Nakamura (surname)

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Nakamura
PronunciationNakamura
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
MeaningMiddle village
Region of originJapanese
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Nakamura (中村, "middle village") is the 7th most common Japanese surname.[2] Less common variants are 中邑, 仲村 and 仲邑. Notable people with the surname include:

Sports[]

Martial arts and wrestling[]

  • 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
  • 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
  • Tadashi Nakamura (martial artist) (中村 忠, born 1942), Japanese karateka
  • , founder of Nakamura-ryū
  • 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[]

  • 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 (中村 奨吾, born 1992), Japanese baseball player
  • Takeya Nakamura (中村 剛也, born 1983), Japanese baseball player

Board games[]

Football[]

Academia[]

  • 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, academic and 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics
  • 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[]

  • 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[]

  • 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
  • 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[]

  • 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 (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[]

  • 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[]

Other[]

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
  • 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

References[]

  1. ^ 1990 Census Name Files Archived 2010-10-07 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
  2. ^ "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.

See also[]

  • Japanese name
  • List of most popular Japanese family names
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