# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/katsuya-nomura
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:37:26.404Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/katsuya-nomura"
name: "Katsuya Nomura"
slug: "katsuya-nomura"
description: "Katsuya Nomura  was a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) catcher and manager. During his over 26-season playing career mostly spent with the Nankai Hawks, he became one of NPB's greatest offensive catchers. He was awarded the Pacific League MVP Award five times, became the first NPB batter to win the Triple Crown in 1965, and holds the record for second-most home runs and RBIs in NPB history."
tagline: "Japanese professional baseball player, coach, baseball critic, baseball commentator (1935-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Katsuya_Nomura_1959_Scan10016_160913.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1935-06-29"
deathDate: "2020-02-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.5
  momentum:             1.926485067279291
  historical:           13.97239733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Katsuya Nomura"
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    title: "Katsuya Nomura"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump