Mr. Kazunari Nakasone is the 36-year old captain of the protest ship, Henoko Blue, and an eco-tourism guide. He lives in Nago City, Okinawa.

Kazunari is originally from Motobu-cho, near Nagao City. He has been working as an eco tourist and trekking guide and sea kayaker for the past 7 years. His main clients are students on school trips, many of whom kayak around Oura Bay and remark on its beauty. When the new base is built, and the sea reclaimed for the military airstrips, the base will be reclaiming what those school children say is beautiful.

When he started his eco tourism company, there were no floats in the see to demarcate the exclusion zone of the military base into Oura Bay. The orange floats changed the water flow and sandy sediment of the bay and he was shocked by the 115 large blocks placed around the floats to keep them anchored, while also destroying the reef on which they rest.

As captain of Henoko Blue, the protest boat belonging to the Anti-Helicopter Base Council, he monitors the movement of Japan Cost Guard and the Okinawa Defense Bureau in Oura Bay. Almost every morning, before getting on the boat, he goes to the morning protests being held in front of the gates of Camp Schwab.

He does not dislike the US marines on the island because he knows that they are coming to Okinawa simply to make a living. He just wants to see all the US bases removed from the island.