Nojima was born in
Niigata Prefecture. 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. ==Works==