Nakao
Nakao is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Akira Nakao, Japanese actor, TV personality and artist from Kisarazu, Chiba
- Akira Nakao , Japanese boxer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Akiyoshi Nakao, Japanese actor
- Eiichi Nakao, Japanese politician
- Eri Nakao, Japanese voice actress
- Janine Nakao, judoka from USA
- Jutaro Nakao, Japanese mixed martial artist
- Koji Nakao, former Japanese football player
- Kotaro Nakao, former Japanese football player
- Mana Nakao, Japanese football player
- Mie Nakao, Japanese actress and singer
- Miki Nakao, former backstroke swimmer from Japan and Olympic medallist
- Ryūsei Nakao, Japanese actor, voice actor and singer
- Seigo Nakao, head of Japanese Studies at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, United States
- Takayoshi Nakao, former Japanese professional baseball player
- Takehiko Nakao, Japanese civil servant, elected ninth president of the Asian Development Bank in 2013
- Tomomi Nakao, former Japanese volleyball player who played for Ageo Medics
- Toshiyuki Nakao, professional shogi player
- Tsuyoshi Nakao, former Japanese football player
- Wendy Egyoku Nakao, the abbott of the Zen Center of Los Angeles
- Yoshihiro Nakao, Japanese semi-retired professional mixed martial artist
- Masaki Nakao,, Japanese actor and entertainer
