Desmond Nakano: Desmond Nakano. Writer: American Pastime. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Desmond Nakano yearned to be a rock musician, he jammed with neighborhood bands while attending North Hollywood High School, and by the time he was an underclassman studying Philosophy and English at UCLA, he had written several rock operas, after a year and a half in college, Nakano left school and moved to the Bay Area to start...
