MEIN KAMPF (マインカンプ) is formed by guitarist IZUMI in Osaka (大阪)大阪.
G. IZUMI / G. KERRY / B. DEAN / D. TOSHI
Vocalist ROD's first live at Shinsaibashi BAHAMA. Before this concert, MEIN KAMPF did a instrumental demo as they had yet to find a singer.
There's contradictory info online, but the band's first flyer lists DEAN as ex-KAISER, and ROD/KERRY/TOSHI as ex-JAIL BAIT.
V. ROD / G. IZUMI / G. KERRY / B. DEAN / D. TOSHI
Tour, "TOKYO TOUR", begins.
Battle of the bands event held at Meguro ROCKMAYKAN. X also performed.
Tour, "TOKYO TOUR", ends.
大阪POWER METAL 東京HEAVY DIRTY GIG battle of the bands event held at Shibuya La-mama. DEAD END also performed.
IZUMI's departure announcement.
DEAN's departure announcement.
Last one-man at Shinsaibashi (心斎橋) BAHAMA.
Last gig at Osaka (大阪) Kishiwada Namikiri Hall (岸和田市立浪切ホール). Although the band technically continues, the live on this date ends up being their last.
Guitarist IZUMI and bassist DEAN secede.
V. ROD / G. KERRY / D. TOSHI
Vocalist ROD secedes.
G. KERRY / D. TOSHI
↓
V. RONNY / G. KERRY / G. THRASHER (スラッシャー) / B. NON-TA (?) / D. TOSHI
Three new members are eventually recruited, but the new lineup apparently never performs any lives or releases any music.
CAVE-BE
One-day revival is held with support members NOV, SHE-JA (黒岩靖) and TOBBY. AION, THE BRAINCASE, VATHOKIJA and VOLCANO also performed.
V. NOV / G. IZUMI / G. SHE-JA (黒岩靖) (support) / B. DEAN / D. TOBBY (support)
MEIN KAMPF reunion live is held.
V. HISAYOSHI (support) / G.KERRY / G. 鋼刺狼 (support) / B. DEAN / D. TOSHI
Live ~HAUNTED HOUSE PRESENTS~ "BRAINCRUSH OF THE EMPIRE" is held with ROSENFELD, Otona no Silver-Rose (大人のSilver-Rose), Vanishing and DEAD援助.
Live ~HAUNTED HOUSE PRESENTS~ "BRAINCRUSH OF THE EMPIRE CHAPTER.2", scheduled to take place at Shibuya (渋谷) VUENOS (with VOLCANO, ROSENFELD, JOE[Gilles de Rais]Project and more), is postponed due to COVID-19.
MEIN KAMPF is an active visual kei band in Osaka. They have been active since 1985.
The KOUSHIRO dude? I've seen him mentioned on HAUNTED HOUSE RECORDS website, but I read somewhere it was actually IZUMI playing as a support member. But, maybe it really is a different guy.
Did some more research and I'm almost sure the guy is KOUSHIRO, ex-THE DAY OF REVENGE guitarist, owner of rock bar Mirrorcle World and big AION/IZUMI fanatic (as this post in KISAKI's blog indicates).
At first, I was thinking he was IZUMI going by a different name, because of the signature guitar and everything, but I believe it's this guy. He also played some sessions with NOV, so the AION/MEIN KAMPF connection is there. He even has the ProCeed/ESP signature IZUMI guitar model...
So, yeah, this is my best guess by now haha.
It really is him, according to this HAUNTED HOUSE RECORDS tweet. Dude was AION's roadie too:
That line-up right before disbanding was a total mystery to me before visiting their profile here lol. Japan Metal Indies and Metal Archives both had only their classic line-up or the revival members... TOSHI and KERRY are active on Twitter, maybe asking them directly would make things clearer.