T.M. Revolution

T.M. Trend (given birth to Takanori Nishikawa) is usually something of the heir to japan synth rock and roll megastars TMN. The commonalities only start out with the name: T.M. Trend was produced a celebrity in his personal right with the manufacturer Daisuke Asakura, a disciple of TMN’s mastermind Tetsuya Komuro, and his very own electronica-heavy make of pop/rock and roll betrays ties towards the audio of both TMN and Asakura. Nevertheless, T.M. Trend didn’t rating through nepotism by itself: his trip to success is basically acknowledged to his participation using the anime series Rurouni Kenshin as well as the Portable Fit Gundam SEED, both of these Japanese and world-wide strikes; he were able to make it to the very best, growing geographically — he moved into the American marketplace in the first 2000s — and artistically, doing the casual bit of tone of voice acting and building the acclaimed metalcore aspect project Abington Young boys School. Delivered in Yasu in central Japan in 1970, Nishikawa lowered out of senior high school to become musician, and spent many years struggling to go up from obscurity. From 1990-1993 he sang for the visible kei music group Luis-Mary beneath the nickname Haine, and in 1995 was agreed upon to FunHouse, where he debuted single with Dark or Light, released beneath the assistance of Asakura but still under his actual name. He was renamed T.M. Trend (“Takanori Makes Trend”) in 1996, the very first solitary under this moniker becoming “Dokusai Monopolize” (1996), which were able to enter the Oricon at quantity 28. The debut recording Makes Trend (1996) fared a little better, increasing to quantity 20, but his big break was still forward. His next launch, the solitary “Center of Sword Yoake Mae” (1996), was found in Rurouni Kenshin, and lingered around the graphs for 45 weeks, permitting T.M. Revolution’s second recording Repair Level 3 to go up to quantity five and sell 369,000 copies in 1997. Nevertheless, it still experienced nothing around the 1997 follow-up singles RUTHLESS, which shifted 800,000 models, and White Breathing, T.M. Revolution’s 1st number 1 and million-seller, which produced him a visitor around the ultra-popular fresh 12 months Television show Kohaku Uta Gassen; he also started his seven-year work as a bunch on the air show FOREVER Nippon at that time. The next record Triple Joker (1998) marketed over 1.65 million copies and resulted in T.M. Revolution’s initial abroad appearance — he performed Taiwan exactly the same season; another number 1 one, yet another stint at Kohaku Uta Gassen, and 4th record The Force (1999) implemented, the full-length getting nearly the juggernaut of Triple Joker, but nonetheless moving 900,000 products. He under no circumstances topped these outcomes, but since that time his sales gradually hovered on the 100-200,000 tag. Things began to modification in 1999. Initial, Nishikawa wedded Yumi Yoshimura of Puffy AmiYumi, although they divorced in 2002. After that, he branched out into musicals, playing the primary role in japan production of Small Store of Horrors, and, finally, he transformed his musical shingle to “the finish of Genesis T.M. Trend Turbo Type D” (or simply TMR-e), which today included his manufacturer Asakura being a full-fledged member. The machine released some singles as well as the record Suite Period, but fell aside in 2000, when Nishikawa came back to his T.M. Trend brand. In 2001, he was asked to contribute a tune to Gundam SEED, as well as the one “Invoke” visited sell off 250,000 copies. “Meteor” was also found in the series, where Nishikawa guested being a tone of voice actor; both music had been included on his record Coordinate (2003) that also arrived on the UNITED STATES Tofu Information, T.M. Trend being first designer on its rooster (he debuted reside in the U.S. exactly the same 12 months, playing the Otakon). Tofu dealt with his following two full-lengths, Seventh Heaven (2004) and Vertical Infinity (2005), aswell, both of these carrying even more Gundam franchise tunes, “Zips” and “Ignited” respectively, the second option being his 1st number one solitary in six years. Around enough time of “Ignite” T.M. Trend also do “Internet of Night time” for japan launch of Spider-Man 2 and voiced a Gundam SEED personality that was predicated on his personal Luis-Mary-era image. Points were training well, specifically with the solitary “Vestige” (2005), presented within the Gundam SEED sequel, getting his second number 1 inside a row, but there is no fresh T.M. Trend material for some time. Nishikawa founded Abington Boys College in 2005 — they released their eponymous debut in 2007, and performed within the musical How exactly to Succeed (2007). T.M. Trend came back in 2008 using the solitary “Resonance,” found in the anime series Spirit Eater.