Naoki Nakamura

For the drift driver, see Naoki Nakamura (racing driver).

Naoki Nakamura (中村直幹, Nakamura Naoki; born 19 September 1996 in Sapporo) is a Japanese ski jumper. Team bronze medalist at the 2016 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships.^[1][2]

Naoki Nakamura

Nakamura in 2019
Personal information
Born	(1996-09-19) 19 September 1996 (age 29) Rumoi, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Skiing
Club	Flying Laboratory Ski Club
World Cup career
Indiv. starts	160
Indiv. podiums	1
Team starts	16
Team podiums	3 (1 teamLH 1 teamFH 1 superteamLH)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	237.0 m (777.6 ft) Planica, 2 April 2023
Updated on 2 December 2025

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	Beijing	38	29	5	—

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships

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

Ski Flying World Championships

Year	Place	Individual	Team
2020	Planica	35	5
2022	Vikersund	37	6
2024	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 (162)

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																																	6
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	38	25	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2016/17																																	0
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	39	46	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2017/18																																	2
	–	–	q	31	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	45	29	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2018/19																																	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																																	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																																	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																																	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																																	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																																	15
	q	33	q	q	q	–	–	–	q	45	q	q	q	q	27	30	26	26	44	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2024/25																																	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																																	112
	28	11	14	17	48	9	11