His interest in music was sparked in early childhood by the sound of the organ at a local Christian church where his father served as a pastor.
Soon afterwards he signed a contract with the label, who was marketed as a rival to fellow baritone and Musashino Academia Musicae alumni Tamaki Tokuyama on Nippon Victor Records.
The song's subsequent ban,[4] as well as a general government crackdown on jazz music, resulted in the Rhythm Boys' breakup in 1941.
[citation needed] After the war, Nakano joined King Records, but quickly retired from singing citing a throat injury.
Composition became the focus of the final part of his career, penning hit songs for Chiemi Eri, Utako Matsushima, Hachirō Kasuga, Michiya Mihashi and Ichirō Wakahara.