Hiroshi Nakai (中井 洽, Nakai Hiroshi, 10 June 1942 – 22 April 2017) was a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. He was born in Jilin, China on 10 June 1942, then part of Manchukuo. A graduate of Keio University he was elected for the first time in 1976 after an unsuccessful run in 1972.
Nakai died on 22 April 2017 from stomach cancer at the age of 74.[1]