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 Olympic gold medalist Shinji Hosokawa. His nephew, Tadahiro Nomura, is the only judoka to have won three gold medals at the Summer Olympics. Nomura himself attended Tenri University He also won the 1973 World Judo Championships held in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Nomura has worked as a schoolteacher in Wakayama Prefecture since retiring from competitive judo.