 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mokutamba basa rinokosha mumakwikwi eJapan pa 2000 Asian Cup, Nakamura airatidzika kunge akasimbisa nzvimbo yake muchikwata chenyika, achitamba mutambo wese wemutambo. Zvisinei, basa rake rechikwata chenyika rakatora kutendeuka kwakasimba mumutambo weushamwari musi wa 25 Kurume 2001, kurasikirwa kunonyadzisa 50 kuFrance. Haana kutamba nechikwata chakatungamirwa nemaneja Philippe Troussier zvakare kusvika rinenge gore gare gare, mumutambo wehushamwari neUkraine musi wa21 Kurume 2002. 