Tomomitsu Nozaki
Born in 1964 in Saitama Prefecture, where he spent his childhood.
In the second grade of elementary school, he moved to Nichinan, the hometown of his parents.
Coming from a family with no agricultural background, he developed a longing for farming during his middle school years. He went on to attend the Takamine Agricultural High School (Livestock Department) and later the Faculty of Agriculture (Livestock Science) at Miyazaki University.
After graduation, he spent two years in Nebraska, USA, as part of a farm training program.
Upon returning to Japan, he worked for a livestock company.
In 1992, when deciding to become independent, he realized that starting livestock farming would be difficult. He then chose to begin a new career in facility horticulture, achieving his goal of becoming a new farmer in an unfamiliar field.