Ayako Nakano (中野綾子, Nakano Ayako, born in 1977) is a Japanese ballerina.
3rd Prize in the Junior Class at the 1991 Asian Pacific International Ballet Competition.Won the Scholarship prize of Prix de Lausanne (the International dance competition in Lausanne) in 1992.Studied at the Royal Ballet School in England from 1992.Joined Zürcher Ballett in 1994.Joined Tanz-Forum Köln as a soloist in 1996.Joined Euregio Tanz-Forum as a soloist in 1998.Joined Staatstheater Saarbrücken as a soloist in 1999.Joined Berlin Ballett as a soloist in 2000.Joined Theater Basel as a soloist in 2001. 
