Nakamura Takashi was born in 1910 near Kenting at the southern tip of Taiwan. His family later moved to Hsinchu in the northwest, and he went to high school in Taipei.
他於一九一○年生於台灣恆春墾丁附近，後來遷居新竹，然後又到台北一中、台北高等學校就讀。