Ryutaro Nonomura
Ryutaro Nonomura | |
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野々村 竜太郎 | |
| Member of the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly | |
| In office June 11, 2011 – July 11, 2014 | |
| Constituency | Nishinomiya City |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 29, 1966 Osaka, Japan |
| Political party | Independent (2008–2011) Nishinomiya Restoration Association (2011–2012) Nishinomiya's Goddess of Hope (2012–2013) The Last Hope (2013–2014) The Last Hope Regional Party (2014) |
| Criminal details | |
| Criminal charge | Expenses fraud and misuse of funding |
| Penalty | 3 years imprisonment 4 years suspended sentence |
Ryutaro Nonomura (Japanese: 野々村 竜太郎, Hepburn: Nonomura Ryūtarō; born July 29, 1966) is a Japanese former politician and convicted fraudster known for his crying outburst during a press conference in 2014. Being elected to the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly in 2011, Nonomura had a short legislative career before resigning in 2014 due to a financing scandal. His press conference became a meme due to his hysterical crying after being asked to explain his finances. In 2016, he was sentenced to three years in prison and four years suspended sentence for expenses fraud and misuse of funding.