Overview
- Japanese outlets reported that Toru Nomura died at age 89, citing related sources and giving no cause.
- He managed Waseda University from 1999 to 2004 and won five Tokyo Big6 league titles, including four straight spring–autumn crowns.
- He developed Norichika Aoki and Takashi Toritani, who went on to prominent pro careers with Yakult and Hanshin.
- Earlier in his career, he led Daishowa Paper to the 1970 Intercity corporate title and guided Osaka Kindaifuzoku High to both spring and summer Koshien, Japan’s national high school tournaments, in 1988.
- Waseda manager Satoru Komiyama publicly mourned Nomura at a Tokyo Big6 event, calling the news sad.