Nakamoto is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Hiroshi Nakamoto (born 1966), baseball playerKuniharu Nakamoto (born 1959), football playerSatoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of the bitcoin digital currencyShuhei Nakamoto (born 1957), vice-president of Honda RacingSuzuka Nakamoto (born 1997), Japanese idol singer, member of groups Karen Girl's, Sakura Gakuin, and BabymetalYuta Nakamoto (born 1995), Japanese idol singer in Korea, member of boy group NCT : NCT 127, under SM Entertainment