Nakamura (surname) explained

Nakamura
Pronunciation:	Nakamura
Meaning:	Middle village
Region:	Japanese
Origin:	Japanese
Footnotes:	^[1]

is the 5th-most-common Japanese surname.^[2] Less-common variants are, and . Notable people with the surname include:

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

• , 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
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• Haruki Nakamura (born 1986), American football player
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , 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
• , 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
• , 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 writer
• Tadashi Nakamura (filmmaker) (born c. 1980), Japanese-American filmmaker

Music

• , 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
• , Japanese songwriter and jazz pianist
• , 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 (born 1937), 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 politician
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese politician
• Judith Nakamura (born 1960), American judge
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese general
• , Japanese general
• , former President of Palau
• , Imperial Japanese Army general
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese businessman and politician
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese bureaucrat, entrepreneur and politician
• , Japanese general
• Itaru Nakamura (born 1963), Japanese police bureaucrat

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
• Ichiro Nakamura (died 1999), Japanese religious leader
• Nakamura Ichiroemon, 17th-century Japanese swordsman
• , Japanese video game artist
• , Japanese geisha
• , Japanese video game designer
• , Japanese celebrity chef
• , Japanese businessman
• , Japanese samurai, philosopher and educator
• , Japanese businessman
• , Japanese announcer
• , Japanese educator and Scouting leader
• , Japanese serial killer
• , Japanese car designer
• , Japanese video game 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 video game Persona 4
• 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
• 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

See also

• Japanese name
• List of most popular Japanese family names

References

1. https://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html 1990 Census Name Files
2. 明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [''Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation'']]. Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. 2008-09-24. 2019-03-09.