Nakai

On September 1, 2001, Nakai was born to Kasatka, with Tilikum being the father. Unlike most orcas, he was born head first. He was the first orca to be conceived through artificial insemination with a successful birth. As of August 2017, he weighed 7,000 pounds (3,200 kg) and was 19 feet (5.8 m) long. Currently, he lives at SeaWorld San Diego As a mature adolescent with nine other whales, including his half brother Makani, his half sister Kalia and his half brother Ikaika. He has lived there his entire life. In late September 2012, Nakai sustained a serious injury to his chin. SeaWorld stated that the injury occurred during "contact with the pool's environment". Nakai is one of the only captive males over the age of 10 to not have a collapsed dorsal fin, other males such as Ikaika and Trua are younger, have shorter fins, and have fully collapsed dorsal fins. Nakai's dorsal fin is nearly 5 feet (1.5 m) tall and is slightly leaning to the left. The right side of his tail fluke is curved under but the left side has yet to curve. His dorsal is currently the tallest of any captive killer whale only to be dwarfed by that of his father by a foot and a half.

Nakai likes spending most of his time with Orkid, Shouka, Kalia, Makani and Amaya, though he is often seen with any member of the pod. He has grown dramatically over the past couple of years. Dispite his size, he is very gentle with the younger calves. But he is also one of the more dominant whales at the park. He is closest with his family, but enjoys spending time with the other pod members as well. He would also spend a lot of time with his mother, Kasatka, before she passed away in August 2017.

Nakai did waterworks before they were stopped in 2010. He was young when they were stopped so he wasn't as advanced in those behaviors as some of the other whales.