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Don Nomura
, is a sports agent who primarily represents Japanese baseball players.
==Early life==
Don Nomura was born Donald Engel at St. Luke's International Hospital in Chūō, Tokyo. Born to an American father and a Japanese mother, Yoshie Itō left the family when Don was six, leaving Alvin George Engel to care for him and his younger brother Kenneth. He attended St. Mary's International School, a private, English-speaking Catholic school in Tokyo, until he was kicked out for fighting at the age of 16. Don then attended Zama High School, where he played baseball, and graduated in 1975. During this time, he began visiting his mother, who had changed her name to Sachiyo and married NPB catcher and manager Katsuya Nomura.〔Whiting 2004, p. 123〕 After completing high school, Don enrolled at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, California where he studied and played baseball from 1975–77.〔
In 1977, at the age of 21, the Japanese Home Ministry would no longer allow Don to hold a dual US–Japan citizenship, requiring him to choose one. He chose Japanese citizenship. Don's decision was influenced by a NPB restriction that allowed only two foreign players per team at the time. He then assumed the name until his stepfather adopted him that same year, at which time he took the name Don Katsuki Nomura.〔Whiting 2004, p. 124〕 Commenting on his new Japanese name, Nomura remarked, "It helped me get into places and meet people". He began playing on a minor league team affiliated with the Yakult Swallows the next year as a utility infielder.〔 In 1981, he was released after playing four seasons with the team because of poor performance. That same year, Nomura's 62-year-old father, Alvin Engel, committed suicide in Hawaii via carbon monoxide poisoning. Nomura traveled to Hawaii to pick up his father's ashes and returned them to Japan.〔Whiting 2004, pp. 124–125〕
In 1982, Don Nomura moved to Los Angeles, California with his new wife. There he worked a series of odd jobs that including minor league scout, travel agent, janitor and store clerk. For a time, Nomura was forced to send his wife and infant daughter back to Japan while he lived out of his car in Los Angeles because of his poor financial state. By 1985, he had saved enough money to rent an apartment and bring his family back to L.A.〔Whiting 2004, p. 125〕 Nomura then converted $1,000 to $41,000 while playing baccarat in Las Vegas, Nevada. The money helped him to buy an apartment building in L.A. for $250,000 that he later sold for $400,000.〔Whiting 2004, p. 126〕
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