About NCA
The U.S. door to a Japanese manufacturing group.
Nose Corporation of America was established in 2020 in Virginia Beach as the U.S. subsidiary of NOSE KOZAI INC., a metals and parts supplier founded in Osaka in 1966. We give U.S. customers one local contact for the group's materials processing facilities, forging plant and machine shops in Japan.
For U.S. buyers
We source materials, forgings and machined parts from the group and its network in Japan, and handle quotes, documents and delivery from Virginia.
For U.S. technology companies
We help U.S. companies bring materials and technology to Japan, from market research to introductions to Japanese manufacturers.
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Our philosophy. We grow by building products and services together with our partners, in both countries.
Our commitments
Five principles we work by
Our philosophy is Co-Creation and Co-Prosperity: we grow by building together with our partners.
- We keep the delivery dates we agree on.
- Quality comes first, every order.
- We protect your information and data.
- We take every order seriously, even a single part.
- We connect trust between the U.S. and Japan.
Leadership
Yoshio Nose
CEO & President
Yoshio Nose started his career designing bridges. Today he builds a different kind, between Japanese manufacturers and U.S. industry. A civil engineer with an MBA, he has served as Managing Director of NOSE KOZAI since 2005 and led its entry into aerospace in 2013. Mansfield Fellow and former Visiting Scholar at Stanford University.
LinkedIn profile →Five companies, one supply chain
NOSE KOZAI INC.
Parent company. Materials, cutting and a direct network of more than 3000 Japanese manufacturers.
HOHWA
Open-die forging, heat treatment and machining. ClassNK and Bureau Veritas approved.
KOGEN
Precision and 5-axis machining of hard-to-machine materials.
Dknowledge
Data science and AI for production. A venture of Shiga University, a Japanese national university.
NCA
The group's U.S. base for customers, markets and partners.
History
| 2026 | NOSE KOZAI completes a CMMC Level 2 conditional self-assessment |
|---|---|
| 2025 | KOGEN joins the group |
| 2022 | Dknowledge established |
| 2020 | Nose Corporation of America established in Virginia Beach |
| 2017 | Transition to JIS Q 9100 certification; HOHWA joins the group |
| 2013 | Enters the aerospace market with support from Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; AS9120 certification |
| 2011 | ISO 9001 certification |
| 2008 | Shiga factory completed |
| 1966 | NOSE KOZAI founded in Osaka (incorporated 1969) |
Company facts
- Name
- Nose Corporation of America
- Established
- 2020
- Office
- 4525 Main Street, Suite 710, Virginia Beach, VA 23462-3375
- Parent
- NOSE KOZAI INC., Osaka, Japan
- sales@nca-va.com
Government contracting
- SAM.gov
- Active registration
- UEI
- VWHPSLHBJA24
- CAGE
- 09W24
- NAICS
- 332710 Machine Shops (primary)
332312, 332811, 332999, 336413, 336611