There is still no information about the cause of death

Mikio 'Ko-Gami' Fujioka, guitarist for the Japanese band Babymetal, has passed away at the age of 36.

The news was released on the group's official Facebook page with the message:

"The 'Little' Guitar Kami from the #Kamiband of #BABYMETAL has passed away in the galaxies of Metal. We hope he is now with his guitar master A. Holdsworth and having fun in an epic guitar session with him.".

We are one.
Together
we are the only one.
You are the only one.
Forever.
#RestInPeace

Kami Band is the name of the instrumental band that accompanies the vocals of the J-Pop girls who form Babymetal. Fujioka started working with them in 2013.

There is still no information about the cause of his death, but according to Metro.co.uk , the guitarist fell from a deck on December 30th and died on January 5th.

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A music journalist since 2016, she was an editor at Wikimetal, where she combined her two great passions: music and writing. She believes that heavy music deserves to be everywhere and strives to make that a reality. Slipknot, Evanescence, and Bring Me The Horizon are essential to her playlist.