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Don Katsuaki Nomura (団 野村, Dan Nomura, born Donald Engel, May 17, 1957) is a sports agent who primarily represents Japanese baseball players.
Jun 22, 2021 · Agent Don Nomura and Hideo Nomo shook up baseball's status quo. Did Nomo exceed Nomura’s expectations in his first season with the Dodgers, when he went 13-6 and was named National League Rookie of the Year and led the league in strikeouts (236)?
Before becoming a sports agent that he is today, Don Nomura played baseball professionally in Japan. He couldn’t give up on a dream of becoming a professional baseball player, so he dropped out of college to join the Yakult Swallows as an undrafted player upon passing a tryout.
Aug 29, 2020 · Baseball agent Don Nomura, right, joins Dodgers’ pitcher Hideo Nomo at his introductory press conference in 1995. As Nomo’s agent, Nomura became the first sports agent to negotiate for players in Japan and helped bring the first Japanese superstars to Major League Baseball.
Aug 29, 2020 · With all his experience in negotiating in Japanese baseball, sports agent Don Nomura was a perfect guest for JapanBall’s “Chatter Up!” on August 13.
Aug 22, 2020 · The first professional sports agent in Japan, Don Nomura, who weaponized the NPB’s hard rules against them, joined JapanBall’s “Chatter Up!” to discuss.
Don Katsuaki Nomura is a sports agent who primarily represents Japanese baseball players. He is best known for convincing Nippon Professional Baseball players Hideo Nomo, Hideki Irabu, and Alfonso Soriano to retire from the league to sign with Major League Baseball in the 1990s, which led to the NPB dissolving the reserve clause and paved the ...
