Naoki Nakamura

Naoki Nakamura
Nakamura in 2019
Personal information
Nationality Japan
Born (1996-09-19) 19 September 1996 (age 30)
Rumoi, Japan
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
SportSkiing
ClubFlying Laboratory Ski Club
World Cup career
Indiv. starts170
Indiv. podiums1
Team starts16
Team podiums3 (1 teamLH 1 teamFH 1 superteamLH)
Achievements and titles
Personal bests237.0 m (777.6 ft)
Planica, 2 April 2023
Medal record
Men's ski flying
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2026 OberstdorfTeam
Updated on 7 January 2026

Naoki Nakamura (中村直幹, Nakamura Naoki; born 19 September 1996 in Rumoi) is a Japanese ski jumper. Team bronze medalist at the 2016 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships.

His younger sister, Anju Nakamura, competes in the Nordic Combined. His best individual result so far is 3rd place in the competition in Ruka in the season 2022–23.

Major tournament results

Winter Olympics

Year Place Individual Team
Normal Large Men Mixed
2022 China Beijing 38 29 5 —

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships

Year Place NH LH Team LH Mixed NH
2021 Germany Oberstdorf — — 4 —
2023 Slovenia Planica 25 29 7 5
2025 Norway Trondheim 11 25 5 —

Ski Flying World Championships

Year Place Individual Team
2020 Slovenia Planica 35 5
2022 Norway Vikersund 37 6
2024 Austria Bad Mitterndorf 34 5

World Cup

Standings

 Season  Overall 4H SF RA W6 T5 P7
2015/16 67 — — N/A N/A N/A N/A
2016/17 — — — — N/A N/A N/A
2017/18 69 — — — 32 N/A N/A
2018/19 39 32 42 31 53 N/A 32
2019/20 43 33 — 44 43 34 N/A
2020/21 34 41 17 — 25 N/A 30
2021/22 31 28 31 43 N/A N/A 40
2022/23 24 35 19 26 N/A N/A 16
2023/24 56 — — — N/A N/A —
2024/25 25 19 17 17 N/A N/A 17

Individual starts (170)

winner (1); second (2); third (3); did not compete (–); failed to qualify (q); disqualified (DQ)
Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Points
2015/16 Klingenthal Lillehammer Lillehammer Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Willingen Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Trondheim Vikersund Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Lahti Kuopio Almaty Almaty Wisła Titisee-Neustadt Planica Planica Planica 6
– – – – – – – – – – – – – 38 25 – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
2016/17 Kuusamo Kuusamo Klingenthal Lillehammer Lillehammer Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Wisła Wisła Zakopane Willingen Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Sapporo Sapporo Pyeongchang Pyeongchang Oslo Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 0
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 39 46 – – – – – – –
2017/18 Wisła Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Zakopane Willingen Willingen Lahti Oslo Lillehammer Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 2
– – q 31 – – – – – – – – – 45 29 – – – – – – –
2018/19 Wisła Kuusamo Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Val di Fiemme Val di Fiemme Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Lahti Willingen Willingen Oslo Lillehammer Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 72
44 28 23 27 18 42 14 29 26 31 34 36 45 q 36 20 38 36 38 47 q q q 49 28 29 28 –
2019/20 Wisła Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Klingenthal Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Val di Fiemme Val di Fiemme Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Tauplitz Tauplitz Râșnov Râșnov Lahti Lahti Lillehammer Lillehammer 39
13 43 36 49 16 – – 31 36 28 36 34 43 33 30 q 37 39 44 43 35 – – – 43 44 39
2020/21 Wisła Ruka Ruka Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Zakopane Lahti Willingen Willingen Klingenthal Klingenthal Szczyrk Szczyrk Râșnov Planica Planica Planica 111
q q 16 29 37 33 31 20 32 q 34 48 22 – – 26 25 26 23 28 18 26 16 17 –
2021/22 Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Ruka Ruka Wisła Klingenthal Klingenthal Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bischofshofen Bischofshofen Bischofshofen Zakopane Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Willingen Willingen Lahti Lahti Lillehammer Oslo Oslo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Planica Planica 196
4 19 14 – 20 15 20 22 22 20 21 31 39 q 32 26 25 32 18 33 – 44 46 43 21 – q 26
2022/23 Wisła Wisła Kuusamo Kuusamo Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Sapporo Tauplitz Tauplitz Willingen Willingen Lake Placid Lake Placid Râșnov Oslo Oslo Lillehammer Lillehammer Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Planica Planica 275
30 11 34 3 19 26 21 36 40 36 25 47 – 30 q 42 q 18 18 16 11 43 – 20 q 32 38 11 23 44 19 7
2023/24 Kuusamo Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Klingenthal Klingenthal Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Wisła Zakopane Willingen Willingen Lake Placid Lake Placid Sapporo Sapporo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Lahti Lahti Oslo Oslo Trondheim Trondheim Vikersund Vikersund Planica Planica 15
q 33 q q q – – – q 45 q q q q 27 30 26 26 44 – – – – – – – – – – – – –
2024/25 Lillehammer Lillehammer Ruka Ruka Wisła Wisła Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Zakopane Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Willingen Willingen Lake Placid Lake Placid Sapporo Sapporo Oslo Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Planica Planica 212
43 44 30 22 29 44 32 35 36 42 17 12 21 31 27 9 16 DQ 27 39 48 10 15 14 22 20 33 15 25
2025/26 Lillehammer Lillehammer Falun Falun Ruka Wisła Wisła Klingenthal Klingenthal Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Willingen Bad Mitterndorf Bad Mitterndorf Lahti Oslo Oslo Vikersund Vikersund Planica Planica 215
28 11 14 17 48 9 11 14 17 35 11 15 15 16 47

References

  1. ↑ "Naoki Nakamura". skijumping.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Naoki Nakamura". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 21 November 2021.