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My Take
What gets me about Daisuke Nakajima is the sheer audacity of the switch — son of an F1 driver, racer through his twenties, and now an airline pilot. Born in Okazaki, Aichi in 1989, he grew up in the heart of Japan's car manufacturing world, which probably explains why machines and speed are basically hardwired into his DNA. Aoyama Gakuin gave him the academic chops; the racetrack gave him the nerve; and then he traded the cockpit of a race car for the cockpit of an airliner. Racing is about finding where certainty breaks down and pushing past it, while flying passengers is about never letting it break — genuinely opposite mindsets, and he has lived both. That's honestly the part I respect most.
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Overview
Daisuke Nakajima is a Japanese airline pilot and retired racing driver born on January 29, 1989, in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture. He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University. The son of former Formula One driver Satoru Nakajima and younger brother of Kazuki Nakajima, he raced in Honda's development program before leaving motorsport to become a pilot.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Daisuke Nakajima
- Name (Japanese)
- 中嶋大祐
- Reading
- なかじま だいすけ
- Born
- January 29, 1989 (age 37)
- Origin
- Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- Occupation
- Engineer / Racing Driver
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Snake
2. Background
- University
- Aoyama Gakuin University
3. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%B6%8B%E5%A4%A7%E7%A5%90
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456105
4. About this entry
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Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Daisuke Nakajima born?
Daisuke Nakajima was born on January 29, 1989 and is 37 years old.
Where is Daisuke Nakajima from?
Daisuke Nakajima is from Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
What does Daisuke Nakajima do?
Daisuke Nakajima works as Engineer, Racing Driver.
Where did Daisuke Nakajima study?
Daisuke Nakajima attended Aoyama Gakuin University.
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