TORUxxx was a support guitarist for The Mad Capsule Markets

The Mad Capsule Markets

The Mad Capsule Markets were a Japanese band that formed in 1990 and were active until 2006...

. before joining The Mad Capsule Markets, TORUxxx was a member of Japanese punk groups Star-Club and Londs Of Three and later joined mad in 1997 on the Digidogheadlock album after a long line of live backing guitars had come and gone (one of them including Takashi Fujita, formerly of Doom

Doom (Japanese band)

Doom was a Japanese thrash metal band by former Zadkiel members Takashi and Koh. Formed in Tokyo in 1985, the first line up included Takashi "Taka" Fujita , Koh "Pirarucu" Morota and Jouichi "Joe" Hirokawa . The group released their first EP Go Mad Yourself! in 1986, and the debut album No More...

). TORUxxx guitar playing and backing vocals was somewhat different from the styles of former mad guitarists Minoru Kojima

Minoru Kojima

Minoru Kojima was the original guitarist for Japanese 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...

 and Ai Ishigaki

Ai Ishigaki

Ishigaki Ai was the support guitarist for The Mad Capsule Markets from 1990 to 1996. He got the job as support guitarist after being a roadie for MCM in the Berrie days...

's as TORUxxx had a more metalcore

Metalcore

Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...

 style of playing the guitar, and his screams are now backing vocals on most tracks. It has been stated that TORU had left the band before mad announced the hiatus (which explains why Minoru played the "CiSTm K0nFLiqT" UK tour) and may later re-join when mad start making new material.

Miscellnea

• TORUxxx has a fondness of tattoos, and skateboarding (which he is seen doing in one of mad's videos)
• TORUxxx was a member of Japanese Metalcore supergroup Undown
  Undown
  A Japanese supergroup often put in the category of Hardcore though their style is individual. Some fans also call their music 'Ninjacore' due to the hertitage of the band. Forming in 1998 with members from several prolific heavy Japanese bands...
  
   but he is currently a member of the Japanese band Angelo, which features members of the now defunct PIERROT
  Pierrot (band)
  Pierrot was a Japanese visual kei rock band, originally founded as Dizy-Lizy in 1994 by Kirito and Jun in Nagano. The original band members were Hidelow on vocals, Kirito and Jun on guitar, Kohta on bass and Luka on drums. After changing their name to Pierrot, Luka left in November and Takeo joined...
  
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