Motoki Nomachi (野町 素己[1]) (born 1976) is professor in the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

He earned his BA in 2000, his MA in Slavic languages and literatures in 2002, and his PhD in 2008, all from the University of Tokyo.

[2] In 2002–2003 he continued his education and did research at the University of Belgrade in Serbia.

Subsequently, in 2003–2005, he did research and taught Japanese language and culture at the University of Warsaw in Poland.

[3] Since 2010 Nomachi has acted as General Editor of one of the Center's periodicals, namely, Acta Slavica Iaponica.