Nakamura (surname)
| Pronunciation | Nakamura |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Japanese |
| Meaning | Middle village |
| Region of origin | Japanese |
| [1] | |
Nakamura (中村, "middle village") is the 5th-most-common Japanese surname.[2] Less-common variants are 中邑, 仲村 and 仲邑. Notable people with the surname include:
Sports
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
- Go Nakamura (中村 豪, born 1986), Japanese footballer
- Haruki Nakamura (born 1986), American football player
- Hayato Nakamura (中村 隼, born 1981), Japanese footballer
- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Hirohiko Nakamura (中村 博彦, 1943–2013), Japanese politician
- Hōdō Nakamura (中村 法道, born 1950), Japanese politician
- Nakamura Junkuro (中村 純九郎, 1853–1947), Japanese politician
- Judith Nakamura (born 1960), American judge
- Kishirō Nakamura (中村 喜四郎, born 1949), Japanese politician
- Aketo Nakamura (中村 明人, 1889–1966), Japanese general
- 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
- Nakamura Yoshikoto (中村 是公, 1867–1927), Japanese bureaucrat, entrepreneur and politician
- Masao Nakamura (中村 正雄, 1892–1939), Japanese general
- Itaru Nakamura (born 1963), Japanese police bureaucrat
Other
[edit]- 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
- 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
[edit]- 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
- 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
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 1990 Census Name Files Archived 2010-10-07 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
- ^ "明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation]" (PDF) (Press release). Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
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