Nomura (written: 野村 "field village" or 埜村 "wilderness village") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Don Nomura is a sports agent who primarily represents Japanese baseball players. Early life Nomura was born Donald Engel at St. Luke's International Hospital in Chūō, Tokyo, to a Japanese mother, Yoshie Itō and a Jewish American father, Alvin George En ...

(born 1957), Japanese-American baseball agent * Katsuhiro Nomura, Japanese voice actor, including in the manga series ''

Living for the Day After Tomorrow is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by J-ta Yamada. The manga was serialized in Mag Garden's magazine '' Comic Blade Masamune'' between March 3, 2005 and June 15, 2007; five bound volumes were released in Japan. The manga was ...

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Katsunori Nomura is currently a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) coach for the Hanshin Tigers. Before coaching, he played in NPB from 1996 to 2006, primarily as a second or third-string catcher. Nomura was drafted in 1995 by the Yakult Swallows, the team manage ...

(born 1973), Japanese baseball player and coach *

Katsuya Nomura was a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) catcher and manager. During his over 26-season playing career mostly spent with the Nankai Hawks (now the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks), he became one of NPB's greatest offensive catchers. He was award ...

(1935–2020), Japanese baseball player and manager *

Ken Nomura is a drifting driver from Japan. He made his debut in the D1 Grand Prix in the 3rd round in 2001, driving the Blitz D1 Spec ER34 Skyline which he still drives. His nickname is Nomuken (のむけん) or Monkey Magic (as a reference to his comp ...

(born 1965), Japanese D1 Grand Prix Driver *

Kenji Nomura is a Japanese Seiyū, voice actor from Okayama Prefecture affiliated with Aoni Production. Known for playing characters large in size, he has starring roles in anime shows, including Mitsunori Kugayama in ''Genshiken'', Chairman Harabote in ''Kin ...

(born 1970), Japanese voice actor *

Kenjiro Nomura (baseball) is a retired Japanese baseball player. He was with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's Central League The or is one of the two professional baseball leagues that constitute Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league ...

(born 1966), Japanese former baseball player of the Hiroshima Carp *

Kenjiro Nomura (artist) Kenjiro Nomura (1896–1956) was a Japanese American painter. Immigrating to the United States from Japan as a boy, he became a well-known artist in the Pacific Northwest in the 1920s and 30s. In 1942, during the Second World War and after the si ...

(1896–1956), Japanese-American painter *

Kichisaburō Nomura was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and was the List of ambassadors of Japan to the United States, ambassador to the United States at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Early life and career Nomura was born in Wakayama, Wakayama, ...

(1877–1964), Japanese admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and the ambassador to the United States until the attack on Pearl Harbor *

Kodō Nomura was the pen-name of Nomura Osakazu (野村長一), a novelist and music critic in Shōwa period Japan. He also used the pen-name Araebisu for his music criticism. He is famous for his creation of the fictional detective Zenigata Heiji. Early lif ...

(1882–1963), pen-name of Japanese writer Osakazu Nomura, a novelist and music critic in Showa period Japan *

Mami Nomura (born October 19, 1964) is a Japanese actress from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She is a member of the Tōhō Geinō agency. A versatile actress, she appears in contemporary and historic roles. Since 1990, she has portrayed Yōko in the ...

(born 1964), Japanese actress * Mary Nomura (born 1925), Japanese-American singer, "the songbird of Manzanar" * Masayasu Nomura (1927–2011), Japanese-American biochemist who made seminal contributions in the field of RNA biology *

Michiko Nomura is a Japanese actress and voice actress. Career Nomura was previously affiliated with Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society, then Aoni Production and now she is affiliated with Ken Production, an agency founded by the late Kenji Utsumi. ...

(born 1938), Japanese voice actress *, Japanese footballer and manager *

Naokuni Nomura was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and briefly served as Navy Minister in the 1940s. Biography Nomura was born in Hioki, Kagoshima prefecture. He graduated from the 35th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 20 November ...

(1885–1973), Japanese admiral and naval attache to Nazi Germany *, Japanese Yakuza leader *, Japanese long-distance runner *

Takahito Nomura Takahito Nomura (野村貴仁, born January 10, 1969) is a former Japanese professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Orix BlueWave, Yomiuri Giants, and Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), the Milwaukee Brewers of Ma ...

(born 1969), Japanese baseball player *

Tadahiro Nomura is one of the most famous judo competitors in Japan. He is the only judoka in the world who has won three individual Olympic gold medals in a row, all in the extra lightweight (-60 kg) division. Biography Nomura was born into a family of ...

(born 1974), Japanese Judo competitor *

Tatsuji Nomura M.D., Ph.D. (May 15, 1922 – January 11, 2013) was a pioneer in the development of laboratory animals with the aim of assuring reproducibility of experimental results in medical research. He was Director of the Central Institute for Experimenta ...

(1922–2013), Japanese scientist; pioneer in the development of laboratory animals for biomedical researches *

Tetsuya Nomura is a Japanese video game artist, designer and director working for Square Enix (formerly Square). He designed characters for the ''Final Fantasy'' series, debuting with ''Final Fantasy VI'' and continuing with various later installments. Addit ...

(born 1970), Japanese game and character designer; works at Square Enix *

Tokushichi Nomura II was a Japanese businessman and investor. He was the founder of the Nomura Group zaibatsu who formed Nomura Securities in 1925.The House of Nomura, ''Al Alletzhauser'', Bloomsbury Publishing Limited () In 1928, he was appointed to the House of P ...

(1878–1945), Japanese businessman; founder of the Nomura zaibatsu *, Japanese high jumper *

Toshiro Nomura is a Japanese astronomer and co-discoverer of 13 asteroids with astronomers Kōyō Kawanishi and Matsuo Sugano is a Japanese astronomer. He has discovered a number of asteroids, including 5881 Akashi (with T. Nomura), 6559 Nomura (with ...

(born 1954), Japanese astronomer *

Toyokazu Nomura is a retired judoka who competed in the half-middleweight (70 kg) division. Life and career Nomura was born into a family of judoka. His father was the founder of a local judo dojo, and his brother was also an instructor who taught Olym ...

(born 1949), Japanese judoka *

Yasunori Nomura Yasunori Nomura (born 1974) is a theoretical physicist working on particle physics, quantum gravity, and cosmology. He is a professor of physics at University of California, Berkeley, a senior faculty scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Labor ...

, Japanese theoretical physicist *

Yasushi Nomura Viscount was a Japanese bureaucrat, statesman and cabinet minister, active in Meiji period Japan Biography Nomura was born as the second son of a low-ranked '' ashigaru samurai'' in Hagi, Chōshū Domain, (currently Yamaguchi Prefecture). A ...

, (1842–1909), Japanese politician and cabinet minister *, Japanese idol, musician and actor * Yoshitaro Nomura (1919–2005), Japanese film director *

Yuka Nomura Yuka Nomura (野村佑香; ''Nomura Yūka'', born March 20, 1984) is a Japanese actress. She was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Filmography * (1994) * 新生トイレの花子さん (''Shinsei toire no hanako-san'') (1998) * (2001) * ...

(born 1984), Japanese actress *

Inoue Masaru (bureaucrat) Viscount was the first Director of Railways in Japan and is known as the "father of the Japanese railways". Biography He was born into the Chōshū clan at Hagi, Yamaguchi, the son of Katsuyuki Inoue. He was briefly adopted into the Nomura ...

(1843–1910), Japanese bureaucrat; "Father of the Japanese Railways"; briefly bore the name Yakichi Nomura

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* , a character from the manga and anime series ''

Great Teacher Onizuka ''Great Teacher Onizuka'', officially abbreviated as ''GTO'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from January 1997 to February 2 ...

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