Ka kammala wannan magana: Nomura ya sake lashe gasar zakarun Judo ta Japan a 1997, kuma ya lashe lambar zinare a gasar zakarun Turai a shekarar 1997
1997 Gasar Zakarun Duniya ta Judo a Paris don karfafa matsayinsa a matsayin babban dan takara a ajin nauyinsa. Bayan ya lashe gasar zakarun Japan da aka zaba a karo na uku a jere a shekarar 1998, ya ji rauni a gwiwarsa ta hagu a wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar Jigoro Kano a ranar 9 ga Janairu, 1999, kuma an tilasta masa janyewa daga gasar. Bai shiga cikin gasa ba har tsawon shekara don murmurewa daga wannan raunin kuma ya kammala digirinsa a ilimin kiwon lafiya.