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{{Short description|Japanese musician}}
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'''Minoru Kojima''' (born 11 October 1968) is a Japanese guitarist, who was the original guitarist for the experimental punk band [[The Mad Capsule Markets]]. He is also known as '''Scene''' or '''Shin Murohime''', which is apparently a conglomeration of characters from the names of different [[Boøwy]] members. He started The Mad Capsule Markets (which at the time was  called [[Berrie]]) in 1985, with vocalist [[Hiroshi Kyono]], in an attempt to create "loud, punk music" after becoming "bored" with music played on television and radio. After the release of Mad's ''[[Humanity (The Mad Capsule Markets album)|Humanity]]'', Minoru left the band and was replaced by "support guitarist" [[Ai Ishigaki]]. In 1991 Minoru started [[Die in Cries]] and in 1994 became a member of The Bloody Imitation Society. Over the years Minoru worked with more bands and even went solo for a short time before returning to Mad to play on "Good Day" from their album ''010'' and playing on their "Cistm Konfliqt" tour.

Minoru also involves himself in co-arranging music for other artists including [[Tetsuya (musician)|Tetsuya]] and [[Chieko Kawabe]]. He has also played guitar on [[Aikawa Nanase]]'s album ''7 Seven'' and her mini album ''R.U.O.K.?!'' alongside former [[hide with Spread Beaver]] members - I.N.A., [[K.A.Z]], Chirolyn, D.I.E, "Crazy" Cool Joe from [[Dead End (band)|Dead End]] and [[Pata (musician)|Pata]] from [[X Japan]]. He is also a member of Bug, with his former Die in Cries bandmate and [[D'erlanger]] front man, Kyo. Minoru currently performs with the band Spin.

==Discography==

===Berrie===
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| style="vertical-align:top;" |''Poison Revolution''
| style="vertical-align:top;" |198?
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===The Mad Capsule Markets===
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| style="vertical-align:top;" |''Government Wall''
| style="vertical-align:top;" |January 8, 1990
| style="vertical-align:top;" |Insect Noise
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| style="vertical-align:top;" |''[[Humanity (The Mad Capsule Markets album)|Humanity]]''
| style="vertical-align:top;" |October 1, 1990
| style="vertical-align:top;" |Insect Noise
|}

===Optic Nerve===
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| style="vertical-align:top;" |''Abstraction''
| style="vertical-align:top;" |September 10, 1991
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===Die in Cries===
{{Main|Die in Cries#Discography}}

===Bloody Imitation Society===

===Bug===
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| style="vertical-align:top;" |''[[Bugmania]]''
| style="vertical-align:top;" |June 26, 2002
| style="vertical-align:top;" |Cutting Edge
|}

{{The Mad Capsule Markets}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060504011544/http://murohimekojima.com/pc/ Official Website] {{in lang|ja}}
*[http://www.myspace.com/digispin Web site for new Kojima Minoru/Murohime Shin Band]

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[[Category:1968 births]]
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[[Category:Visual kei musicians]]
[[Category:Japanese punk rock musicians]]
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[[Category:20th-century Japanese guitarists]]
[[Category:21st-century Japanese guitarists]]