Nomura (written: 野村 "field village" or 埜村 "wilderness village") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Don Nomura (born 1957), Japanese-American baseball agent *

Katsuhiro Nomura Katsuhiro (written: 勝洋, 勝浩, 勝弘, 勝大, 克広, 克央, 克洋 or 功宗) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese politician *, Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese game producer *, Japanese ...

, Japanese voice actor, including in the manga series '' Living for the Day After Tomorrow'' * Katsunori Nomura (born 1973), Japanese baseball player and coach * Katsuya Nomura (1935–2020), Japanese baseball player and manager * Ken Nomura (born 1965), Japanese D1 Grand Prix Driver * Kenji Nomura (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) (1896–1956), Japanese-American painter * Kichisaburō Nomura (1877–1964), Japanese admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and the ambassador to the United States until the attack on Pearl Harbor * Kodō Nomura (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 Mary Kageyama Nomura (born September 29, 1925) is an American singer of Japanese descent who was relocated and incarcerated for her ancestry at the Manzanar concentration camp during World War II and became known as The songbird of Manzanar. Ea ...

(born 1925), Japanese-American singer, "the songbird of Manzanar" *

Masayasu Nomura was a Japanese molecular biologist. Nomura was born in April 1927, a native of Hyōgo Prefecture, and completed a bachelor's degree and doctorate at the University of Tokyo. Nomura began work in 1957 as a postdoctoral researcher in the United S ...

(1927–2011), Japanese-American biochemist who made seminal contributions in the field of RNA biology * Michiko Nomura (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 (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 (1922–2013), Japanese scientist; pioneer in the development of laboratory animals for biomedical researches * Tetsuya Nomura (born 1970), Japanese game and character designer; works at Square Enix * Tokushichi Nomura II (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 (born 1949), Japanese judoka * Yasunori Nomura, 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) (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''

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