Haruna Kojima

I'll be honest, Kojiharu always struck me as someone who turned a soft, dreamy aura into an actual superpower. In AKB48 she had this slightly spacey, "wait, is she even paying attention?" energy that somehow made a room exhale, and I could never tell if it was pure instinct or quietly brilliant timing. The plot twist is what got me: after graduating she didn't just coast on idol nostalgia, she launched her own fashion line and ran it like she meant business. That combo gets me every time, the floaty angel who turns out to have a sharp commercial brain underneath. A Saitama girl building her own lane on taste and stubbornness alone? Yeah, I'm quietly rooting for her, and I think she earned every bit of it.

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Haruna Kojima is a Japanese idol, fashion model, and entrepreneur born on April 19, 1988, in Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture. She rose to prominence as a member of AKB48, where she became one of the group's most recognizable faces. After graduating from the group, she successfully launched her own fashion brand, establishing herself as a businesswoman. She continues to be active across modeling, business, and social media.

Name (English)

Haruna Kojima

Name (Japanese)

小嶋陽菜

Reading

こじま はるな

Born

April 19, 1988 (age 38)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Dragon

Origin

Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Height

164 cm

Occupation

Idol / Fashion Model / Entrepreneur / YouTuber

Works summary

Appearances

261 (1994–2025)

By year

1994: 1, 2000: 1, 2007: 5, 2008: 6, 2009: 2, 2010: 6, 2011: 8, 2012: 11, 2013: 9, 2014: 13, 2015: 8, 2016: 10, 2017: 12, 2018: 4, 2019: 4, 2020: 3, 2021: 2, 2025: 1

Debut work

1994年の雷鳴

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://ogipro.com/talent/kojima/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nyanchan22/
• Xhttps://x.com/kojiharunyan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E5%B6%8B%E9%99%BD%E8%8F%9C
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q399637

Tags

• From Saitama Prefecture
• Idol
• Entrepreneur
• Fashion Model

Last updated

2026-08-26

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