Nakamura is the CEO of SHIRO NAKAMURA DESIGN ASSOCIATES Inc. acting as design consultant globally. In January 2019, he founded Hollywood Hills Creative Platform in California, and started design development activity.
He served as Senior VP and Chief Creative Officer of Nissan for 17 years until March 2017, contributing to the turnaround of the company, having previously been the Design Director of Isuzu Motors.
Nakamura-san graduated from Art Center College of Design in 1981 and has since been awarded prestigious design accolades around the world. He serves as a judge at concours events at Pebble Beach, CA and Villa d’este, Italy.