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                                  UNITED STATES

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    Form 13F

                               Form 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2005

Check here if Amendment: |_|; Amendment Number: ____

This Amendment (Check only one): |_| is a restatement.
                                 |_| adds new holdings
                                    entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name: Nomura Securities Company, Ltd.
Address: 1-9- Nihonbashi, Chuo-Ku, Tokyo 103-8011, Japan

Form 13F File Number: 28-04979

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:



Name: David A. Leibowitz
Title: Head of Compliance and Surveillance
Phone: (212) 667-9387

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:



/s/David A. Leibowitz            New York, NY           May 16, 2005
    [Signature]                  [City, State]                   [Date]


Report Type (Check one only):

[ ]  13F HOLDINGS REPORT.  (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager
     are reported in this report.)

[x]  13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all
     holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)

[    ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this
     reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by
     other reporting manager(s).)

List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
[If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.]

Form 13F File Number               Name

001-15270                           Nomura Holdings Inc.






                              Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE

Report Summary:


Number of Other Included Managers:       None

Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: _____________

Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $____________
                                         (thousands)


List of Other Included Managers:

Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file nember(s) of all
institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed,
other than the manager filing this report.

[If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the column headings
and list entries.]

 None