| Position: | Goaltender |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lb: | 117 |
| Sex: | f |
| Ntl Team: | JPN |
| Birth Date: | 17 May 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Tomakomai, Japan |
| Career Start: | 2002 |
(born May 17, 1985, in Tomakomai, Japan) is a Japanese ice hockey goaltender.
Nakaoku was selected for the Japan women's national ice hockey team in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She did not play, though she did dress and sit on the bench in one game.[1]
Nakaoku also played for Japan in the qualifying event for the 2014 and 2010 Winter Olympics.[2] [3]
As of 2015, Nakaoku has also appeared for Japan at seven IIHF Women's World Championships, with the first in 2003.[4]
Through 2014–15 season
| Year | Team | Event | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Japan | WW DI | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | |
| 2005 | Japan | WW DI | 3 | 2 | 1 | 178 | 4 | 1 | 1.34 | .940 | |
| 2007 | Japan | WW DI | 3 | 3 | 0 | 180 | 2 | 2 | 0.67 | 0.946 | |
| 2008 | Japan | WW | 3 | 1 | 2 | 179 | 8 | 0 | 2.67 | 0.910 | |
| 2008 | Japan | OlyQ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 119 | 4 | 0 | 2.02 | .900 | |
| 2009 | Japan | WW | 4 | 1 | 3 | 208 | 11 | 0 | 3.17 | 0.925 | |
| 2012 | Japan | WW DIA | 4 | 3 | 1 | 240 | 8 | 1 | 2.00 | 0.941 | |
| 2013 | Japan | OlyQ | 3 | 2 | 1 | 185 | 4 | 1 | 1.30 | 0.938 | |
| 2013 | Japan | WW DIA | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 305 | 1.38 | 0.933 |