the name Naoto Inti Raymi , Japanese composer and music teacher , Japanese musician , Japanese jazz bassist Toshimaru Nakamura, Japanese musician , Japanese singer, model, television personality and gravure idol , Japanese composer and pianist , Japanese classical pianist , Japanese video game composer

Acting

, Japanese actor , Japanese actor and politician , Japanese actress , Japanese voice actress , Japanese actress and gravure model , Japanese voice actor , Japanese voice actor and actor , Japanese actress and voice actress , Japanese actor , Japanese voice actor , 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 , Japanese actor , Japanese actress , Japanese actor and singer , Japanese actor , Japanese actor Saemi Nakamura, American actress Nakamura Shichinosuke II (born 1983), Japanese kabuki actor , Japanese gravure idol and actress , Japanese voice actor and singer , Japanese voice actor Suzy Nakamura, American actress , Japanese voice actor , Japanese actress , Japanese actor and opera singer , Japanese actor , Japanese actor , 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 , Japanese actor and singer, member of Japanese talent group D-BOYS , Japanese voice actor , Japanese actress , Japanese actress and singer , Japanese actress

Visual arts

, Japanese manga artist Félix Nakamura (1940–2000), Peruvian animator , Japanese painter , Japanese painter , Japanese photographer , Japanese manga artist , Japanese artist , Japanese photographer Kazuo Nakamura (1926–2002), Japanese-Canadian painter and sculptor , Japanese anime director , Japanese photographer , Japanese artist and poet , Japanese painter , Japanese painter and sculptor , Japanese film director , Japanese photographer Robert A. Nakamura (1936–2025), American documentary filmmaker , Japanese anime director , Japanese manga artist , Japanese animator and anime director , Japanese yōga painter , Japanese film director and screenwriter , Japanese manga artist , Japanese animator

Politics and military , Japanese general , Japanese politician , Japanese politician Itaru Nakamura (born 1963), Japanese police bureaucrat , Japanese politician , Japanese politician , Japanese general , former President of Palau , Imperial Japanese Army general , Japanese politician , Japanese businessman and politician , Japanese politician , Japanese politician , Japanese politician , Japanese bureaucrat, entrepreneur and politician , Japanese general

Other

Nakamura (bandit) or , Japanese bandit and alleged slayer of Akechi Mitsuhide Craig H. Nakamura (born 1956), American jurist Eric Nakamura, American magazine publisher , Japanese dissident and convicted murderer Nakamura Ichiroemon, 17th-century Japanese swordsman , Japanese video game artist Judith Nakamura (born 1960), American judge , Japanese geisha , Japanese video game designer , Japanese celebrity chef , Japanese businessman Mamoru Nakamura (died 1992), first chief justice of the Supreme Court of Palau , Japanese samurai, philosopher and educator , Japanese businessman , Japanese announcer , Japanese educator and Scouting leader , Japanese serial killer , Japanese car designer , Japanese soldier and World War II holdout William K. Nakamura (1922–1944), United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient , Japanese shoot wrestler , 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 , 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 "" 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

See also Japanese name List of most popular Japanese family names

References

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