Nakai (written: , or ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese cinematographer *, Japanese professional baseball infielder *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese politician *, Japanese politicianEven a sardine's head becomes holy: the role of household encyclopedias in sustaining civilisation in pre-industrial Japan
/ref> *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese actress *, Japanese actor *, Japanese singer, actor and host *, Japanese aesthetician, film theorist, librarian, and social activist *, general in the Imperial Japanese Army *, Japanese politician *, Japanese actress, director *, Japanese writer * R. Carlos Nakai (born 1946), Native American flautist *, former Japanese football player *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese botanist *, Japanese former handball player *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese mathematician, originator of the Nakai conjecture *, Japanese football player *, Japanese artist *, retired Japanese shooto practitioner and mixed martial artist *, Japanese badminton player Nakai is a surname among the Navajo people of the American Southwest. Notable people with the surname Nakai include * R. Carlos Nakai (born 1946) American musician, nominated for 11 Grammy Awards.

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