Takanori Nishikawa (西川 貴教 Nishikawa Takanori?, born September 19, 1970) is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and voice artist. He performs under the stage name T.M.Revolution (TMR), which stands for "Takanori Makes Revolution" (貴教が革命を起こす, Takanori ga kakumei o okosu), stemming from the famous '80s pop electronic band TM Network.
Background[]
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 too many notable anime and game series.
Roles in anime[]
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED[]
- Miguel Aiman
- Narrator (Episode 26)
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny[]
Songs[]
- INVOKE - First opening of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.
- Meteor - Insert song of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED & Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny.
- Zips - Insert song of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED MSV Astray.
- Ignited - First opening of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny.
- Vestige - Insert song of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny original version & fourth opening of HD Remaster version.
- Freedom (Song) - Opening song of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom, co-produced with Tetsuya Komuro
Gallery[]
Takanori Nishikawa wearing a senior Compass uniform (Gundam SEED Freedom Commemorative Illustration)
Notes & Trivia[]
- Takanori's favourite colour are black, grey and orange.
- Takanori likes to eat Japanese food.
- Takanori's favorite Gundam character was Miguel Aiman from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.
- Takanori's favorite Gundam series is Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, while when he was a child, his favorite Gundam series was Mobile Suit Gundam.
- Takanori's favorite manga is Monster and Berserk.
- Takanori's favorite mobile suit is the ZGMF-1017 Miguel's GINN.
- Takanori's favorite music are every kind of music, especially Rock with firm melody.
- Takanori's favourite hobbies are collecting cars, reading manga and playing RPG games.
- Takanori's skills include sleep talking and sleep singing.
- In November 2004, Takanori Nishikawa (as T.M. Revolution) made Gundam singles history when his single, "Ignited", hit the #1 spot 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 had "Ignited" as having sold 108,000 copies. "Ignited" is the first opening theme song for Gundam SEED Destiny while "Invoke" was the first opening theme song for Gundam SEED.