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Nishikawa Takanori, born September 19, 1970 in Yasu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, is a singer and actor. He performs as T.M.Revolution (TMR), which stands for Takanori Makes Revolution although the name stems from the famous 80s J-Pop electronic band TM Network. Despite most of his songs being written by Akio Inoue and composed/arranged by Asakura Daisuke (also TMR's former producer), T.M.Revolution is considered Nishikawa's solo project.

Nishikawa was born to a government worker (father, Yasuhiro) and a dentist (mother, Kazuko). He attended Mikami Elementary School as a child. Nishikawa was close to his grandfather (a retired policeman), whom he visited every day after school, 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.

Nishikawa also attended Yasu Junior High School and Yasu High School. While in junior high, Takanori began to consider a career in music. He dropped out of high school and left Shiga to pursue his dream. Takanori was also married to Yumi Yoshimura of Puffy AmiYumi from 1999 to 2002. He divorced her after finding out that she was meeting someone else.

Nishikawa ed a visual kei band Luis-Mary in 1990 as the vocalist. His band nickname Haine 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 1993.

In 1995, 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. This song was rerecorded in 1997 and also rearranged in 2000 as TMR's twelfth single. The original "Black or White?" song also appears as the third track on TMR's first album Makes Revolution (1996). Nishikawa participated in a mini three-band event in November 1995. His fan club, turbo, was established shortly afterwards, in December 1995. In early 1996, Nishikawa made several radio appearances announcing the debut of his solo project. On March 22, 1996, the project was given the name T.M.Revolution, with Asakura named as TMR's producer.

Nishikawa has done work with his side-band, Abingdon Boys School. Ex-Wands guitarist Hiroshi Shibasaki ed the band. On December 6, 2006, they released a single, entitled "INNOCENT SORROW," and released another single entitled "HOWLING" on May 15, 2007. The band also performed at the Live Earth concert in Tokyo, Japan, on July 7, 2007. The band also released two more singles, Nephilim and BLADE CHORD, as well as their debut album, abingdon boys school.