Nakano (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese ballerina *, Japanese swimmer * Daisuke Nakano, Japanese gymnast *

Eiji Nakano was a Japanese film actor. Career Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Nakano attended Hōsei University, but left before graduating. When he was playing for the Nikkatsu amateur baseball team, he was scouted as an actor and made his debut in 1925 in ' ...

, film actor (1904–1990) *

Emiko Nakano Emiko Nakano (1925–1990) was an American Abstract expressionism, abstract expressionist painter, printmaker, fiber artist, and fashion Illustrator. Biography Emiko Nakano was born on July 4, 1925 in Sacramento, California; her parents were im ...

(1925–1990), American abstract expressionist painter and printmaker, fashion Illustrator *

George Nakano George Nakano (born November 24, 1935) served as a California State Assemblyman for the 53rd district from 1998 until 2004. During his time in the Assembly, Nakano was chosen to serve as the chairman of the Democratic caucus. In 2006, Nakano sou ...

, retired American politician *, Japanese Nordic combined skier * Hidemitsu Nakano, army general (1890–1982) * Hiroko Nakano, Japanese politician *

Hiroyuki Nakano is a Japanese film director. Filmography * ''Watching People'' (1989) * ''Spiritual Earth: Aloha Wave'' (1995) * '' Samurai Fiction'' (1998) * ''Pop Group Killers'' (2000) * '' Red Shadow'' (2001) * ''Stereo Future'' (2001) * ''Slow Is Beautifu ...

, film director *

Junya Nakano is a Japanese video game composer. After working for Konami in the early 1990s, he was employed by Squaresoft and then Square Enix from 1995 to 2009. He is best known for scoring ''Threads of Fate'' and co-composing ''Final Fantasy X'' for Squa ...

, video game composer *

Kansei Nakano is a Japanese politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party of Japan and the Vice-Speaker of the Lower House of the Diet. Nakano was born in 1940 in Nagasaki. At age four, he experienced the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. In 1963, he graduated ...

, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *

Keiko Nakano is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and professional golfer better known as . She began competing in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) as a teenager under the ring name Bull Nakano. As a wrestler she was a villain, who often teamed w ...

, golfer and former professional wrestler as Bull Nakano *

Koichi Nakano (born November 14, 1955 in Kurume, Fukuoka) of Japan is a former professional track racing cyclist and ten-consecutive-time world champion in track cycling sprint. He is among the best track sprinters of modern times. From 1977 to 1986, he won ...

, retired cyclist * Koji Nakano (disambiguation), multiple people *

Kiyoshi Nakano is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Kawagoe, Saitama is a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated p ...

, Japanese politician * Kumiko Nakano, actress *, Japanese long-distance runner * Mari Nakano, Japanese member of the World Scout Committee *

Masashi Nakano is a Japanese politician and former Secretary-General of the Party for Japanese Kokoro. A native of Shiogama, Miyagi and graduate of Tohoku Gakuin University, he was first elected to the assembly of Miyagi Prefecture in 1983. During his second ...

, Japanese politician * Midori Nakano, magazine columnist *, Japanese ice hockey player * Ryotaro Nakano (born 1988), Japanese footballer * Ryuen Nakano, the

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Shizuki Tadao was a Japanese astronomer and translator of European scientific works into Japanese. Shizuki was adopted as a child into a family of translators from Dutch to Japanese, and in 1776 Shizuki began working in the family profession; however, in 1777 ...

(1760-1806), Japanese astronomer and translator *, Japanese swimmer * Seigō Nakano, fascist politician (1886–1943) *

Shinji Nakano Shinji Nakano (中野信治, born 1 April 1971) is a Japanese professional racing driver. His father, Tsuneharu, was also a racing driver. He competed in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship. Racing career Pre Formula One Career Formu ...

, auto racer *, Japanese rugby union player *

Shinya Nakano is a retired Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Superbike rider. He is not related to the former Formula One racer Shinji Nakano. Career Early career Nakano was All-Japan 250cc champion in 1998, the highlight of a long career in b ...

, retired motorcycle racer * Syuichi Nakano, astronomer *, Japanese musician *

Nakano Takeko was a Japanese female warrior of the Aizu Domain, who fought and died during the Boshin War. During the Battle of Aizu, she fought with a naginata (a Japanese polearm) and was the leader of an ad hoc corps of female combatants who fought in ...

, female warrior (1847–1868) *, Japanese professional wrestler *

Teruyoshi Nakano was a Japanese special effects director. Early life Nakano was born on in Andong, Manchukuo (now Dandong, Liaoning, China). His father worked for an affiliate of South Manchuria Railway called International Transport. His childhood was ...

special effects Special effects (often abbreviated as SFX, F/X or simply FX) are illusions or visual tricks used in the theatre, film, television, video game, amusement park and simulator industries to simulate the imagined events in a story or virtual wor ...

director * Tsutomu Nakano, retired freestyle swimmer *, Japanese footballer *

Yoshio Nakano Yoshio (Yosh) Nakano is a professional poker player and entrepreneur who resides in Long Beach, California. He has played professionally for over 20 years and is a long-time regular at high-stakes poker tables at the Bicycle Casino in Los Ange ...

, professional poker player *

Yukari Nakano is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She is the 2006 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2003 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2005–06 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2007 Asian Winter Games champion, and a three-time ...

, retired figure skater

Fictional characters

* Azusa "Azu-nyan" Nakano, a character in the anime/manga series ''

K-On! is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Kakifly serialized in Houbunsha's '' Manga Time Kirara'' magazine between the May 2007 and October 2010 issues, and also serialized in Houbunsha's '' Manga Time Kirara Car ...

'' * Hiroshi Nakano, a character in the anime/manga series ''

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'' * Any of the 5 following quintuplets in the anime/manga series ''

The Quintessential Quintuplets is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Negi Haruba. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from August 2017 to February 2020, with its chapters collected into fourteen ''tankōbon'' volumes. The series ...

'', their dad Maruo Nakano or their mom Rena Nakano: ** Ichika Nakano ** Miku Nakano ** Nino Nakano ** Yotsuba Nakano ** Itsuki Nakano {{Authority control Japanese-language surnames