Nomura was born in Tokyo and spent his childhood moving between Japan and Europe. He studied oil painting and moved to New York to study at the Parsons School of Design and later, after graduation, worked in a textile design studio. He moved back to Japan in 2006 and began working as a freelance designer. In 2009, he received the Special Award for Design Innovation at Les cravates par Hermès. Since then, he has been collaborating with Hermès through both hand-drawn and digital art.