Nakai (written: , or ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Nakai is also a surname among the Navajo people of the American Southwest. Notable people with the surname include:
R. Carlos Nakai (born 1946), Native American flautist Raymond Nakai (1918–2005), Chairman of the Navajo Nation (1963–1970)
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