Nakamura
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Nakamura (中村 "middle village") is the eighth most common Japanese surname.
People named Nakamura include:
- Akimasa Nakamura (astronomer)
- Daiki Nakamura (voice actor)
- Dan Nakamura 'The Automator' (music producer)
- Hikaru Nakamura (chess player)
- Hisashi Nakamura - Soke of (not undisputed, especially regarding their historic claims) martial arts school Takeda Ryu (Nakamura Ha)
- Koumei Nakamura (celebrity chef)
- Kuniwo Nakamura (former President of Palau)
- Manto Nakamura (artist)
- Masato Nakamura (musician)
- Nakamura Kusatao (author, poet)
- Noboru Nakamura (film director)
- Ryûtaro Nakamura (anime director)
- Nakamura Shichinosuke II (actor)
- Shinichiro Nakamura (author)
- Shinsuke Nakamura (professional wrestler)
- Shuichi Nakamura (economist)
- Shuji Nakamura (materials science professor, UCSB, developer of the Gallium Nitride LED)
- Shunsuke Nakamura (football/soccer player)
- T. Nakamura (theoretical physicist)
- Tadashi Nakamura (karateka, founder of Seido Karate)
- Takayuki Nakamura (composer)
- Tamao Nakamura (actress, wife of Shintaro Katsu)
- Toshimaru Nakamura (musician)
- Yoshiki Nakamura (mangaka)
- Yosikazu Nakamura (Russian linguist in Japan)
- Nakamura - slayer of Akechi Mitsuhide
Places named Nakamura:
- Nakamura-shi, a city in Kochi Prefecture
- Nakamura-ku, a ward in Nagoya city in Aichi Prefecture
Fictional characters named Nakamura:
- Admiral Nakamura, a character in Star Trek: The Next Generation, played by Clyde Kusatsu
- Hiro Nakamura, a character from the television series Heroes, played by Masi Oka
- Grace Nakamura, a character from the computer game series Gabriel Knight