Hideo Nomo Bio. Fullname: Hideo Nomo; Nickname: The Tornado; Born: 8/31/1968 in Osaka, Japan; High School: Seijyo Kogyo, Osaka, JPN; Debut: 5/02/1995; View More Bio Info +

Hideo Nomo (野茂 英雄, Nomo Hideo, born 31 August 1968) is a Japanese former baseball pitcher who played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and Major League Baseball (MLB). He achieved early success in his native country, where he played with the Kintetsu Buffaloes from 1990 to 1994.He then exploited a loophole to free himself from his contract, and became the first Japanese major ...

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Apr 5, 2020 · Hideo Nomo pitched 12 seasons in MLB and notably threw two no-hitters. But what did the right-hander do after his retirement?

Feb 12, 2024 · Nomo joined the Kintetsu Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball’s Pacific League as a 21-year-old in 1990 and was an immediate standout, winning the league’s pitching Triple Crown, not to mention its Rookie of the Year and MVP honors.

Jul 18, 2008 · TOKYO -- Hideo Nomo was a trailblazer and an inspiration to Japanese players who dreamed of playing in the U.S. major leagues, former teammates and opponents said a day after the pitcher...

May 9, 2024 · Nomo, with his signature “tornado” wind-up, blazed the trail for so many who have come after him: Ichiro Suzuki, Kenta Maeda, Hideki Matsui, Hiroki Kuroda, Yu Darvish, the list goes on and on.

Renegade agent Don Nomura and pitcher Hideo Nomo shook up the baseball establishment in 1995. Twenty-five years after Nomo joined the Dodgers, Nomura reminisces on the profound significance of Nomomania.

Aug 11, 2024 · The first Japanese superstar in America was the tornado himself – Hideo Nomo. The Los Angeles Dodgers welcomed an iconic guest just before their game on June 10th. It was the man who debuted in Blue and set up the Blue Crew’s unending Japanese legacy.

Jun 7, 2020 · Twenty five years later, it’s an ideal time to revisit Hideo Nomo’s first MLB victory, and his role as a baseball trailblazer. Even more so perhaps because of the current absence of the regular season in North America and Japan due to the COVID-19 pandemic.