Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I whakauruhia a Nakajima ki roto i te kapa kapa U-20 a Norio Sasaki mo te 2010 U-20 World Cup
i Tiamana. I puta ia i roto i nga whakataetae e toru a Japan ki Mexico, Nigeria me Ingarangi, i eke ki te whaainga kotahi i te wikitoria 3 × 1 ki Ingarangi, i te mea i whakakorea a Japan i te roopu roopu. I whiwhi a Nakajima i tana kapa tuatahi mo te roopu pakeke ki te United States i te Mei 14, 2011. I te Hurae 10, 2013, i karangahia ia ki te 2013 East Asian Cup i Korea ki te Tonga. I eke ia i tana whaainga tuatahi i te Hurae 20 i te wikitoria 2-0 ki a Haina i te tukinga whakamutunga o te East Asian Cup tuatahi. I te tau 2014, i purei ia i te 2014 Asian Cup me te 2014 Asian Games. I wikitoria a Japan i te toa i te Ipu o Ahia me te waahi tuarua i nga Taakaro o Ahia. I te tau 2018, i purei ia i te Ipu o Ahia 2018 a Iapana i wikitoria i ta raatau taitara tuarua.