Nakano (surname)
Nakano is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Ayako Nakano, Japanese ballerina
- Ayako Nakano, Japanese swimmer
- Daisuke Nakano, Japanese gymnast
- Eiji Nakano, film actor
- George Nakano, retired American politician
- Hideki Nakano, Japanese Nordic combined skier
- Hidemitsu Nakano, army general
- Hiroko Nakano, Japanese politician
- Hiroyuki Nakano, film director
- Junya Nakano, video game composer
- Kansei Nakano, Japanese politician
- Katsuya Nakano, Japanese footballer
- Kei Nakano, Japanese footballer
- Keiko Nakano, golfer and former professional wrestler as Bull Nakano
- Koichi Nakano, retired cyclist
- Koji Nakano, multiple people
- Kiyoshi Nakano, Japanese politician
- Kumiko Nakano, actress
- Madoka Nakano, Japanese long-distance runner
- Mari Nakano, Japanese member of the World Scout Committee
- Masashi Nakano, Japanese politician
- Midori Nakano, magazine columnist
- Minoru Nakano, Japanese ice hockey player
- Ryotaro Nakano, Japanese footballer
- Ryuen Nakano, the pen name of Shizuki Tadao, Japanese astronomer and translator
- Satoru Nakano, Japanese swimmer
- Seigō Nakano, fascist politician
- Shinji Nakano, auto racer
- Shogo Nakano, Japanese rugby union player
- Shinya Nakano, retired motorcycle racer
- Syuichi Nakano, astronomer
- Tadaharu Nakano, Japanese musician
- Nakano Takeko, female warrior
- Teruyoshi Nakano, special effects director
- Tsutomu Nakano, retired freestyle swimmer
- Yoshihiro Nakano, Japanese footballer
- Yoshio Nakano, professional poker player
- Yukari Nakano, retired figure skater
Fictional characters
- Hiroshi Nakano, a character in the manga series Gravitation
- Azusa Nakano, a character in the manga series K-On!
