Nakae (written: 中江) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Daisuke Nakae
(born January 1, 1985) is a Japanese professional wrestler and martial artist, better known by the ring name . He currently wrestles in Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a former GHC National Championship, GHC National Champion and a former two-tim ...
(born 1985), Japanese professional wrestler
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Masato Nakae (1917–1998), United States Army soldier
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Shinji Nakae (1935–2007), Japanese voice actor and narrator
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Toju Nakae (1608–1648), Japanese Confucian philosopher
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Yuji Nakae (born 1960), Japanese film director
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Japanese-language surnames