Famous People with Name Nomura

Yoshitaro Nomura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yoshitaro Nomura: was a prolific Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His first accredited film (Pigeon (?, Hato?)) was released in 1953; his last (Kikenna Onna-tachi (??????, Kikenna Onna-tachi?)) in 1985. He has accumulated several awards during his career, including the prestigious Japanese Academy Award for "Best Director" (for his 1978 film The Demon (??, Kichiku?)).He was the son of Hotei Nomura, a contract film director at the Shochiku film studio. Nomura entered Keio University to study art in 1936, graduated in 1941, and then promptly joined the Shochiku studios as well. He was first hired as an assistant director but before being assigned any projects he was drafted into the army before being discharged in July 1946. In the fall of the same year, he returned to Shochiku and spent his entire film career working there.

Katsuya Nomura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Katsuya Nomura: was one of Nippon Professional Baseball's (NPB) greatest players as a catcher and is a long-time manager, currently serving as the skipper of the Rakuten Golden Eagles of NPB's Pacific League.During a career that spanned four decades from 1954 to 1980, Nomura hit 657 home runs and led the Pacific League in homers eight straight seasons. (However, it should be taken into consideration that his home park, Osaka Stadium, measured only 276 feet until 1972 and 300 feet from 1972 onward down the lines, and 380 feet to straightaway center-tiny dimensions by today's standards.)[1] He finished his career with 2901 hits.

Kenjiro Nomura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Kenjiro Nomura: a former Japanese baseball player of the Hiroshima Carp of Japan's Central League.

Tetsuro Nomura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tetsuro Nomura: a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Hayato, Kagoshima and high school graduate, he was elected for the first time in 2004.

Tatsuji Nomura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tatsuji Nomura: an important pioneer in the development of laboratory animals with the aim of assuring reproducibility of experimental results in medical research. He is currently Director of the Central Institute for Experimental Animals (CIEA), Japan.His most important achievement to date is the establishment of comprehensive animal experimentation systems using strictly defined laboratory animals to assure reproducibility of experimental results in medical research