[4] Up to 2020, he has been the Japan's Meijin title holder for 30 years.
[5][6] In 2019, Nakamura was awarded the 7th Lifetime Meijin title by the Japanese Renju Federation.
[8] In 1999, Nakamura played a "match of two titans" against the Estonian world champion Ando Meritee.
The match ended in a victory for Meritee with the score 3.5 - 2.5.
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