Nagaoka

Nagaoka (jap. 長岡, 永岡 lit. "length, hill", "eternity, hill") may refer to:

Places

• Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
• Nagaoka-kyō, the capital of Japan from 784 to 794
  • Nagaokakyō, Kyoto, Japan, a city at the location of Nagaoka-kyō
• Izunagaoka, Shizuoka, Japan, a former town in Izu Peninsula

People with the surname

• Chisato Nagaoka (長岡 千里; born 1976), Japanese bobsledder
• Go Nagaoka (長岡 郷; born 1984), Japanese footballer
• Hantaro Nagaoka (長岡 半太郎; 1865–1950), Japanese physicist responsible for the 1904 "Saturnian" model of atomic structure
• Harukazu Nagaoka (長岡 春一; 1877–1949), Japanese diplomat and jurist
• Hideki Nagaoka (長岡 秀樹; born 2001), Japanese baseball player
• Keiko Nagaoka (永岡 桂子; born 1953)), Japanese politician
• Masaru Nagaoka (長岡 勝; born 1962), Japanese ski jumper
• Moeko Nagaoka (長岡 萌映子; born 1993), Japanese women's basketball player
• Mieko Nagaoka (長岡 三重子; 1914–2021)), Japanese Masters athlete
• Miyu Nagaoka (長岡 望悠; born 1991), Japanese volleyball player
• Nagako Nagaoka (長岡 良子), Japanese religious leader
• Ryosuke Nagaoka (長岡 亮介; born 1978), Japanese musician and singer
• Shusei Nagaoka (長岡 秀星; born 1936), Japanese illustrator
• Yayoi Nagaoka (長岡 弥生; born 1974), Japanese speed skater
• Yuna Nagaoka (長岡 柚奈; born 2005), Japanese pair skater
• Yūya Nagaoka (長岡 裕也; born 1985), Japanese shogi player
• Keiko Nagaoka (永岡 桂子; born 1953), Japanese politician
• Shuichi Nagaoka (永岡 秀一; born 1876), Japanese judoka

Other uses

• Nagaoka (crater), a lunar crater named after Hantaro Nagaoka