 Nakajima akabatanidzwa muJapan U-20 national team squad yaNorio Sasaki ye2010 U-20 World Cup muGermany. Akaonekwa mumitambo yese yeJapan nhatu vachirwisa Mexico, Nigeria neEngland, achihwina chibodzwa chimwe chete mukukunda kwe3 × 1 vachirwisa England, sezvo Japan yakadzingwa muchikamu cheboka. Nakajima akagamuchira kapu yake yekutanga yechikwata chevakuru kurwisa United States musi waMay 14, 2011. Musi waChikunguru 10, 2013, akashevedzwa ku2013 East Asian Cup muSouth Korea. Akahwina chibodzwa chake chekutanga musi waChikunguru 20 mukukunda 20 vachipesana neChina mumutambo wekutanga weEast Asia Cup. Muna 2014, akatamba 2014 Asian Cup uye 2014 Asian Games. Japan yakakunda mukombe weAsian Cup uye nzvimbo yechipiri paAsia Games. Muna 2018, akatamba pa2018 Asian Cupuye Japan yakakunda zita rayo rechipiri rakatevedzana. 