title: Nagaoka
text: # Nagaoka
  
  Nagaoka (jap. 長岡, 永岡 lit. "length, hill", "eternity, hill") may refer to:
  
  ## Places
  
  * Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
  * Nagaoka-kyō, the capital of Japan from 784 to 794
     * Nagaokakyō, Kyoto, Japan, a city at the location of Nagaoka-kyō
  * Izunagaoka, Shizuoka, Japan, a former town in Izu Peninsula
  
  ## People with the surname
  
  * Go Nagaoka (長岡 郷, born 1984), Japanese footballer
  * Hantaro Nagaoka (長岡 半太郎, 1865–1950), Japanese physicist responsible for the 1904 "Saturnian" model of atomic structure
  * Masaru Nagaoka (長岡 勝, born 1962), Japanese ski jumper
  * Moeko Nagaoka (長岡 萌映子, born 1993), Japanese women's basketball player
  * Miyu Nagaoka (長岡 望悠, born 1991), Japanese volleyball player
  * Nagako Nagaoka (長岡 良子), Japanese religious leader
  * Shusei Nagaoka (長岡 秀星, born 1936), Japanese illustrator
  * Yayoi Nagaoka (長岡 弥生, born 1974), Japanese speed skater
  * Yūya Nagaoka (長岡 裕也, born 1985), Japanese shogi player
  * Keiko Nagaoka (永岡 桂子, born 1953), Japanese politician
  * Shuichi Nagaoka (永岡 秀一, born 1876), Japanese judoka
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Nagaoka (crater), a lunar crater named after Hantaro Nagaoka
  