Toyokazu Nomura

Nomura on a stamp of Umm al-Quwain
Personal information
Born	(1949-07-14) 14 July 1949 (age 74) Kōryō, Nara, Japan
Occupation	Judoka
Height	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Judo
Weight class	‍–‍63 kg, ‍–‍70 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(1972)
World Champ.	(1973)
Asian Champ.	(1972)
Medal record Men's judo Representing  Japan Olympic Games 1972 Munich ‍–‍70 kg World Championships 1973 Lausanne ‍–‍70 kg 1969 Mexico City ‍–‍63 kg 1971 Ludwigshafen ‍–‍63 kg Asian Championships 1972 Kaohsiung ‍–‍70 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	54489
JudoInside.com	5451
Updated on 22 June 2023.

Toyokazu Nomura (野村 豊和, Nomura Toyokazu, born 14 July 1949) 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 Olympic gold medalist Shinji Hosokawa. His nephew, Tadahiro Nomura, is the only judoka to have won three gold medals at the Summer Olympics.^[1] Nomura himself attended Tenri University^[1] before starting work at the Hakuhodo company. He placed second in the World Judo Championships in 1969 and 1971, and won the All-Japan Judo Championships in 1972 to become the Japanese representative for the half middleweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He won all five of his matches at the Olympics by ippon to capture the gold medal.^[1][2] He also won the 1973 World Judo Championships held in Lausanne, Switzerland.^[3]

Nomura has worked as a schoolteacher in Wakayama Prefecture since retiring from competitive judo.^[4]