Career
In the fourth round he lost in three straight sets to Frantisek Cejnar from Czechoslovakia. In September of the same year he also reached the fourth round of the United States National Championships in which he was defeated in four sets by Bobby Riggs. Together with his countryman Jiro Yamagishi he reached the quarterfinal of the men"s doubles at the 1937 Wimbledon Championships.
They also clinhed the doubles title of the Pacific Coast Men"s Doubles Championship at the Louisiana Jolla Beach and Tennis Club.
In August he reached the quarterfinal of the Newport Casino Invitational falling to Frank Parker. As a result he became the third ranked player of Japan that year.
In 1951 he was still active and reached the semifinals of the Calcutta international tournament and the quarterfinal of the United States. Men"s Clay Court Championships. The best team result during that period was reaching the final of the Americas Zone in 1938 against Australia.
He also represented Japan in the 1940 International Athletic Meet in Tokyo, which was a substitute for the 1940 Summer Olympics originally scheduled to take place in Japan.
Fumiteru Nakano studied at the Hosei University of Tokyo.