Nakata (written: 中田, literally ''central rice field'') is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Daisuke Nakata is a trampoline gymnast who competed for Japan in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or th ...

(born 1974), Japanese trampolinist and ''Sasuke'' competitor *

Hidetoshi Nakata is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest Asian players of all time. Nakata began his professional career in 1995 and won the Asian Football Confederation Player ...

(born 1977), Japanese football player *

Hideo Nakata is a Japanese filmmaker. Life and career Nakata was born in Okayama, Japan. He is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on Japanese horror films such as ''Ring'' (1998), ''Ring 2'' (1999) and ''Dark Water'' (2002). Several of these we ...

(born 1961), Japanese film director *

Hiroki Nakata was a Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8-dan, but was posthumously promoted to 9-dan. Shogi professional In August 2008, Nakata defeated to become the 36th professional to win 600 official games. Nakata was given ...

(born 1964), Japanese shogi player *

Jōji Nakata is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator who is affiliated with the Office Osawa agency. His major voice roles include Alucard in ''Hellsing'', Hijikata Toshizo in Golden Kamuy, Roy Revant in ''Solty Rei'', Giroro in ''Sgt. Frog'', Kir ...

(born 1954), Japanese voice actor *

Kazuhiro Nakata is a Japanese Voice acting in Japan, voice actor affiliated with Ken Production. He played Bear in ''.hack//Sign'' and Fei-Wang Reed in ''Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle''. Biography He became interested with voice acting, while studying university ...

(born 1958), Japanese voice actor *

Kōji Nakata is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a defender and midfielder. At international level, he represented Japan national team playing at both the 2002, and the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Club career Kashima Antlers The 'other N ...

(born 1979), Japanese football player *, Japanese lawyer *, Japanese sport wrestler *

Yasutaka Nakata is a Japanese DJ and music producer. He formed the band Capsule in 1997 with vocalist Toshiko Koshijima and himself as composer and record producer when both were 17. The band debuted in 2001 with the song "Sakura". He is known for being the ...

(born 1980), Japanese music producer and DJ *, Japanese heptathlete

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