is a Japanese

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Career

Nojima was born in

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. He graduated from Saitama Municipal Urawa High School in 1981. Following graduation, he entered Chūō University majoring in

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, though dropped out and moved to

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and entered

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. In 1987, wanting to learn screenwriting, he took a course by the Japan Writers Guild. This led to projects such as Heart Cocktail. In May 1988, he won an award for ''Toki niwa Haha no nai Ko no yō ni'' which marked the start of his career. He next did the screenwriting for the series ''Kimi ga Uso o Tuita'' (You Lied), which had an average viewership of 17.3%. In 1993, he wrote

Kōkō Kyōshi is a Japanese TV series that aired from January 8 through March 19, 1993. It was written by Jinji Nojima, with Hiroyuki Sanada and Sachiko Sakurai playing the lead roles. It aired on TBS Television (Japan), TBS Television on Friday nights at 22:0 ...

. The story took up various social taboos, such as love between a teacher and student, rape, and incest.

Works

Dramas

* Toki niwa Haha no nai Ko no yō ni (1988) * Kimi ga Uso o Tuita (1988) * Aishiatteru kai! (1989) * Suteki na Kataomoi (1990) *

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(1991) * Ai to iu Na no Moto ni (1992) *

(1993) * Hitotsu Yane no Shita (1993) *

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(1995) * Hitotsu Yane no Shita 2 (1997) * Seija no Kōshin (1998) * Seikimatsu no Shi (1998) *

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(1999) * Utsukushii Hito (1999) * Strawberry on the Shortcake (2001) * Golden Bowl (2002) *

Kōkō Kyōshi (2003) is a Japanese TV series that aired from January 8 through March 19, 1993. It was written by Jinji Nojima, with Hiroyuki Sanada and Sachiko Sakurai playing the lead roles. It aired on TBS Television on Friday nights at 22:00. Background The TV ...

(2003) *

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(2004) * Aikurushii (2005) * Bara no nai Hanaya (2008) *

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(2009) *

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(2010) * Perfect Son (2012) * 49 (2013) * Platonic (2014) * Oniichan, Gacha (2015) *

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(2016) * Papa-katsu (2017) * Ame ga Furu to Kimi wa Yasashii (2017) * Kareshi o Rōn de Kaimashita (2018) * Kiss Shitai Matsuge (2018) * Takane no Hana (2018) *

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(2019) *

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(2021)

Movies

* Kimi wa Boku o Suki ni naru (1989) * Suki! (1990) * Kōkō Kyōshi: Mō Hitotsu no Mayu no Monogatari (1993) *

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(1994) * Ie naki Ko (1994)

Anime

* Wonder Egg Priority (2021)

References

1963 births Living people 20th-century Japanese screenwriters Television shows written by Shinji Nojima {{Japan-writer-stub