is a manga artist from Kōchi City, Japan. He is best known for his numerous manga adaptations of the popular fighting game series Street Fighter

Street Fighter

, commonly abbreviated as SF, is a series of Fighting Games developed in Japan in which the players pit the video games' competitive fighters from around the world, each with his or her own unique fighting style, against one another...

. Two of Nakahira's original concepts for his Street Fighter manga, the character of Evil Ryu (Ryu's possession by the ) and Karin Kanzuki (Sakura Kasugano

Sakura Kasugano

is a player character in the Street Fighter series of fighting games. Sakura is portrayed in the series as a young Japanese schoolgirl who idolizes Ryu, whom she wants to be trained by.-In video games:...

's rival) were adapted into later video games.

Works

• Super Street Fighter II Cammy (1994)
• Street Fighter Alpha (1996)
• Street Fighter: Sakura Ganbaru!
  Street Fighter: Sakura Ganbaru!
  is a manga series written and illustrated by Masahiko Nakahira. The story follows Sakura Kasugano in her quest to become a street fighter and meet Ryu.- Characters :- Volumes :Sakura Ganbaru! has been released in tankōbon and kanzenban formats....
  
  (1996)
• Street Fighter III Ryu Final (1997)
• Hakaima Sadamitsu
  Sadamitsu the Destroyer
  is a manga series by Masahiko Nakahira. It was adapted into a 10 episode animated series.The story stars Tsubaki Sadamitsu, a young delinquent and leader of the Corpse Gang, who after a chance encounter with an alien robot is forced to take up the task of capturing intergalactic criminals named...
  
  (1999)