Koumei Nakamura (中村 孝明, Nakamura Kōmei, born November 24, 1947 in Shimabara, Nagasaki, Japan), is a celebrity chef. Most famous for being the second Japanese Iron Chef on the show, Iron Chef, he has worked at numerous restaurants such as the in Osaka, Nadaman in the Hotel New Otani, and the Nadaman Singapore in the . He later became the manager of Nadaman in the Hotel New Otani. He now has his own restaurant in Ariake, Tokyo. On Iron Chef he wore a purple outfit trimmed with gold in the Japanese style.