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Nomo's personality

Well, on the mound he’s a warrior. In front of the media interviews he’s kind of stoic. In private, very funny, he jokes around a lot and he’s a good guy. I just think he has professional side to him and he considers interviews with media and or being on the mound practice. He takes those things very seriously as job/work, but outside of that he’s pretty funny. I’ve gone out with him on several occasions- dinners and so on, it’s a lot of fun, we have lots of laughs and so on that most people don’t get to see that part of Nomo I think.


baseball Hideo Nomo United States

Date: March 21, 2014

Location: California, US

Interviewer: Mark Langill

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

Interviewee Bio

Acey Kohrogi, formerly Director of Asian Operations for Los Angeles Dodgers and assistant to Peter O’Malley, owner of the Dodgers, for 20 years, is currently working for MVP Sports Group, serving as the firm's head of Asian operations. Kohrogi spent two decades with the Dodger organization and helped them attract the likes of Major League Baseball stars Hideo Nomo, Takashi Saito, Hiroki Kuroda, Chan Ho Park and Hong-Chi Kuo. His interview for Discover Nikkei was conducted in conjunction with Dodgers—Brotherhood of the Game, the exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum. (September 2014)

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Toshihiko Seki

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Toshihiko Seki

Making Sushi and Enjoying Life (Japanese)

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Toshihiko Seki

Raising a Golden Egg (Japanese)

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Margaret Narumi
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Nomo Press Conference

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Nomo's American Debut

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Japanese Fans

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Margaret Narumi

Nomo's Risk

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Margaret Narumi

Baseball Hall of Fame

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Margaret Narumi

The Nomo Tornado in 1995 (Japanese)

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Margaret Narumi

How the Dodgers internationalized MLB (Japanese)

Producer at NHK Cosmomedia America, Inc.

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Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura
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Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura

Attitudes toward Hikiagesha

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Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura
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Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura

First Impressions of the US

(b. 1938) Philipines-born hikiagesha who later migrated to the United States.

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Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura

Unique Identity from Having Multiple Backgrounds

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Yoshiko Yamaguchi
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Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Benefits of getting American citizenship (Japanese)

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Toshiaki Toyoshima
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Toshiaki Toyoshima

Wanting to serve authentic nigiri sushi in America (Japanese)

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