[1] In August 2008, Nakata defeated Yoshinori Satō [ja] to become the 36th professional to win 600 official games.
[3][4] Nakata's career record in official games was 770 wins and 592 losses.
He was the challenger for the 32nd Ōi title in 1991 against Kōji Tanigawa, but lost the match 4 games to 2.
[10] Nakata received a number of awards and honors throughout his career for his accomplishments both on and off the shogi board.
[11][12] Nakata started to have health problems in October 2022 which caused him to forfeit several official games.