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Kojiro is the unofficial name applied by fans to a Communications Trooper associated with Muro in the first half of Oni (apparently his right-hand man). It can be implied from the dialogue that he is a confident marksman and/or fighter, as well as a highly skilled hacker and communications expert. The fact that he co-leads the raid on TCTF HQ would make him at least a peer of Barabas.

Despite his importance, he is never named in Oni material, and is merely identified as "Syndicate Henchman" in the subtitles. Coined by Andrashi a.k.a. Loser, the name "Kojiro" was first used in Loser's Warehouse Mod.

Identification

Kojiro is commonly identified as "the Comguy with the goggles", i.e. ONCCcomguy_2, although this isn't consistent:

There are several instances of ONCCcomguy_2 that Konoko can confront and kill, i.e. regular "Comguys with goggles" (without tabi boots, though).
Sometimes Muro's Comguy doesn't wear goggles, e.g., at the Atmospheric Conversion Center.

In-game appearances

In CHAPTER 03 . PUZZLE PIECES's outro (unseen), offering to kill Konoko as Muro's van drives away: "Should I take her out?"
In CHAPTER 05 . HOT PURSUIT's outro (as ONCCcomguy_2), talking to Muro about how he's been monitoring Konoko during the chase.
In CHAPTER 06 . COUNTERATTACK (as ONCCcomguy_2), taking part in the raid on TCTF HQ: "All units converge."
In CHAPTER 07 . A FRIEND IN NEED (as ONCCcomguy_1), standing by Muro's side as Shinatama is being tortured.
In CHAPTER 08 . AN INNOCENT LIFE (as ONCCcomguy_1), following Muro on his way out of the Atmospheric Conversion Center.

We are not listing appearances of generic goggled Comguys (some of them randomized) or obsolete cutscene material from CHAPTER 04 . TIGER BY THE TAIL.

Related mods

Loser's Warehouse

Loser's Warehouse is a high-difficulty version of CHAPTER 01 . TRIAL RUN, with many unexpected challenges (like having to activate the forklift without using the stairs). The boss fight against Kojiro appears at the end of the mod and constitutes one of Loser's first attempts at realistically unforgiving AI. Before the fight, Kojiro introduces himself both by name and as Mukade's apprentice. Inspired by the Truth Number Zero hypothesis (or was it the other way around?), Loser's Kojiro fights with Ninja moves and is able to teleport. At the end of the fight, he says that the only goal of the (very challenging) fight was to hold Konoko back, allowing either for Muro's preparation of the Musashi/Vago operation, or for some other unspecified initiative (Mukade's?).

Samer's character

Playable version: Kojiro was made into a custom playable character by Samer and also made part of the Saisei Team. Mod available HERE.
NPC and opponent: The SamMegaPack Conversion mod uses the new Kojiro model in the canonical appearances listed above and in a bonus appearance during the final battle as an additional opponent. The SamMegaPack Conversion is available HERE.

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-[[Image:Commguy.jpg|thumb|left|150px|"Syndicate Henchman"]]
+[[Image:Commguy.jpg|left|150px]]
-[[Image:Comguy Render 1.jpg|thumb|right|80px|[[:Category:Character_renders|Early render]]]]
+[[Image:Comguy Render 1.jpg|right|80px]]
-[[Kojiro]] is the unofficial name applied by fans to a [[Comm_Trooper|communications trooper]] associated with [[Muro]] in the first half of Oni (Muro's apparent right-hand man). It can be implied from the dialogue that he is a confident marksman and/or fighter, as well as a highly skilled hacker and communications expert. His involvement in the raid on the TCTF HQ ({{C|6}}) shows him (co?)leading the raid, which would make him at least a peer of [[Barabas]].
+'''Kojiro''' is the unofficial name applied by fans to a [[Comm Trooper|Communications Trooper]] associated with [[Muro]] in the first half of Oni (apparently his right-hand man). It can be implied from the dialogue that he is a confident marksman and/or fighter, as well as a highly skilled hacker and communications expert. The fact that he co-leads the raid on [[TCTF HQ]] would make him at least a peer of [[Barabas]].
-Despite his importance, he is never named in Oni material, and is merely identified as "Syndicate Henchman" in the subtitles. Coined by Andrashi a.k.a. Loser, the name "Kojiro" was first used in Loser's Warehouse Mod, where Kojiro introduced himself as "[[Mukade]]'s apprentice". (Thus apparently inspired by the [[Oni2:Truth Number Zero|Truth Number Zero]] hypothesis - or was it the other way around? -, Loser's Kojiro fights with Ninja moves and is able to teleport.)
+Despite his importance, he is never named in Oni material, and is merely identified as "Syndicate Henchman" in the subtitles. Coined by Andrashi a.k.a. [[User:Loser|Loser]], the name "Kojiro" was first used in Loser's Warehouse Mod.
-Kojiro is commonly identified as "the comguy with the goggles", i.e., the '''comguy_2''' [[ONCC]], although Oni diverges from this notion on several occasions:
+==Identification==
-*There are several instances of '''comguy_2''' in interactive missions, i.e. regular "comguys with goggles" (without tabi boots, though) that Konoko can confront and kill;
+Kojiro is commonly identified as "the Comguy with the goggles", i.e. [[ONCC|ONCCcomguy_2]], although this isn't consistent:
-*Sometimes Muro's comguy doesn't wear goggles, e.g., at the Atmospheric Conversion Center ({{C|7}} and {{C|8}}).
+*There are several instances of ONCCcomguy_2 that [[Konoko]] can confront and kill, i.e. regular "Comguys with goggles" (without tabi boots, though).
-Seeing as there was a Kojiro-like ONCC early on (with both goggles and tabi boots), it would make sense to assemble such an ONCC and use it consistently in all of Oni.
+*Sometimes Muro's Comguy doesn't wear goggles, e.g., at the [[ACC|Atmospheric Conversion Center]].
 ==In-game appearances==
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+|[[Image:Comm Trooper 2.gif]] [[Image:Comm Trooper 1.gif]]
 |}
-*In {{C|3}} (outro, offscreen), offering to kill Konoko as Muro's van drives away: "[[Quotes/Speech#Outro_3|Should I take her out]]?"
+*In {{C|3}}'s outro (unseen), offering to kill Konoko as Muro's van drives away: "[[Quotes/Speech#Outro_3|Should I take her out?]]"
-*In {{C|5}} (outro, as comguy_2), [[Quotes/Speech#Outro_4|talking to Muro]] about how he's been monitoring Konoko during the chase.
+*In {{C|5}}'s outro (as ONCCcomguy_2), [[Quotes/Speech#Outro_4|talking to Muro]] about how he's been monitoring Konoko during the chase.
-*In {{C|6}} (as comguy_2), taking part in the raid on TCTF HQ: "[[Quotes/Speech#Syndicate.27s_progress|All units converge]]".
+*In {{C|6}} (as ONCCcomguy_2), taking part in the raid on TCTF HQ: "[[Quotes/Speech#Syndicate.27s_progress|All units converge.]]"
-*In {{C|7}} (as comguy_1), standing by Muro's side as Shinatama is being tortured.
+*In {{C|7}} (as ONCCcomguy_1), standing by Muro's side as Shinatama is being tortured.
-*In {{C|8}} (as comguy_1), following Muro on his way out of the [[ACC|Atmospheric Conversion Center]].
+*In {{C|8}} (as ONCCcomguy_1), following Muro on his way out of the Atmospheric Conversion Center.
-We are not listing appearances of generic goggled comguys (some of them randomized), as well as obsolete cutscene material from {{C|4}}.
+We are not listing appearances of generic goggled Comguys (some of them randomized) or obsolete cutscene material from {{C|4}}.
 ==Related mods==
-===Loser's Warehouse Mod===
+===Loser's Warehouse===
-The Warehouse Mod is a high-difficulty version of {{C|1}}, with many unexpected challenges (like having to activate the forklift without using the stairs). The boss fight against Kojiro appears at the end of the mod and constitutes one of Loser's first attempts at realistically unforgiving AI. Before the fight, Kojiro introduces himself both by name and as "Mukade's apprentice". At the end of the fight, he is not shown as defeated, instead he says that the only goal of the (very challenging) fight was to hold Konoko back, allowing either for Muro's preparation of the Musashi/Vago operation, or for some other unspecified initiative (Mukade's?). Visually, Kojiro is an ordinary '''comguy_2''' but with Ninja animations and BSL/OBD-enhanced combat skills.
+Loser's Warehouse is a high-difficulty version of {{C|1}}, with many unexpected challenges (like having to activate the forklift without using the stairs). The boss fight against Kojiro appears at the end of the mod and constitutes one of Loser's first attempts at realistically unforgiving AI. Before the fight, Kojiro introduces himself both by name and as [[Mukade]]'s apprentice. Inspired by the [[Oni2:Truth Number Zero|Truth Number Zero]] hypothesis (or was it the other way around?), Loser's Kojiro fights with [[Ninja]] moves and is able to teleport. At the end of the fight, he says that the only goal of the (very challenging) fight was to hold Konoko back, allowing either for Muro's preparation of the Musashi/Vago operation, or for some other unspecified initiative (Mukade's?).
-===Samer's mods===
+===Samer's character===
-;Playable character
+;Playable version
 :Kojiro was made into a custom playable character by [[User:Samer|Samer]] and also made part of the [[Saisei Team]]. Mod available [http://oni.bungie.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1282 HERE].
 ;NPC and opponent
-:Kojiro was added to the game to replace the regular comguy ONCCs, both in the canon appearances listed above and in a bonus appearance during the final battle, as an additional opponent. The SamMegaPack Conversion Mod is available [http://oni.bungie.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=2467 HERE].
+:The SamMegaPack Conversion mod uses the new Kojiro model in the canonical appearances listed above and in a bonus appearance during the final battle as an additional opponent. The SamMegaPack Conversion is available [http://oni.bungie.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=2467 HERE].
 [[Image:Kojiro-mod.jpg|1000px]]
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