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Takanori Nishikawa (西川 貴教, Nishikawa Takanori, born September 19, ) is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, voice actor, radio personality, and businessman.

He performs under the stage name tion (T.M.R.), which stands for "Takanori Makes Revolution" (貴教が革命を起こす, Takanori ga kakumei o okosu), stemming from the famous s pop electronic band TM Network.^[1] Despite most of his songs being written by Akio Inoue and composed/arranged by Daisuke Asakura (also TMR's former producer), tion is considered Nishikawa's solo plan.

Nishikawa is also known for contributions of ending and opening themes to many notable anime and game series.

After three years as vocalist of the visual kei rock band Luis-Mary, Nishikawa debuted as TMR with the release of his first solo single "Dokusai (Monopolize)" (独裁 -monopolize-) in May Later that year, his third single "Heart of Sword (Yoake Mae)" (HEART OF SWORD ～夜明け前～) was used as the third ending anthem 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 , his single "Save the One, Spare the All" was used as the ending theme song for the movie Bleach: Hell Verse. Several of Nishikawa's songs, such as "Crosswise" and "Flags", possess been used by Capcom's Sengoku Basara video game series and media franchise.

In , Nishikawa formed the rock band Abingdon Boys School. tion was the first artist to be signed to Tofu Records, a register label (affiliated with Sony Melody Japan) promoting Japanese artists in North America. Tofu released three of his studio albums: coordinate (), Seventh Heaven (), and vertical infinity ().

Nishikawa made his North American live debut at Otakon, a large anime convention in He has also performed at Pacific Media Expo in and at the Modern York Comic Con in Nishikawa revisited his US performance at the Asian culture convention Otakon by performing at Otakon's 20th Anniversary on August 10, ^[2]

Early life

Nishikawa was born to a government worker (father, Yasuhiro) and a dental hygienist (mother, Kazuko) in Hikone, Shiga and moved to Yasu, Shiga.^[3][4] He attended Mikami Elementary School (三上小学校, Mikami Shōgakkō)^[5] as a child.

Nishikawa was close to his grandfather (a retired policeman), whom he visited every day after educational facility, since his parents were always working. Under the encouragement of his grandfather, Takanori studied kendo until age ten, when his grandfather died due to illness.^[6]

Nishikawa also attended Yasu Junior Sky-high School (野洲中学校, Yasu Chūgakkō)^[7] and Yasu High School (滋賀県立野洲高等学校, Shiga Kenritsu Yasu Kōtō Gakkō).^[8] While in junior high, Takanori began to consider a career in music.^[9] He dropped out of high school and left Shiga to pursue his dream.

Takanori was also married to Yumi Yoshimura of Puffy AmiYumi from to

Career

Luis-Mary

Nishikawa joined the visual kei rock band Luis-Mary in as the vocalist. His band nickname Haine (灰猫) and his appearance at the time would eventually become the inspiration for Nishikawa's character in Gundam SEED Destiny (Heine Westenfluss).

Luis-Mary released three singles; "Rainy Blue", "Whisper(In Your Eyes)" and "Drive Me Mad". The band broke up in

tion

In , Daisuke Asakura signed on with Nishikawa under the FunHouse label, now owned by BMG Japan.

They released one single, Black or White?, under the name Daisuke Asakura expd. Takanori Nishikawa.^[10] This lyric was rerecorded in and also rearranged in as TMR's twelfth single (Black or White?

version 3). The original “Black or White?” song also appears as the third track on TMR's first album Makes Revolution (). Nishikawa participated in a mini three-band event in November His fan club, turbo, was established shortly afterwards, in December In early , Nishikawa made several radio appearances announcing the debut of his solo project.

On March 22, , the plan was given the name tion, with Asakura named as TMR's producer.^[11]

Dokusai -monopolize- was released on May 13, , under the Antinos Records label. It reached #28 on the Oricon charts. Nishikawa's performance on NHK's tune variety show Pop Jam (which he would, later in his career, cohost for eleven months) helped boost sales, eventually selling out all first press copies of the single.

His second single, Venus (臍淑女 -ヴィーナス-) was released two months later, followed by the release of TMR's first album Makes Revolution another month later.

Heart of Sword: Yoake Mae was released in November and was used as the third ending song for Rurouni Kenshin.

It later replaced "The Fourth Avenue Cafe" (by rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel) as the fourth ending song, due to drug charges laid against a now former member of that band. "Heart of Sword: Yoake Mae" became a fan favourite that sold , copies and reached #16 on the Oricon charts.

Nishikawa's second album, restoration LEVEL➝3 [sometimes called Ishin Level➝3 (維新レベル➝3)] was released in February , which reached #5 on the Oricon charts.

Nishikawa released three singles, Level 4, High Pressure, and White Breath, in High Pressure became TMR's breakthrough single, selling , copies.

White Breath sold over one million copies and became the first TMR single to reach #1 on the Oricon charts. Nishikawa performed White Breath on the 48th edition of Kōhaku Uta Gassen, an annual music demonstrate televised by NHK. Less than a month later, his third album triple joker was released and went on to trade two million copies.

Aoi Hekireki (蒼い霹靂, Blue Lightning), the first track from triple joker, was recut as a single in February and it was used in a Yamaha JOG commercial.^[11] Nishikawa's three albums were also released in other parts of Asia, and he visited Taiwan in April to promote triple joker.

Hot Limit, released in June , sold , copies and became Nishikawa's second #1 single. Nishikawa also performed at the 49th edition of Kōhaku Uta Gassen. His fourth album, the force, was released in March and featured album mixes of the four singles (Hot Limit, Thunderbird, Burnin' X'mas, Wild Rush) that followed Aoi Hekireki.

Shortly after the force was released, Nishikawa performed two concerts at Tokyo Dome to a total audience of ,

In , Nishikawa announced the finish of tion.^[11] He and Daisuke Asakura went on to create The End of Genesis T.M.R.

evolution Turbo Type D (or TMR-e, for short).

Takanori Nishikawa is a renowned Japanese singer and actor. He performs as T. Revolution, which stands for "Takanori Makes Revolution" although the name stems from the renowned 80s pop electronic band TM Network. Nishikawa is also acknowledged for contributions of ending and opening themes to many notable anime and game series.

The name implied it was an "evolution" of TMR. Asakura also appeared in their music videos and performed alongside Nishikawa. Three singles were released under that name, all in Kagerō (陽炎 -KAGEROH-), Gekkō (月虹 -GEKKOH-), and Setsugen -winter dust- (雪幻 -winter dust-).

Their only album, Suite Season, was released in February Nishikawa and Asakura started becoming more distant from each other, and Nishikawa reverted to his original stage name in April

BLACK OR WHITE? version 3, a self-cover, was released in April It was used as a professional baseball theme anthem on Nippon Television.^[11] Two other singles [HEAT CAPACITY and Madan ~Der Freischütz~ (魔弾 ～Der Freischütz～)], a remix album (DISCORdanza: Aim My Remix ~Single Collections~), and studio album (progress; TMR's fifth) were also released in

Boarding was released in February The title track of the unattached was used as a theme song to a drama called To Make Divided a House (別れさせ屋, Wakaresase Ya).^[11] Nishikawa started self-producing, with the release of his sixteenth single (Out of Orbit ~Triple ZERO~) one year later.

(Asakura continued to compose music for TMR.) His compilation album B☆E☆S☆T was released the next month. Epic Records Japan purchased Antinos Records that year, and all albums on the Antinos catalogue were re-released under the Epic label on July 1, "Thunderbird" inspired anime director Mitsuo Fukuda to ask Nishikawa to perform the first opening song for Gundam SEED ("Invoke").

Invoke, released in September , sold , copies and reached #2 on the Oricon charts. Nishikawa also voice acted as Miguel Aiman early in that series and narrated a recap episode of Gundam SEED.

Coordinate, his sixth original album, was released in March The cover was a closeup of the customized orange GINN that Nishikawa's Gundam SEED character piloted.

(Orange is Nishikawa's favourite colour.^[12]) "Meteor" (Meteor -ミーティア-), an album route from coordinate, was used as an insert song to Gundam SEED. The album mix of "THUNDERBIRD", originally from the force, was also included on this album.

Later that year, Nishikawa became the first artist to be signed under Tofu Records, and coordinate was the first album released by Tofu. The Tofu release of coordinate also included "HEART OF SWORD ~Yoake Mae~" as a bonus route.

Nishikawa made his debut North American performance at Otakon in August , to a substantial audience who filled both the ballroom and overflow room (an exhibition hall) of the Baltimore Convention Center to their entirety.

Nishikawa released his eighteenth available, Albireo (Albireo -アルビレオ-), in February (Albireo is a bright celestial body from the constellation Cygnus.) "Albireo" was used in a tune variety show on Nippon Television called AX MUSIC-TV, where it was #49 on the show's "power play" list.^[13]SEVENTH HEAVEN, his aptly named seventh album, was released in March Tofu Records released SEVENTH HEAVEN a several weeks later and Nishikawa performed at Pacific Media Expo in May “Zips”, a track from SEVENTH HEAVEN, was used as an insert song for the first Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Special Edition movie.

"Wheel of Fortune" was used as a Formula Nippon theme song on Fuji Television.^[13]

Nishikawa was asked to sing the ending theme tune of the Japanese theatrical launch of Spider-Man 2 ("Web of Night"), because of his act at PMX and his relations at Sony Music Japan.

Web of Night, released in overdue July , also included a rearrangement of "Tears Macerate Reason" (originally from Seventh Heaven) and an English version of the song (translated by Lynne Hobday). Nishikawa shot the "Web of Night" PV in both languages.

He also attended the nature premiere of Spider-Man 2 wearing a traditional Japanese kimono.^[14] "ignited" (ignited -イグナイテッド-) was used as the first opening song of Gundam SEED Destiny, which premiered in October The release of the ignited single was the first TMR single to arrive #1 on the Oricon charts since , becoming the th #1 single in the Oricon chart.

It was #53 on the Oricon Top Singles chart, having sold , copies. Nishikawa also voice acted as Heine Westenfluss for several episodes of Gundam SEED Destiny. His nature was directly modelled after Nishikawa himself, as opposed to Miguel Aiman of SEED.

Heine's hairstyle resembled Nishikawa's Luis-Mary hairstyle, and his name was a perform on Nishikawa's pseudonym with that band (Haine). [Heine's first mention is written as Haine (ハイネ) in katakana.] The surnames of both Nishikawa and Westenfluss imply "west river" in Japanese (西川) and German (Westenfluß), respectively.

"Ignited"'s title is closely similar to the mobile suit (GOUF Ignited) that Nishikawa's GSD character piloted.

Vertical infinity was released on January 26, , by Legendary and exactly six months later by Tofu Records.

The infinity symbol (∞), when facing vertically or turned sideways, looks love the number 8. That is also the number of first studio albums Nishikawa has released to date as tion. vertical infinity included album mixes of "Web of Night" (both Japanese and English versions) and "ignited".

It also included two English-language tracks, "Bring It On" (written by Nishikawa) and "Chase / The Thrill" (written by Hobday). "Chase / The Thrill" was used as the Japanese theme song of the X Games.^[15]vertical infinity marked a significant alter in tion's musical style, as only half of the album was arranged by Daisuke Asakura, while Nishikawa arranged or co-arranged the other tracks.

With preparations for tion's tenth anniversary in May and other commitments, Nishikawa was unable to visit North America in In April , he began cohosting NHK's song variety show Pop Jam with NHK Broadcasting Center announcer Yuriko Murakami (村上 由利子) and comedy duo UN JASH (アンジャッシュ, Anjasshu).

Nishikawa's twenty-first single, Vestige (vestige -ヴェスティージ-), was released in August It was his fourth unattached, and second consecutive, to extend #1 on the Oricon charts. "Vestige" was used as an insert song for Gundam SEED Destiny.

"Crosswise", the other route, was used as the theme song for PlayStation 2 game Sengoku BASARA. Vestige was #54 on the Oricon Top Singles chart, with , copies sold that year. The Vestige solo came with a unique password that was used to vote online (on tion's official website) for which songs would materialize on an upcoming self-cover album.

These songs would be rearranged and re-recorded. Ten songs were originally planned for this album, but due to the overwhelming number of votes, fifteen tracks were recorded instead.^[16] The “self-cover best album”, titled UNDER:COVER, was released on January 1, , and was ranked #8 on the Oricon charts.

UNDER:COVER came in two editions, limited (or first press) and regular. The regular edition contained fourteen tracks. The limited edition came with fourteen tracks, a bonus path on a separate disc (instrumental version of “Meteor”, Daisuke Asakura's only contribution to the album), and a poster which listed the names of all the people who selected the tracks.

The rearrangement of “Zips” was used as an insert lyric to the first Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny: Special Edition movie.

Nishikawa performed the UNDER:COVER mix of “WHITE BREATH” at the 56th edition of Kōhaku Uta Gassen, his third appearance and his first since His cohosting duties on Pop Jam came to an end in March His tenth anniversary celebration was held at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka on May 13, That day, it was announced that Nishikawa will deliver at USJ, near Peter Pan's Neverland, on his 36th birthday on September 19, ^[17] His second compilation album, (a one followed by 12 zeroes), was released on June 7, It was a two disc set that contained the A-sides of all twenty-one singles released to date, and was ranked #1 on the Oricon charts.

The corresponding DVD, released three weeks later, contained all twenty-four TMR PVs made. Nishikawa has also starred in a drama called Nursing Étoile in autumn ^[18]

Abingdon Boys School era

Nishikawa established a new band called Abingdon Boys School in ^[19] Named after the school where Radiohead met, ex-Wands guitarist Hiroshi Shibasaki joined the band alongside Sunao and Toshiyuki Kishi.

Abingdon Boys School scored seven straight uppermost ten hits and released two albums, as well as touring throughout Europe and having their albums, including English language songs, released through a German write down label.^[19] The band also performed at the Live Earth concert in Tokyo, Japan, on July 7,

Cloud Nine era

Nishikawa held the Real Time Countdown Party Revolution, a live concert he did with all of his fans on New Year's Eve, to make up for the lack of new T.M.

Revolution material. Although in a recent magazine interview, Nishikawa has stated that he will make a comeback in as T.M. Revolution. His first new single, 'Resonance', which features all his past famous hit song music videos and promotes Sony products in its Music Video, is the Anime theme song for the anime Soul Eater and was released on June Resonance reached #4 on Oricon Singles Chart on its release day.

"Soul's Crossing", the B-side of the "Resonance" single, was used as the theme song for the Soul Eater video game for the Wii console.

tion took part in the "hide memorial summit", a music festival to honor the tenth anniversary of the death of X Japan guitarist hide.^[20]

At the New York Anime Festival , and official TMR and ABS panel hinted at some 'surprise projects' involving Nishikawa.

However, no further news on a new album were made. And on March 23, , tion released a Memorial Box featuring the songs from his debut single, Dokusai monopolize through eleventh single, WILD RUSH. These singles were originally released on 8&#;cm minidiscs but will now be in high-fidelity Blu-spec CD format (fully compatible with standard CD players).

The box also contains a bonus DVD from his T.M.R. YEAR COUNTDOWN LIVE, a photo book and logo sticker set. The box's price is 17 yen, but the singles are also sold separately.

tion is going to release a single dedicated to a beautiful regional lake.

From the song has been performed during live shows known under the title [Lakers] and for the first time ever, it will be a single only available for download, scheduled for March 3. The song [Lakers] will also be the image song of the 65th Biwako Marathon.

The lyrics have been written by Inoue Akio, the music arrangement is made by Asakura Daisuke.

On March 24 tion will release a collaboration work with the Gundam franchise called "T.M.R.×GUNDAM SEED SPECIAL Venture [X42S-REVOLUTION]" The CD will comprise all the 5 songs he made for the series.

'Invoke', 'Ignited', 'Meteor', 'Zips' and 'Vestige'. But there will be a 6th track on the CD called 'imaginary ark' and this is the 30th Anniversary ballad for Gunpla. The CD comes in 3 versions.

On August 11, a double A-side unattached 'Naked Arms/Sword Summit' will be released.

Naked arms will be the opening song for the new Sengoku Basara game. An English version of the ballad will be able on the regular edition of this unpartnered. That song will be the opening for the game outside Japan. SWORD SUMMIT is the new opening for the second season of the anime Sengoku Basara.^[21]

Preserved Roses / Kakumei Dualism era

In , Nishikawa teamed up with Nana Mizuki in a collaboration called tion X Nana Mizuki, and they released two singles, Preserved Roses and 革命デュアリズム (Kakumei Dyuarizumu, lit.

Revolution Dualism), both recorded as the opening theme songs of Valvrave the Liberator, 1st and 2nd Season respectively.

Ten (天) era

Takanori announced his new album Ten (天)(Heaven). His 10th album and first album in four years came on three editions scheduled for release on his 19th anniversary at May 13,

This album comes about 4 years after his last original album Cloud Nine.

It consists of 15 tracks including "Flags", "The party must go on", and "Count Zero", which are all songs he collaborated with Sengoku BASARA, as well as "Summer Blizzard" and "Heaven Only Knows ～Get the Power～", which were only released digitally.

Takanori Nishikawa - Age, Family, Bio | Renowned Birthdays: Nishikawa was born to a government worker (father, Yasuhiro) and a dental hygienist (mother, Kazuko) in Hikone, Shiga and moved to Yasu, Shiga. [3] [4] He attended Mikami Elementary School (三上小学校, Mikami Shōgakkō) [5] as a child.

It also includes brand new songs such as "Double-Deal" and "Amakaze".

The album comes in 2 limited editions (A & B) and a regular edition. Limited edition A comes with a DVD featuring live footage of 'Inazuma Rock Fes ', while limited edition B DVD contains a digest of 'T.M.R.

Live Revolution'14 in Taipei' and an interview.

Afterwards tion held a drawn-out tour titled "T.M.R. Live Revolution '15 -Ten-" kicking off on April 4 and 5 at Harmony Zama Hall in Kanagawa.^[22]

Committed RED / Inherit the Force and tion All Period Best- era

On April 6, , Nishikawa released the single "Committed RED / Inherit the Force" .

The song "Committed RED" was used for the theme song of the PS4 game Sengoku Basara: Sanada Yukimura-Den (Sengoku Basara: The Legend of Sanada Yukimura), while the song "Inherit the force" was used for the theme song of the PS Vita game Kidou Senshi Gundam EXTREME VS-FORCE Nishikawa was also featured in AOA's first Japanese single, "Give Me The Love" during this time.

On May 11, , he released the best album " tion All Time Best-".

He performs under the stage name T. Revolution T. 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.

The album was released to celebrate 20 years of his career. The album contains 3 discs. In Disc 1, it contains all of the singles that released from his first single until his available that released in (all singles that released before and in ). In Disc 2, it contains all of the singles that released from to And in Disc 3, it contains all of the singles that released from until his recent singles of that year (), "Inherit the Force" and "Committed Red".

On the DVD footpath list, it contains the video "20 Years of Nishikawa in Seconds", a video that told the story of his career from 20 years before until now.

Revolution Takanori Makes Revolution. More recently, he has change into known for his other acts such as abingdon boys university. He is the first musician to be signed to Tofu Records in the United States. Under the name of HaineNishikawa joined visual kei band Luis-Mary in as the vocalist.

On August 31, , he released the single "Raimei". The lyric was used as the opening theme for the live-action puppetry collaboration between Japan and Taiwan, Thunderbolt Fantasy.

Takanori Nishikawa - BIRI x BIRI, Bright Burning Shout, Singularity, REALxEYEZ, 天秤-Libra-

On September 19, , he released a digital single titled "BIRI x BIRI" collaborating with Shuta Sueyoshi from AAA; the song itself is used as the theme song of the film Overdrive, known in Japan as "Scramble".

This single is also marked as a single that uses his real name, instead of using his stage name. In various articles promoting the feature and his contribution to it, he stated that he wished to try more and unlike styles of music under his own name.

On March 7, , he will release a single titled "Bright Burning Shout", which was released digitally on January 28, ; the lyric is used as the opening theme to the anime Fate/Extra Last Encore.

He covered "Ever Free" for the June 6, hide tribute album Tribute Impulse.^[23] On March 6, , Nishikawa released the album Singularity, which includes "Be Affected", his collaboration with Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas, the Hiroyuki Sawano-produced tracks "His/Story" and "Roll The Dice", and the digital available "Unbroken" feat.

On May 13th , Nishikawa would debut as a solo artist under the stage name "tion" or "Takanori Makes Revolution", a nod to the famous group k, with his first single "独裁 -monopolize-".

Tomoyasu Hotei, which was used as the theme for the film Million Arthur vs. Touken Ranbu the Movie.^[24]

In , Takanori collaborated with J on the songs "Real×Eyez", the theme lyric of the Kamen Rider Zero-One TV series,^[25] and "Another Daybreak", the theme song of the Kamen Rider Reiwa: The First Generation film.

Both tracks were released as a single on January 22, ^[26] The two musicians collaborated again on "A.I. ∴ All Imagination" for 's Kamen Rider Zero-One the Movie: Real×Time.^[27]

He collaborated with ASCA in performing the song "Tenbin -LIBRA-" (天秤-Libra-, Balance -LIBRA-) that was released on May 27, ; the song is used as the opening theme of anime series White Cat Project: Zero Chronicle.^[28] Later that year, he collaborated with Shō Kiryūin in performing a cover of the song "1・2・3" originally sung by Mafumafu and Soraru under the unit After the Rain; the cover was used as the second opening theme of the anime series Pokémon Journeys.^[29]

Other activities

International market

Nishikawa was the guest of honor at Comic Con in New York.^[30]

In early , Nishikawa starred in the movie Corazon de Melon.^[31] It premiered at NYU's Cantor Film Center in New York City on September 28, , as part of the film festival.

Ambassador for Shiga Prefecture

Takanori now has a new title for his resume: first Cultural Ambassador for Shiga prefecture, his home region. At the inauguration ceremony, he said that "I want to restore a favor for my hometown by music" and realized his plan.

In , he took place a two-day event called "Inazuma Rock Fes" (inazuma means "lightning" associated with a shape of 滋, the first kanji character of Shiga) at a lakeside park in Kusatsu metropolis near his hometown on September 19 (Takanori's birthday) and 20th.

It was the first large-scale open-air music festival in history of Shiga. The Inazuma Rock Fes was a big beat, and became an annual event.^[32][33]

Record label Defröck Records

Takanori has established his own indies record label called Defrock Records.

The first artist on the label is the four-member rock band Agitato, who will release a mini-album titled "Colors" on January

Agitato formed in This past October, they served as the opening act for Nishikawa's band, abingdon boys school, at the Ebisu Liquid Room.

Nishikawa described the label as "borderless," saying that he hopes to deliver a variety of high quality harmony to the world.

Takanori Nishikawa's All Night Nippon

"Takanori Nishikawa's All Night Nippon" (西川貴教のオールナイトニッポン, Nishikawa Takanori no Ōru Naito Nippon) was a radio show Nishikawa hosted on All Night Nippon.

Listeners, who were unable to see him at his concerts, had a chance to talk to Nishikawa on air. Nishikawa's radio show was broadcast on Monday nights and ran for eight years and nine months, from January 6, , to September 26, The show was called "Takanori Nishikawa's All Night Nippon SUPER!" (西川貴教のallnightnippon SUPER!) from April to March A two-hour television special with Masaharu Fukuyama, called Masaharu Fukuyama and Takanori Nishikawa's All Night Nippon (福山雅治と西川貴教のオールナイトニッポンTV, Fukuyama Masaharu to Nishikawa Takanori no Ōru Naito Nippon TV), was aired on September 30, , on Fuji Television.

Diesel Corporation

Established on April 7, , Diesel Corporation is a company sprint by Nishikawa. The company is responsible for artist management & promotion, operating Nishikawa's fan club, and marketing the DEFRÖCK identity (see next section).

Defröck

Launched in , Defröck is Nishikawa's clothing line. The name comes from a play on words, most notably the near-phonetic indifference between "l” and "r” in Japanese. Cars, which Nishikawa likes, apply a device called differential bar.

Nishikawa's favourite music genre is rock (although he does savor various kinds of music).^[34] He took the first few syllables of “differential”, changed “lock” into “rock”, and combined the two together to form this name.^[9] On a side note, in Gundam SEED, the Defröck label appears on Nishikawa's character's mobile suit as a custom sticker.

Babel Fish

Babel Fish, which opened in , was a shop (in Shibuya) that sold Defröck clothes. It closed on July 31, ^[35]

abingdon boys school

Main article: abingdon boys school

Live Revolution '08–'09

He did a comeback tour as T.M.

Revolution from the conclude of to March A photobook, Re:incarnation, has been released, documenting the tour.

Personal life

Nishikawa married fellow musician and singer Yumi Yoshimura on April 2, , but the couple later divorced on July 1, , after just three years of marriage.

Though the two remained friends afterwards.^[36]

On August 29, , Nishikawa announced via his social media account of his second marriage. His spouse is said to be an ordinary person not in the entertainment industry.^[37]

Discography

Main article: Takanori Nishikawa discography

Nishikawa has released 12 studio albums, 1 pre-debut singles, 41 singles, 15 digital single, 8 compilations, 1 remix album, and 2 "self-cover bests" album as tion.

He also recorded a cover of twist group TRF's song "Silver and Gold dance", from their album Lif-e-Motions.

the end of genesis tion turbo type D released 1 album and 3 singles.

Takanori Nishikawa, born September 19, in Hikone, Japan, is a Japanese singer, better known as tion. Despite most of his songs being written by Akio Inoue and composed/arranged by Daisuke Asakura, TMR is considered Nishikawa's solo project.

Studio albums

As tion

• Makes Revolution ()
• Restoration Level 3 ()
• Triple Joker ()
• The Force ()
• Progress ()
• Coordinate ()
• Seventh Heaven ()
• Vertical Infinity ()
• Cloud Nine ()
• Ten ()

As Takanori Nishikawa

• SINGularity (March 6, )
• SINGularity II - Hyperpaslia protoCOL - (August 10, )

Filmography

Anime

Puppetry

Video games

Drama

Film

Theatre

Other media appearances

TV

Radio

• Liquid ROOM (January 17, / March 22, )
• ON Air West (February 18, )
• Wave (April 5, )
• Love Revolution (April 7, )
• JRA Control Revolution (October 3, )
• Takanori Nishikawa's All Night Nippon (–)()

Podcasts

• Geeknights with Rym and Scott (April 4, )

Products

Photobooks

• Starman from Miracle Wonder Planet ()
• T.M.R.

  Live Revolution ’97 -Joker- Documentary Tour Book (–98)

• tion Flawless Bible Volume 3 ()
• Takanori Nishikawa B-Pass Special Edition Perfect Bible Volume 4 ()
• T.M.R. Live Revolution ’98 Joker Type 2 -Great Fighter- ()
• the end of genesis ion turbo type D ()
• Seventh Heaven ()
• Ray of Light – Defrock ()
• Under:Cover ()
• Re:Incarnation ()
• Inazuma Rock Fes.

  Document Photo Book ()

• Inazuma Rock Fes. Document Photo Book ()
• Inazuma Rock Fes. Document Photo Book ()
• Inazuma Rock Fes. Document Photo Book ()
• Inazuma Rock Fes.

  Document Photo Book ()

Hello Kitty keychains

Five Hello Kitty keychains were released as promotional items for TMR's tenth anniversary in They are based on the costume used in the respective song's PV.

1. ignited
2. Wild Rush
3. Black Or White? version 3
4. Hot Limit
5. Burnin’ X’mas

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