Enjoyed a glittering amateur career in which he spent a record 87 weeks at the top of the World Amateur Golf Ranking, surpassing Jon Rahm’s previous record of 60 weeks.

In addition to amateur titles in his native Japan, Nakajima won the Australian Amateur Championship and Asian Games in 2018. Followed in his close friend Takumi Kanaya’s footsteps as he won the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in 2021, earning debut appearances in both The Masters and The Open before turning professional in 2022. He also played in the U.S. Open that year after winning the prestigious Mark McCormack trophy in 2021, which he also won the following year.

Won on the Japan Golf Tour as an amateur in 2021 at the Panasonic Open. Won three times on his home Tour in 2023 as he went on to finish the year as the Order of Merit winner, earning playing rights for the 2024 Race to Dubai.

Claimed a maiden DP World Tour title on just his 11th start at the 2024 Hero Indian Open, going wire-to-wire at DLF Golf & Country Club to win by four strokes.