Hirokazu Nakaima
| Hirokazu Nakaima | |
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| 仲井眞 弘多 | |
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| Governor of Okinawa Prefecture | |
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In office December 10, 2006 – December 10, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Keiichi Inamine |
| Succeeded by | Takeshi Onaga |
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19 August 1939 Osaka, Japan |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Hirokazu Nakaima (仲井眞 弘多 Nakaima Hirokazu?, born August 19, 1939) is a Japanese bureaucrat, a business leader, and a politician of Ryukyuan descent. He was elected governor of Okinawa Prefecture in 2006.
Nakaima was born on August 19, 1939 in Higashinari Ward of Osaka. Nakaima is descended from a Chinese family with the surname of Cai, one of the 36 Han Chinese Kumemura families who moved to Okinawa in 1392. In 1945 during World War II, his family escaped from the air raids in Osaka and evacuated to Meiji, Minamiamabe District, Oita Prefecture. In 1946 he returned to his parents' hometown of Naha, Okinawa. There he graduated from Kainan Elementary School, Uenoyama Junior High School, and Naha Senior High School. Nakaima excelled in math and science, earning grades that placed him at the top of his class.
Pursuing a dream of becoming an automobile designer, Nakaima sat for an exam to apply for the Government-funded/Self-funded Okinawa Student Program, a system established between the United States Military Government in Okinawa and the Japanese Government to allow students from Okinawa to attend university in mainland Japan. Nakaima passed the exam and matriculated at the University of Tokyo, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in 1961.
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