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The Kojimas were built by Kojima Engineering of Kyoto, who had been involved in racing throughout the 70s in national categories and in F2 with March chassis. In addition to the KE007 and two KE009s which raced in the Japanese GP in 1976-7, they also built two examples of a BMW-engined F2 car, the KE008, one of which which won a top-class race at Suzuka in 1978 in the hands of Kunimitsu Takahasi.
Kojima's downfall was their unwillingness to race outside Japan and consequently they were starved of development. There were plans for the Kauhsen team to run a Kojima in 1978, but nothing came of these: nor was there any result from the rumoured Kojima-Honda F1 car.
The final fling was another F2 car, the KE011 driven by Didier Pironi, no less, but it was no match for the Marches which dominated Japanese F2 in 1979.
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