Sean Nakamoto

A 2008 Graduate of Venice Senior High School in Venice, California, Nakamoto lettered 3 years playing on a varsity team that was a 3-time runner up in the conference and made appearances in the CIF playoffs. 

After graduating high school, Nakamoto went on to attend Santa Monica College from 2008-2010 where he went on to compete in local open tournaments including the SoCal Open Sectionals which was a qualifier for the LA Open ATP tournament. Nakamoto then transferred to the University of Hawaii at Manoa where he went on to earn a BS in Communicology. While completing his degree, he began working in the Punahou Tennis School in January of 2012, where he went on to grow into all facets of the department including the after school program, private lessons, FOPT (Friends of Punahou Tennis) Manager, and serving as a head coach for the boys and girls JV and Intermediate teams. 

Nakamoto was selected as Team Hawaii’s travel coach for the 2018 12 & under USTA Hawaii Zonals and the 2019 14 & under USTA Hawaii Zonal. 
 
Nakamoto has worked at Punahou since 2012.