Takanori Nishikawa (西川 貴教) 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. Born September 19th, 1970 in Shiga prefecture, Takanori Nishikawa debuted in May 1996, with the song “Dokusai –monopolize-“, as T.M.Revolution, his solo project. Later that year, his third single “Heart of Sword (Yoake Mae)” (HEART OF SWORD ～夜明け前～) was used as the third ending song for the anime series Rurouni Kenshin, further expanding his fan base. He also contributed multiple songs to the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise. 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.

He has established his reputation with his catchy tracks, polished and fascinating concerts, and overwhelming live performances, while he consecutively released monstrous hits such as “HIGH PRESSURE”, “HOT LIMIT”, “WHITE BREATH”, and “INVOKE”.

Since his debut, T.M.R. has built a global fan base and reputation among Anime fans for his contributions to ending and opening themes to many notable anime and game series.

Some of his notable contributions include:

B-Project: Kodou*Ambitious (Theme Song Lyrics OP1, ED1), Bleach Movie 4: Jigoku-hen(ED), ClassicaLoid 2nd Season (Inserted Song Performance), D.Gray-man (OP1) Darker than Black (OP1), Darker than Black: Ryuusei no Gemini(ED), Fate/Extra: Last Encore (OP), Gakuen Basara (ED), Kakumeiki Valvrave (OP, ED1), Kakumeiki Valvrave 2nd Season (OP, ED1), Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers(OP, ED), Mobile Suit Gundam NT (Inserted Song Performance), Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (OP1 and Inserted Song Performance eps 26, 29, 35, 47), Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (OP1, OP4 and Inserted Song Performance eps 22, 39, 41-42, 49), Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Final Plus: The Chosen Future (OP), Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Special Edition (Inserted Song Performance), Mobile Suit Gundam SEED MSV Astray (OP), ReLIFE(ED2), Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan(ED3), Sengoku Basara (OP), Sengoku Basara Movie: The Last Party (OP, ED), Sengoku Basara Two (OP, ED3), Soul Eater(ED4), Soul Eater (OP1), Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (Theme Song Lyrics OP), Thunderbolt Fantasy (OP), Thunderbolt Fantasy: The Sword of Life and Death (OP)….and more.

Takanori is also the lead singer to Japanese rock band abingdon boys school. Formed in 2005, the band shares a name with the British independent school Abingdon School, in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, the all-male school where the rock band Radiohead was established. The band has become a notable name among the Anime fans world wide for their contributions to the genera. All of the band’s singles are songs that have been used in anime and video games.

He has also done a few supporting voice acting roles in series like Rurouni Kenshin as Orochi no Ren, B-Project: Kodou*Ambitious as Takanori Nishiyama,  Mobile Suit Gundam SEED as Miguel Aiman,  Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny as Heine Westenfluss, Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers as Silver Samurai, Sengoku Basara: Judge End as Tadatsugu Sakai, Thunderbolt Fantasy: Sword Seekers 2 as Làng Wú Yaó, and Thunderbolt Fantasy: The Sword of Life and Death as Làng Wú Yaó.

In 2018 he established his musical career anew as Takanori Nishikawa. Recently on March 6, 2019 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 single “UNBROKEN” feat. Tomoyasu Hotei, which will be used as the theme for the live action film, Million Arthur vs. Touken Ranbu the Movie. He constantly challenges himself with new projects to the delight of his fans everywhere.

Takanori Nishikawa (TMR) will be appearing at Otakuthon 2019! This will be TMR’s first appearance in Canada! Concert will be held in Room 210. Tickets are $30 with a convention admission. This concert booking is in association with J-rock North Promotions Inc. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

 

OFFICIAL HOME: https://www.tm-revolution.com/

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/tmrevolutionofficial

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/TMR15

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/takanori9nishikawa/

YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq1xU8DeDDRqu2q618RDvhQ