Denise Nakano

News Anchor, Reporter

Updated 12:40 PM EDT, Wed, Mar 3, 2010

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Denise Nakano joined NBC 10 News on July 28, 2003, as weekend anchor.
In October 2006, Nakano began anchoring for myphl17 news at ten powered by NBC 10. She continues to report on NBC 10 News.

Prior to joining NBC 10 News, Nakano was a general assignment reporter and substitute anchor at KCPQ-TV in Seattle, Washington.

Nakano’s on-air television career began in 1997 at KHSL-TV in Chico, California, where she was an anchor/reporter/producer. From there, she headed east to WTVH-TV in Syracuse, New York, where she worked as an anchor/reporter.

Before she began anchoring, Nakano was an assignment desk assistant for KXTV in Sacramento, California, and a radio news anchor at KJAX in Stockton, California.

Nakano grew up in Los Angeles, California, and graduated from University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications, and she minored in Political Science.

Nakano is an active member of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) and Society of Professional Journalists.

When not covering the news, Nakano, a certified scuba diver enjoys scuba diving in tropical waters! Additionally, she completed the ‘2002 Seattle Marathon.’

Nakano and her husband Ernie, a marriage counselor and family therapist, along with their two sons and dog, a ‘Weimaraner’ resides in the Philadelphia area.

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