After graduated from Yamaguchi Prefectural Ube High School, she entered Joshibi University of Art and Design.
[4] Nakamura was a pioneer of animation in a time where female animators were not treated the same as their male counterparts and not given the same opportunities and after graduating from Joshibi University of Art and Design, she started working at Toei Douga in 1956.
[5] She soon transferred to Mushi Production in 1960 where she became the first female animation supervisor for an entire TV series, working on the first shoujo anime Ribon No Kishi (Princess Knight).
[6] She was well known for making the female characters she worked on authentic in their femininity, devoid of the oversexualization often created by male animators.
[2] In the 2020 Tokyo Anime Award Festival, Kazuko Nakamura was honored for Hakujaden.