Nakamura (surname)
| Nakamura | |
|---|---|
| Family name | |
| Pronunciation | Nakamura |
| Meaning | Middle village |
| Region of origin | Japanese |
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Nakamura (中村 "middle village", or 仲村) is the eighth most common Japanese surname.[2]
People
- Nakamura - slayer of Akechi Mitsuhide
- Akimasa Nakamura - astronomer
- Aoi Nakamura - actor
- Chise Nakamura - actress/gravure model
- Daiki Nakamura - voice actor
- Dan Nakamura - music producer
- Hajime Nakamura - scholar, Buddhist studies
- Haruki Nakamura - American football player
- Hikaru Nakamura - chess player
- Ichiro Nakamura - spiritual leader
- Nakamura Kantarō II - Kabuki actor, a son of Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII
- Nakamura Kanzaburō - Kabuki stage name
- Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII - current holder of Nakamura Kanzaburō, formerly known as Nakamura Kankurō V
- Kazuhiro Nakamura - Mixed martial arts fighter and judoka
- Kengo Nakamura - football player
- Koumei Nakamura - celebrity chef
- Kuniwo Nakamura - former President of Palau
- Masato Nakamura - musician
- Nakamura Mitsuo - author
- Naoto Nakamura, a singer-songwriter who performs under the name Naoto Inti Raymi
- Noboru Nakamura - film director
- Reiko Nakamura - swimmer
- Ryūtarō Nakamura - anime director
- Saemi Nakamura - actress
- Nakamura Satoru - general in the Imperial Japanese Army
- Seiji Nakamura - politician
- Nakamura Shichinosuke II - Kabuki actor, a son of Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII
- Shinichiro Nakamura - author
- Shinsuke Nakamura - professional wrestler
- Shuhei Nakamura - professional Magic: The Gathering player
- Shuji Nakamura - developer of the Gallium Nitride LED and recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics
- Shunsuke Nakamura - football player
- Shūsei Nakamura - voice actor
- Suzy Nakamura - actress
- Tadashi Nakamura - karateka, founder of Seido Karate
- Takayuki Nakamura - composer
- Tamao Nakamura - actress, wife of Shintaro Katsu
- Nakamura Tempu - founder of Shin Shin Toitsu-do, Japanese yoga
- Teruo Nakamura - soldier, Japanese holdout
- Toshimaru Nakamura - musician
- William K. Nakamura - soldier
- Yoshiki Nakamura - manga artist
- Yu Nakamura - model, singer, and winner of Japanese Miss Magazine Idol contest 2005
- Yuichi Nakamura (actor) (born 1987), Japanese actor and singer, member of Japanese talent group D-BOYS
- Yuichi Nakamura (voice actor) (born 1980), Japanese voice actor
- Yuji Nakamura - long-distance runner
- Nakamura Taizaburo - founder of Nakamura Ryu, Hanshi 10th dan Battodo and Living National Treasure (Japan), swordsmanship
- Nakamura Yoshikoto - director of South Manchurian Railway & mayor of Tokyo
- Yusuke Nakamura (geneticist) - surgeon and geneticist at the University of Chicago
Fictional characters
- Hajime Nakamura, Alternative from the Tokusatsu TV series Kamen Rider Ryuki, played by Jun'ichi Mizuno
- Hiro Nakamura, a character from the American television series Heroes, played by Masi Oka
- Kaito Nakamura, a character from the American television series Heroes', played by George Takei
- Kimiko Nakamura, a character from the American television series Heroes, played by Saemi Nakamura
- Yuri Nakamura, a character from the anime and manga Angel Beats
- Ethan Nakamura, a fictional minor antagonist in the series Percy Jackson and The Olympians by Rick Riordan
- Rio Nakamura, a classmate which has significant friendship with the protagonist in the anime and manga Assassination Classroom
- Nakamura, a character in the series Kodomo no Jikan