is a Japanese
screenwriter.
Career
Nojima was born in
Niigata Prefecture
is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,227,496 (1 July 2019) and is the fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area at . Niigata Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture and ...
.
He graduated from Saitama Municipal Urawa High School in 1981. Following graduation, he entered Chūō University majoring in
political science
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, though dropped out and moved to
Los Angeles
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and entered
UCLA
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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. The story took up various social taboos, such as love between a teacher and student, rape, and incest.
Works
Dramas
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Toki niwa Haha no nai Ko no yō ni (1988)
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Kimi ga Uso o Tuita (1988)
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Aishiatteru kai! (1989)
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Suteki na Kataomoi (1990)
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101-kaime no Propose (1991)
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Ai to iu Na no Moto ni (1992)
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Kōkō Kyōshi (1993)
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Hitotsu Yane no Shita (1993)
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Miseinen (1995)
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Hitotsu Yane no Shita 2 (1997)
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Seija no Kōshin (1998)
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Seikimatsu no Shi (1998)
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Lip Stick (1999)
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Utsukushii Hito (1999)
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Strawberry on the Shortcake
is a Japanese romance television drama series which stars Hideaki Takizawa and Kyoko Fukada and aired on TBS in 2001. It was written by Shinji Nojima, and directed by Nobuhiro Doi and Hiroshi Matsubara.
Plot
At some point, Manato Irie ( ...
(2001)
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Golden Bowl (2002)
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Kōkō Kyōshi (2003) (2003)
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Pride
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(2004)
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Aikurushii (2005)
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Bara no nai Hanaya
is a Japanese television drama. It is broadcast and produced by Fuji Television. Drama started with a 22.4% (Kanto Region) rating on January 14, 2008.
Plot
Eiji Shiomi is a florist. He is a single man with a young daughter named Shizuku. One day ...
(2008)
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Love Shuffle (2009)
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Gold
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(2010)
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Perfect Son
is comedy-drama television series starring Hey! Say! JUMP's Ryosuke Yamada and Kyōka Suzuki, which aired on NTV from 21:00-21:54 on Saturday nights from January 14, 2012 to March 17, 2012. The screenplay was written by Shinji Nojima.
Synopsis
H ...
(2012)
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49 (2013)
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Platonic
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(2014)
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Oniichan, Gacha (2015)
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Our House (2016)
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Papa-katsu (2017)
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Ame ga Furu to Kimi wa Yasashii (2017)
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Kareshi o Rōn de Kaimashita (2018)
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Kiss Shitai Matsuge (2018)
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Takane no Hana
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from March to October 2014.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno ...
(2018)
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Yuri dano Kan dano (2019)
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Eroi Kareshi ga Watashi o Madowasu (2021)
Movies
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Kimi wa Boku o Suki ni naru (1989)
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Suki! (1990)
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Kōkō Kyōshi: Mō Hitotsu no Mayu no Monogatari (1993)
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Heroine Interview (1994)
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Ie naki Ko
is a 1977-1978 Japanese anime series by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and Madhouse. The story is based upon French author Hector Malot's 1878 novel '' Sans Famille''. It follows a young boy who works for a travelling group of players in the hope of ea ...
(1994)
Anime
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Wonder Egg Priority
, often stylized as ''WONDER EGG ✦ PRiORiTY'', is a Japanese anime television series created and written by , and directed by Shin Wakabayashi. Animated by CloverWorks, it is a co-production of Aniplex, Nippon Television, and D.N. Dream Pa ...
(2021)
References
1963 births
Living people
20th-century Japanese screenwriters
Television shows written by Shinji Nojima
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