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T.M.Revolution (real name: Takanori Nishikawa; born September 19, 1970) is a Japanese pop singer originally from Shiga Prefecture. Nishikawa’s stage name stands for Takanori Makes Revolution (Japanese: Takanori ga kakumei wo okosu). He was originally signed under Antinos Records until its collapse in 2002, and is currently represented by Epic Records Japan. TMR is also the first artist to be signed under Tofu Records, a Sony-owned label promoting Japanese pop music in North America.

Nishikawa officially debuted as T.M.Revolution with his single Dokusai -monopolize- (Dictatorship -monopolize-) in May 1996. Nishikawa-san’s first band was originally Luis-Mary, an indie music coordination featuring him as the lead vocalist (with the pseudonym “Haine”). Asakura Daisuke signed on with Nishikawa-san in 1995 under the record label FunHouse to release the first compiled single “BLACK OR WHITE?” (Daisuke Asakura expd. Takanori Nishikawa: Black or White). The selection process and the decision to work with Nishikawa-san was a long, hard choice for Asakura, as he was looking at producing either Katsurayama Shingo or Nishikawa. As it turns out, Nishikawa failed miserably with his first chance to sing for Asakura, and on a second chance, he took the yearning musician under his wings.

Dokusai -monopolize- was welcomed by thousands of fans, and his performance on Pop Jam with Asakura as the synthesist in June 1996 propelled an additional amount of unexpected sales, making the single sell out of its original printing.
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  • moarplz wrote:
    yesterday evening
    a new album would be even better! D;

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  • Crosswise_ wrote:
    Thursday evening
    A new single would be great!

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  • psnuffles wrote:
    Thursday afternoon
    TMR Daisuki!!! New Single plzzzzzz.

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  • Sazmo-san wrote:
    last week
    @hikarukan: Well said! I think it's amazing that he's been able to reach so many people in many different places. I remember reading somewhere that he named his last single 'resonance' because he wanted to resonate with people; and for me, that's exactly what Takanori Makes Revolution is. Even if he's relatively unknown in my country, his music has somehow managed to reach me and it's definitely made an impact! Takanori should be very proud of how far-reaching he is. =D

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  • MaxOtaku wrote:
    last week
    Their music is great. Most pieces I like resonance and ignited . Greetings to all fans T.M.Revolution

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  • hikarukan wrote:
    last week
    "Takanori Makes Revolution". I have been thinking about this a lot, about Takanori being able to make revolution with music. And I sincerely think he does, I'm from Brazil (far far away from Japan in culture and distance) and weeks ago I wrote this phrase on my school's blackboard. It was really touching for me, I guess he never realized in his life that he could make such a thing, break the seven seas and culture's barrier. It is indeed a Revolution. I wish I could say this to him, I really have a lot to thank him for his music ^^

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  • sh0kr0k wrote:
    last week
    Just added a bunch of photos. Some new, some old, even a few live pics. Click on PICTURES, then on RECENTLY ADDED to see them. Please vote and leave comments! ^_^

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  • sh0kr0k wrote:
    last week
    That sounds like a good idea, tfmaster! Anyone want to volunteer to make it and run the marathon group? I'll be happy to do it, but I'd like to let other people have a chance to get involved. Please, only make the group if you know you'll be on last.fm consistently and for a long time, so we can assure it will be active and accessible ^_^

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  • tfmaster wrote:
    last week
    Wow, we are getting there. ^_^ You're welcome and thank you, sh0kr0k! Next time lets try for way more scrobbles. I had lots of fun ^____^ Maybe we should make a marathon group so we'll know who will participate. =D

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  • sh0kr0k wrote:
    last week
    I just realized my stats were backwards. LOL! I copied/pasted them both and just wasn't paying attention. Well at any rate, we somehow went up another 4,000 listens from yesterday. 1,760,555 to 1,764,200 plays. Maybe it added a bunch more after the weekend? idk. @storm-and-fire, UNDER:COVER is definitely a cool album! I like them all too.

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  • storm-and-fire wrote:
    last week
    I got to love every single song in UNDER:COVER, while I got more into resonance. There is still something I don't like in resonance though.

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  • sh0kr0k wrote:
    last week
    T.M.Revolution Appreciation Marathon Stats, Final Totals: (currently) 1,753,742 plays & (33,107 listeners) - Started at 1,760,555 plays & (33,207 listeners). That's an increase of 6,813 plays and 100 new listeners! Thanks to everyone who participated in this marathon! We were a small group this time, but that's still a LOT of plays towards getting T.M.R. to 2 million! Way to go tfmaster for the HUGE count! That's awesome! Did everyone have fun with this marathon? I sure did, even if I didn't get to do much. I remembered how much I enjoy LOVE SAVER, and I realized that I really like the UNDER:COVER version of 魔弾~der Freischutz~. Anyone else have a new favorite because of the marathon?

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  • storm-and-fire wrote:
    last month
    Is that so? That's very neat. Anyway, I've got 448 plays so far.

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  • mc08 wrote:
    last month
    Yes, but you always must sync your iPod first before scrobbling anything else on your computer.

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  • storm-and-fire wrote:
    last month
    No, it's not. It's some Sony thing my sister got 4 years ago. Wait a minute, with an iPod is it possible to go out and listen to music and then scrobble it?

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  • tfmaster wrote:
    last month
    I got about 1100. ._. I'm soooooooooo tired. =_= I'm guessing it's not an iPod? =\ My girlfriend scrobbles stuff she listens to on our iPod. =D

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  • storm-and-fire wrote:
    last month
    I've only got about 300 plays so far. Too bad I can't scrobble my MP3 player...

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  • sh0kr0k wrote:
    last month
    T.M.Revolution Appreciation Marathon Stats (as of this post): 1,760,555 plays (33,207 listeners)

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  • sh0kr0k wrote:
    last month
    I forgot how awesome LOVE SAVER is!

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  • sh0kr0k wrote:
    last month
    T.M.Revolution Appreciation Marathon Stats (as of this post): 1,759,123 plays (33,190 listeners) - GOGOGO TEAM NISHIKAWA! ;-)

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