is a Japanese screenwriter.
Nojima was born in Niigata Prefecture.[1] He graduated from Saitama Municipal Urawa High School in 1981. Following graduation, he entered Chūō University majoring in political science, though dropped out and moved to Los Angeles and entered UCLA.
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.