He is a two-time winner of the Ōshō title, and the current president of the Professional Shogi Players Group [ja].

[1] In 1976, he won the 1st Junior High School Student Meijin Tournament [ja], and that same year was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a protegee of shogi professional Yoshimasa Saeki [ja].

Others in the group include Yoshikazu Minami, Michio Takahashi, Akira Shima, Yasuaki Tsukada, Hiroshi Kamiya, Masaki Izumi, and Yūji Yoda [ja].

[9] In addition, Nakamura received the "25 Years Service Award"in recognition of being an active professional for twenty-five years in 2005 as well as the "Shogi Honor Fighting-spirit Award" for winning 600 official games as a professional in 2006.

He was first elected as a vice-president in April 2011,[11] and served in that capacity until the end of February 2017 when he was selected to replace Yasumitsu Satō at a special session of the association.