Interviews

1. Nomo Press Conference

2. Nomo's American Debut

3. Japanese Fans

4. Nomo's Risk

5. Baseball Hall of Fame

6. The Nomo Tornado in 1995 (Japanese)

7. How the Dodgers internationalized MLB (Japanese)

Narumi,Margaret

Producer at NHK Cosmomedia America, Inc.

The Nomo Tornado in 1995 (Japanese)

(Japanese) It was 1995 when Nomo first came here. Some people at this museum might not have been born at the time, but 1995 turned out to be a very special year. Nomo tested himself here and that year both won the Rookie of the Year award and was chosen as the starting pitcher at the All-Star game in Texas. American fans and Japanese fans alike, regardless of national borders, were overjoyed. That year, I think Nomo made baseball a truly wonderful thing.

1990s baseball Hideo Nomo Japan United States

Date: December 20, 2013

Location: California, US

Interviewer: Mark Langill

Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Interviewee Bio

Margaret Narumi, Producer at NHK Cosmomedia America, Inc., in Santa Monica, California, for two decades has produced broadcasts to Japan of Major League Baseball in the United States, featuring Japanese players such as Hideo Nomo, Hideki Matsui and Yu Darvish. Her interview for Discover Nikkei was conducted in both English and Japanese as part of a documentary on Hideo Nomo for the Japanese American National Museum exhibit, Dodgers—Brotherhood of the Game. (September 2014)