Yoshio (Yosh) Nakano is a professional poker player and entrepreneur who resides in Long Beach, California.
and is a long-time regular at high-stakes poker tables at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles.
He was a co-founder and a "resident pro" at the online poker site PokerBlue, before it closed down in March 2007.
He represented Japan in the inaugural Intercontinental Poker Championship.
Nakano defeated Lithuanian Tony G two out of three matches at the heads-up final table to take down the $350,000 first place money.