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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0609</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2026-07-24</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>false</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001163653</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>NOMURA HOLDINGS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NMR</issuerTradingSymbol>
        <issuerForeignTradingSymbol>TSE: 8604</issuerForeignTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0002120468</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Ishizuka Masahiro</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerNonUSAddressFlag>true</rptOwnerNonUSAddressFlag>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>13-1, NIHONBASHI 1-CHOME, CHUO-KU</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TOKYO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerNonUSStateTerritory>JAPAN</rptOwnerNonUSStateTerritory>
            <rptOwnerCountry>M0</rptOwnerCountry>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>103-8645</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>JAPAN</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>false</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>false</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2026-07-24</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>183.958</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>9.83</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>482.535</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Held in officers' stock ownership plan</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>10600</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The reported price has been converted into U.S. dollars from Japanese yen using the JPY164.01 = US$1 as spot exchange rate on the Transaction Date, as reported by MUFG Bank, Ltd on July 24, 2026.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Changes in amount of securities beneficially owned also reflect transfers of 700 shares from officer's stock ownership plan account to a brokerage account in the reporting person's name on June 25, 2026, since the reporting person's filing on Form 4 on May 25, 2026; no change in the total amount of securities beneficially owned as a result of such transfers.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Takashi Futaki, as Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-07-27</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
