Shuji Nakashima (中島修二, Nakashma Shūji), (born Yamaguchi, July 8, 1963), is a former Japanese rugby union player.
At the 22nd National College Rugby Football Championship in 1985, while having drawn 12–12 with Keio University, he experienced the first victory of the team in 4 years.
[2] After that, as the player number 7, he got a chance to participate regularly in the 1991 Rugby World Cup until the match against Scotland, at Murrayfield.
After his retirement as player, Nakashima was still in the Japan national team, as forwards coach between 1999 and 2003.
In 2017, he is a member of East Coast Bays Rugby football club in Auckland, New Zealand.