Takanori Nishikawa Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Takanori Nishikawa (?? ??, Nishikawa Takanori, born September 19, 1970 in Yasu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan) is a renowned Japanese singer and actor. He performs as T.M.Revolution (TMR), which stands for "Takanori Makes Revolution" (?????????, Takanori ga kakumei o okosu) although the name stems from the famous 80s pop electronic band TM Network. Despite most of his songs being written by Akio Inoue and composed/arranged by Daisuke Asakura (also TMR’s former producer), T.M.Revolution is considered Nishikawa’s solo project. Nishikawa is also known for contributions of ending and opening themes to many notable anime and game series.Nishikawa debuted as TMR with the release of his first single "Dokusai (Monopolize)" (?? -monopolize-) in May 1996. Later that year, his third single "Heart of Sword (Yoake Mae)" (HEART OF SWORD ??????) was used as the third ending song for the anime series Rurouni Kenshin, further expanding his fan base. He also contributed six songs to the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED franchise – three for Gundam SEED and three for Gundam SEED Destiny. Nishikawa has guest starred as a minor character in each of those anime series that featured his songs. In 2010, his single "Save the One, Save the All" was used as the ending theme song for the movie Bleach: Hell Verse. Nishikawa has also had a long-standing affair with Capcom's Sengoku Basara series of video games and media franchise, with several of his songs being used for it, including Crosswise and Flags.T.M.Revolution is the first artist to be signed to Tofu Records, a record label (affiliated with Sony Music Japan) promoting j-pop artists in North America. Tofu released three of his most recent studio albums: coordinate (2003), Seventh Heaven (2004), and vertical infinity (2005). Nishikawa made his North American live debut at Otakon, a large anime convention in 2003. He has also performed at Pacific Media Expo in 2004 and at the New York Comic Con in 2008. Nishikawa revisited his 2003 US performance at the Asian culture convention Otakon by performing at Otakon's 20th Anniversary on August 10, 2013.
Music has the power to inspire people to change the world around them. I want to create a song which influences everyone in this way.
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Fact
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Releases a combination best of/self-cover album "Under:Cover" on January 1st. Featuring 14 tracks chosen in a poll from which more than 40,000 fans took part in, the album is unique for its 'self-cover' approach. Nishikawa produced new arrangements of many of the songs, then covered them himself and with other guest artists. [January 2006]
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Released a new album called Naked Arms/Sword Summit on the 11th. [August 2010]
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He is the front man of the rock band Abingdon Boys School.
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Among his favorite musical artists are Joe, Michael Jackson, and Prince.
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The "T.M" in T.M. Revolution stands for "Takanori Makes Revolution".
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In November 2004, T.M. Revolution made Gundam singles history when his single, "ignited," hit the #1 ranking in Japanese Oricon's daily top 20 singles; a first for the franchise. Up until then, the highest ranking Gundam song was T.M. Revolution's own "Invoke", which had made it to #2. Initial sales data has "ignited" as having sold 108,000 copies. T.M. Revolution had last hit #1 with "Hot Limit" six years ago in 1998. "Ignited" is the First Opening Theme song for the serie, Kidô senshi Gundam Seed Destiny (2004) while "Invoke" was the First Opening Theme song for Gundam SEED Destiny's prequel, Kidô senshi Gundam Seed (2002).
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Gyarakushî kaidou
2015
Zuzu
Okusama wa 18 sai
2011
TV Series
Tetsuya takagi
Korason de meron
2008
Kidô senshi Gundam Seed Destiny
2004-2005
TV Series
Heine Westenfluss
Kidô senshi Gundam Seed
2002-2003
TV Series
Miguel Aiman
Beautiful Life
2000
TV Series
Kawamura Satoru
Rurouni Kenshin: Wandering Samurai
1996
TV Series
Orochi no Ren (voice)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
B-Project: Kodô Ambitious
2016
TV Series lyrics: "Kodô Ambitious"
Sôru îtâ
2009
TV Series lyrics - 11 episodes
Kidô senshi Gundam Seed Destiny
2004-2005
TV Series performer - 4 episodes
Kidô senshi Gundam Seed
2003
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Rurouni Kenshin: Wandering Samurai
1996
TV Series performer: "Heart of Swoard - Yoake Mae" - as T.M.Revolution
Costume Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
T.M. Revolution: T.M.R. Live Revolution '02 - Best Summer Crush 2002
2002
Video documentary concept
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
T.M. Revolution: T.M.R. Live Revolution '02 - Best Summer Crush 2002
2002
Video documentary producer
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 64th Annual NHK kôhaku uta gassen
2013
TV Special
Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ
1997-2012
TV Series
Himself
Bokura no jidai
2010
TV Series
Himself
T.M. Revolution: T.M.R. Live Revolution '02 - Best Summer Crush 2002