Nakasone is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Hirofumi Nakasone
is a Japanese politician from Takasaki, Gunma, who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from September 2008 to September 2009. He was Minister of Education under Prime Minister Yoshirō Mori. He is former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone's s ...
(born 1945), former Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, son of Yasuhiro Nakasone
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Keith Nakasone
Keith Nakasone (born January 20, 1956) is a former competitive judoka and native of Okinawa, Japan. Nakasone is a four time (1974–1977) national collegiate judo champion at San Jose State University competing in the 132 lbs division. ...
(born 1956), American competitive judoka
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Michael Nakasone
Michael Nakasone is a band director. Born in Hawaii, he led the Hawaii Youth Symphony, the Pearl City High School (Hawaii) Band, the Royal Hawaiian Band, and most recently the Punahou School Wind Ensemble.
Early life
Nakasone was raised in Hilo ...
, American band director
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Paul Miki Nakasone (born 1963), chief of United States Cyber Command, Chief of the Central Security Service and director of the National Security Agency.
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Rino Nakasone
is a Japanese dancer, choreographer, artistic director and actor. Nakasone and her dance crew, Beat Freaks, participated in the third season of '' America's Best Dance Crew'', where they finished in second place. Nakasone has worked as a choreog ...
(born 1979), Japanese dancer and choreographer
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Nakasone Toyomiya
(active c. 1500–1530) was a Ryūkyūan Chieftain and later Anji of the Miyako Islands credited with repelling an invasion from Ishigaki Island, and expanding Miyako political control over some of the Yaeyama Islands. When the Miyako Islands wer ...
, Aji of the Miyako Islands
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Yasuhiro Nakasone
was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party from 1982 to 1987. He was a member of the House of Representatives for more than 50 years. He was best known for pushing through the ...
(1918–2019), 71st to 73rd Prime Minister of Japan
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Japanese-language surnames