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Born on August 6, 1994, Kana Nakada is from Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Kana Nakada is credited as a Japanese idol, business manager and gravure model. The age as of 2026 is 32.
My Take
Kana Nakada is one of those figures whose interest lies less in the career she started with than in the one she built afterward. Born in Saitama in 1994, she made her name as an idol, and the easy assumption about Japanese idols is that graduation is the end of the story. It rarely is, but it does force a choice, and hers was unusually deliberate. Today her credits read like a small portfolio: idol, gravure model, television personality, and company executive, alongside a serious commitment to the world of competitive mahjong. Read that list quickly and it sounds scattered. Read it slowly and it looks like someone converting a hobby and a public profile into an actual business, on her own terms, rather than waiting for the industry to assign her a next role. I find that more impressive than any single credential. Reinvention gets talked about a lot and executed rarely, and Nakada seems to have done it without much noise about it.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kana Nakada
- Name (Japanese)
- 中田花奈
- Reading
- なかだ かな
- Born
- August 6, 1994 (age 32)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Dog
- Origin
- Saitama Prefecture, Japan
- Occupation
- Japanese idol / business manager / gravure model / tarento
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3. About this entry
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- Last updated
- 2026-08-07
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. 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 Kana Nakada born?
Born August 6, 1994 (age 32).
Where is Kana Nakada from?
Kana Nakada is from Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
What does Kana Nakada do?
Kana Nakada works as Japanese idol, business manager, gravure model, tarento.