Biography
Kojima was born in Kumejima, Shimajiri District, Okinawa and grew up in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo. He studied at Waseda University, earning a degree in Japanese literature.
Kojima's "Sonna no kankei nee" was nominated in the 2007 buzzwords-of-the-year contest (shingo ryukogo taisho (新語・流行語大賞?)) in Japan.
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