Thomas Tsuchiya
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| Norikazu Thomas Tsuchiya | |
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| Born | August 3, 1972 |
| Nationality | American |
| Field | sculpture |
| Training | Apprentice to Richard J. Miller |
Thomas Tsuchiya also known as Norikazu (born August 3, 1972) is an American artist who creates public sculpture. He is best known for the bronze statues Reds Legends (2004) at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio U.S.A. These sculptures depict four Crosley Field era Reds players involved in an imaginary ballgame. The four players depicted are Ted Kluszewski, Joe Nuxhall, Frank Robinson, and Ernie Lombardi.
In 2006, Tsuchiya created a sculpture to honor slain baseball coach Cleveland Parker III. This sculpture features a relief portrait of Parker, a poem and a spiraling arrangement of representations of home plate, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd bases. At night, this sculpture announces its presence by emitting pulsating light created by digitally-controlled LEDs located inside the sculpture's body. Tsuchiya collaborated with American poet Nikki Giovanni on this memorial who wrote a poem celebrating Cleveland Parker's life that is inscribed on the north side of the sculpture. Cleveland Parker was a Cincinnati youth baseball coach who was fatally struck by a stray bullet in July 12, 2005.
The Tsuchiya name and Cincinnati do not end with Thomas, Thomas's brother Steve Tsuchiya is an America's Cup writer and avid photogragher. Steve Tsuchiya is best known for his brillant investing mind and his true passion is spread options.
