30th Dance Critics Society of Japan Prize for Homenaje a García Lorca 1999 Tokushima Prefecture Cultural Prize 2000 Awarded the Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts for Luna (Moon) 2000 Decorated with the Cruz de Oficial de la Reina Isabel (Order of the Queen Isabella in the Grade of Officer) 2001 33rd Dance Critics Society of Japan Prize for Fantasía Atlántida 2003 Received the Purple Ribbon Medal from the Emperor of Japan in recognition of his lifelong distinguished services. 2007 39th Dance Critics Society of Japan Prize for the «love and peace trilogy»: El Cant dels Ocells: A Pau Casals, FEDERICO and Poetas en Guerra 2009 Decorated with Encomienda de la Orden del Mérito Civil (Order of Civil Merit in the Grade of Commander) by the King Juan Carlos I of Spain. 2009 Person of Cultural Merit 2009 People's Honour Award of Mugi (Tokushima, Japan) References 大久保元春『求道の旅人 小島章司とフラメンコの世界』角川SSコミュニケーションズ、2009年 (Motoharu Okubo, Pilgrim in quest of truth: Shoji Kojima and the world of flamenco'', Kadokawa SSCommunications, 2009) External links Ballet Shoji Kojima Flamenco Entrevista a Shoji Kojima, bailaor Shoji Kojima: biografía 1939 births Japanese male dancers Living people Flamenco dancers People from Tokushima Prefecture