Nakahara (written: 中原 or 仲原) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

, Japanese manga artist , Japanese manga artist , Japanese poet , Japanese graphic artist and fashion designer Kellye Nakahara (born 1950), American actress , Japanese voice actress and singer , Japanese shogi player , Japanese musician, writer and actor , Japanese singer Morihiko Nakahara (born 1975), Japanese conductor , Japanese Zen Buddhist , Japanese architect , Japanese composer , Japanese voice actor , Japanese footballer , Japanese film director , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese actor , Japanese electrical engineer , Japanese footballer , Japanese ethnologist

Fictional Characters , an antagonist in Bungo Stray Dogs , one of the main protagonists in Welcome to the N.H.K. , a supporting character in Lycoris Recoil , the main protagonist in The Wallflower