Karin Kojima

So here's a fun little twist I love: Karin Kojima reads as pure Kansai energy, all quick wit and that easy, room-running banter you expect from an NMB48 girl, but she's actually a Saitama kid by birth, and honestly you'd never guess. That Osaka water just took to her completely. As the group's captain she fronted it, and that looks like nonstop fun, but the people who actually carry one are usually the ones quietly sweating the details and holding everyone together. That kind of steel behind a big smile is exactly what makes her feel dependable to me.

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Karin Kojima is a Japanese tarento and commentator born on July 16, 1999, in Saitama Prefecture, and a former member of NMB48, where she served as the group's second captain. She is a Cancer by Western zodiac and belongs to the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac. She joined NMB48 through its fifth-generation audition in 2016 and is now represented by Yoshimoto Kogyo.

Name (English)

Karin Kojima

Name (Japanese)

小嶋花梨

Reading

こじま かりん

Born

July 16, 1999 (age 27)

Origin

Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Idol

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit

Blood type

A

Agency

Yoshimoto Kogyo

Active years

2016 -

Debut

2016-6-28

Works summary

Appearances

51

By year (titles with a known year)

2019: 1, 2020: 2, 2021: 4, 2022: 2, 2023: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 5, 2026: 1, year unknown: 34

Filmography / notable works

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nmb_kojima_48/
• Xhttps://x.com/nmb_KOJIMA_48
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E5%B6%8B%E8%8A%B1%E6%A2%A8
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108109848

Tags

• From Saitama Prefecture
• Idol

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. Works and profile fields sourced from Wikipedia reflect content as of 2026-08-26. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.