| Yuji Nomi | |
| Native Name: | 野見 祐二 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Birth Date: | 19 July 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Era: | 20th Century, 21st Century |
is a Japanese composer. His work includes the Studio Ghibli films Whisper of the Heart (1995) and The Cat Returns (2002), as well as the Kyoto Animation television series Nichijou (2011). His mentor was Ryuichi Sakamoto, whom he helped with and The Last Emperor (both 1987).
Yuji Nomi was a keyboardist in a progressive rock band in junior high and high school. He dropped out of studying in the department of science and engineering while at Chuo University, after which he began to study painting. When a friend was asked to provide music to go along with an art display, Nomi composed the music. The composer Ryuichi Sakamoto liked his music and subsequently helped him release his first album,, in 1986. He then collaborated with Sakamoto on multiple soundtracks, assisting with composing and arranging the soundtrack for The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1986), additional arrangement for music for The Last Emperor (1987), and arrangement and composition for .
His first work for Studio Ghibli was the soundtrack for the animated feature Whisper of the Heart (1995), after which he worked on several different projects for them, including the short films Kujiratori (2001) and Koro no Daisanpo (2002), and the feature film The Cat Returns (2002).
"Nonki katsu Kakoku na Eiga-Ongaku" in Ozu Yasujiro Taizen (The Complete Book of Ozu Yasujiro) by Matsuura Kanji and Miyamoto Akiko (Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. 2019)