FORM 6-K

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Commission File Number: 1-15270

Supplement for the month of June 2006.

NOMURA HOLDINGS, INC.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

9-1, Nihonbashi 1-chome

Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8645

Japan

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F      X                Form 40-F              

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Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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Information furnished on this form:

EXHIBIT

Exhibit Number

1. [Nomura to Announce First Quarter Operating Results on July 26]

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	NOMURA HOLDINGS, INC.
Date: June 22, 2006	By:	/s/ Tetsu Ozaki
		Tetsu Ozaki
		Senior Managing Director

News Release

Nomura to Announce First Quarter Operating Results on July 26

Tokyo, June 22, 2006—Nomura Holdings, Inc. plans to announce operating results for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007, at 15:00JST on July 26. The financial statements and presentation materials will be available on the Nomura Holdings website (www.nomura.com) shortly after the announcement.

A live audio webcast of the company’s conference call is scheduled to be delivered via nomura.com at:

21:00 (JST)

13:00 (GMT)

08:00 (EST)

Ends

For further information please contact:

Name	Company	Telephone
Hiroshi Imamura	Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. Corporate Communications Dept., Nomura Group Headquarters	81-3-3278-0591
Larry Heiman

Notes to editors:

The Nomura Group

Nomura is a global financial services group dedicated to providing a broad range of financial services for individual, institutional, corporate and government clients. The Group offers a diverse line of competitive products and value-added financial and advisory solutions through its global headquarters in Tokyo, 134 branches in Japan, and an international network in 29 countries; with regional headquarters in Hong Kong, London, and New York. The Group’s business activities include investment consultation and brokerage services for retail investors in Japan, and, on a global basis, brokerage services, securities underwriting, investment banking advisory services, merchant banking, and asset management. For further information about Nomura please visit our website at www.nomura.com.