He was born and raised in Taiwan and received his entire grade school education there. His father was an agricultural official during the Japanese occupation, so he visited places all over the island.
他不僅生長在台灣，大學以前的教育也都在台灣完成。由於父親是日據時代派駐在台灣的農業官，因此中村孝志到過之處，幾乎遍佈全島。