Nagaoka may refer to: Places Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan Nagaoka-kyō, the capital of Japan from 784 to 794 Nagaokakyō, Kyoto, Japan, a city at the location of Nagaoka-kyō Izunagaoka, Shizuoka, Japan, a former town in Izu Peninsula People with the surname , Japanese footballer , Japanese physicist responsible for the 1904 "Saturnian" model of atomic structure , Japanese ski jumper , Japanese women's basketball player , Japanese volleyball player , Japanese religious leader , Japanese illustrator , Japanese speed skater , Japanese shogi player Other uses Nagaoka (crater), a lunar crater named after Hantaro Nagaoka Japanese-language surnames