Line #84 Music/TMRevolution


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2	[[caption-width-right:300: Pictured: The greatest case of OlderThanTheyLook in recorded history. [[note]] He was ''40 years old'' when this photo was taken.[[/note]]]]
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5	'''Takanori Nishikawa''', born September 19, 1970 in Hikone, Japan, is a Japanese singer, better known as '''T.M.Revolution'''. Despite most of his songs being written by Akio Inoue and composed/arranged by Daisuke Asakura, TMR is considered Nishikawa's solo project.
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7	Nishikawa got his start in music as the vocalist of the VisualKei band Luis-Mary from 1990 until they disbanded in 1993, during which time he operated under the StageName "Haine". Nishikawa first worked with Daisuke Asakura in 1995, providing the vocals for the A-side of Asakura's third solo single which was released under the alias of "Daisuke Asakura expd. Takanori Nishikawa" (expd. meaning expanded and designating Nishikawa as a guest vocalist). Asakura liked his voice so much that he decided he wanted to continue working with him. The act T.M.Revolution (Takanori Makes Revolution) debuted the next year with his first official single "dokusai -monopolize-".
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9	In 1999, it was announced that the T.M.Revolution project was over, as Nishikawa and Asakura had agreed it would be upon meeting three specific goals: hold a live at the Tokyo Dome, reach #1 on the Oricon charts and sell a million copies of a single release. Nishikawa and Asakura then created a [[SpinOff sequel project to T.M.Revolution]] called (and hold onto your hats for this one) "[[OverlyLongName the end of genesis T.M.R.evolution Turbo Type D]]"...or "TMR-e" for short. They released three singles under the name but Nishikawa and Asakura began to grow distant around the turn of the millennium and Nishikawa decided to go back to performing as T.M.Revolution in early 2000.
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11	In 1999, Nishakawa married Yumi Yoshimura of Music/PuffyAmiYumi fame, though the pair divorced in 2002 after it emerged Yoshimura was having an affair. On August 2020, he got married to someone outside the entertainment industry.
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13	Takanori Nishikawa is also co-founder and vocalist of rock band [[Music/AbingdonBoysSchool abingdon boys school]]. He's also [[http://www.goodsmile.info/product/en/4054/Nendoroid+T+M+Revolution.html received his own Nendoroid.]]
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15	In 2017, he began to perform music under his own name as a solo artist rather than as "T.M.Revolution".
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18	!!Tropes associated with T.M.Revolution's music and videos, and Takanori Nishikawa himself include:
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20	* AlbumFiller: Especially in his earlier albums.
21	* AnimeThemeSong: T.M.Revolution has contributed theme songs to ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', ''Anime/BtX'' [[note]][[AlternativeForeignThemeSong Region specific.]] See the work’s page for more details.[[/note]], ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]'', ''Manga/DGrayMan'', ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'', ''Manga/SoulEater'', ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', ''Series/ThunderboltFantasy'', ''Anime/FateExtraLastEncore'' and formed part of a duet with Creator/NanaMizuki for the opening theme of ''Anime/ValvraveTheLiberator''.
22	* ArmCannon / RocketPunch: The PV for madan~Der Freischutz~ features an [[PapaBear overprotective dad]] [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext who converts his arm into an]] ArmCannon, [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext and Nishikawa responds with a]] RocketPunch.
23	* AuthorAppeal: Nishikawa's clothing brand, DEFROCK, among other things. During the first few years of the project, T.M.Revolution's sound was this for [[RecordProducer Daisuke Asakura]].
24	* CampStraight
25	* ChronologicalAlbumTitle: Many of his album titles reference where they fall chronologically.
26	** Triple Joker (Third album)
27	** The Force (Fourth album. [[StealthPun The English words "fourth" and "force" are written and pronounced the same way when rendered in katakana.]])
28	** SEVENTH HEAVEN (Seventh album)
29	** Vertical Infinity (Eighth album, [[DontExplainTheJoke because a numeral 8 has a superficial resemblance to infinity symbol turned on its side]])
30	** CLOUD NINE (Ninth album)
31	** TEN (Tenth album)
32	* ConceptVideo: Several, including madan~Der Frieschutz~, INVOKE and Meteor. Out Of Orbit~Triple ZERO~ manages to combine this with ThreeMinutesOfWrithing.
33	* CoverAlbum: A self-cover album, to be precise. UNDER:COVER features [[RearrangeTheSong straight rock arrangements]] of many of his songs, with the tracklist having been chosen through online voting by fans.
34	* DarkerAndEdgier: There was a noticeable shift in overall tone when he went back to being a solo artist after TMR-e ended.
35	* DisplacedOrigin: While T.M.Revolution officially started in 1996 with the release of dokusai-monopolize-, Nishikawa actually started working with Daisuke Asakura in 1995, with a single released under ''Asakura's'' name (with a sub-credit to Nishikawa), BLACK or WHITE?. An album mix was created for MAKES REVOLUTION, and as such is generally considered to be part of the T.M.Revolution canon despite its origins.
36	* {{Engrish}}: Not always his fault, since the majority of his lyrics are written by dedicated lyricist Akio Inoue.
37	* EpicInstrumentalOpener: All the damn time, and always a form of AuthorAppeal for Daisuke Asakura. Albireo, Zips, madan~Der Freischutz~, LOVE SAVER, CHASE/THE THRILL... the list goes on. Asakura really loves long opening riffs.
38	* EpicRocking: CHASE/THE TRILL clocks in at 7:07, and is some of the most gratuitous AuthorAppeal from Asakura in T.M.Revolution's entire discography. The [[EpicInstrumentalOpener intro]] alone is almost a minute long.
39	* FunSize: He's 161 cm tall (about 5'3") due to malnourishment as a child.
40	* FunWithAcronyms: T.M.Revolution stands for "Takanori Makes Revolution".
41	* GenreBusting: Shifts back and forth between pop and rock. He also does electronic, punk and, occasionally, heavy metal. Each and every song can differ between any combination of the aforementioned genres, which makes his musical style quite difficult to classify.
42	* GenreShift: It's more apparent in his live performances than in his recordings, but beginning with ''progress'', his sound has gotten heavier, with increasingly consistent use of traditional instruments as opposed to being primarily keyboards and programming. His more recent material leans more towards J-metal than any other genre.
43	* GratuitousGerman: "Madan ~Der Freischütz~".
44	* GreatestHitsAlbum: Four so far: B☆E☆S☆T, UNDER:COVER, 1000000000000 and UNDER:COVER 2.
45	* IAmTheBand: T.M.Revolution is also a solo project. He may have a near permanent set of support musicians these days, and doesn't write any of his music or most of his lyrics, but Nishikawa is still the only permanent member in the traditional sense.
46	* IdiosyncraticAlbumTheming: Starting with Restoration Level 3, each of his albums features a song with a title that has the initials "T.M.R."
47	* IdolSinger: Started out as a rare male example. Totally subverted when Nishikawa took control of the project away from Daisuke Asakura.
48	* InkSuitActor:
49	** Both of the characters he voiced for ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'' qualify, but [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Heine Westenfluss]] takes the trope up to eleven by not only looking like him, but also being named after him (Heine is a play on the name he used in [[VisualKei Luis~Mary]] and "Westenfluss" is a literal translation of his last name into German). Even the name of Heine's [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Gouf]] remake is a reference to the theme song that T.M.Revolution contributed to that season, Ignited.
50	** He joined the cast of ''Series/ThunderboltFantasy'' as the wandering minstrel Lang Wu Yao, who was originally modeled after him for an event Pili attended to exhibit their crafting skills.
51	* InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha: The Franchise/{{Gundam}} in the Zips PV.
52	* {{Keet}}
53	* LongRunners: He debuted 18 years ago, and his popularity still holds strong, despite the last half of that being more than a little inconsistent activity-wise.
54	* LyricalColdOpen: BOARDING and gunjou-GUNJOH-.
55	* MayDecemberRomance: He has a tendency to date much younger women. One was ''18 years his junior''.
56	* MetalScream: Master Feel Sad features one. He also does a lot of high-pitched screams during live shows, which seems unusual for a pop singer.
57	* MrFanservice: His live performances typically involve stripping off multiple layers of costuming, usually until he's at least [[ShirtlessScene half naked]].
58	* MusicalisInterruptus: Meteor PV.
59	* NerdsAreSexy
60	* NobodyLovesTheBassist: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] by his primary support bassist, Ikuo, who has a very healthy personal fandom.
61	* OlderThanTheyLook: '''50 YEARS OLD''' (in 2020)
62	* OverlyLongName: the end of genesis T.M.R.evolution Turbo Type D
63	* RearrangeTheSong: In addition to the aforementioned UNDER:COVER, BLACK OR WHITE? version 3 is [[ReimaginingTheArtifact an overhaul of his first single]]. THUNDERBIRD also got this treatment for Coordinate.
64	* RecordProducer: Daisuke Asakura, who was T.M.Revolution's "total producer" for many years, is a combination Acrimony/One Or More Trick Pony producer. He has a reputation for alienating the people he works with by being overbearing and controlling- because he also writes all of the music and plays the keyboards for everything he has ever produced. He still writes the music and plays keyboards, but Nishikawa is his own producer now, [[DarkerAndEdgier hence the deviation from]] [[GenreShift DA's typical formula since Coordinate.]]
65	* RereleaseTheSong: [[RearrangeTheSong BLACK OR WHITE? version 3]].
66	* SelfTitledAlbum: MAKES REVOLUTION, his first album.
67	* ShoutOut: T.M.Revolution's name is a shout out to TM Network. Daisuke Asakura's first real gig as a professional keyboard player was a support gig with them, and is also how he met his mentor and idol, Tetsuya Komuro.
68	* SongStyleShift: Master Feel Sad again. Starts out sounding like a soft ballad, then suddenly HEAVY METAL.
69	* SpinOff: the end of genesis T.M.R.evolution Turbo Type D (abbreviated as TMR-e), a {{Retool}} of T.M.Revolution's sound and image, that only lasted one album. Came about because of Takanori Nishikawa and Daisuke Asakura's original agreement to end T.M.Revolution after meeting three specific goals. Music/AbingdonBoysSchool is also this.
70	* StageNames: Subverted. Even though he performs his solo work under the mantle of T.M.Revolution, he actually does use his real name, and is usually addressed as such in interviews and the like.
71	* SynthPop: As per usual for any project of Daisuke Asakura's, his music is very keyboard and programming heavy. His earlier albums are straight plays of this trope while his more recent ones subvert it with the ever growing presence of traditional rock instruments.
72	* TextlessAlbumCover: 1000000000000
73	* ThreeMinutesOfWrithing: Many of his [=PVs=] are this; even the ones with a plot.
74	* WordSaladTitle: The aforementioned [[IdiosyncraticAlbumTheming T.M.R.]] initialed songs always seem to invoke this. His other songs with English titles mostly avert this by being only one or two words long. TMR-e's full name is also this.
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77	His [[CostumePorn costumes]] [[IconicOutfit are the stuff of legend]], and throughout his 16 years of activity have provided examples of the following tropes:
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79	* BadassLongcoat: The IGNITED PV. Also a recurrent theme with his live performance costumes.
80	* ClothingDamage: Several [=PVs=] make use of this.
81	* {{Cosplay}}: He wore an {{Music/AKB48}} [[{{Crossdresser}} schoolgirl outfit]] for a cover of one of their songs at his [[http://www.comtrya.com/2012/t-m-revolution-covers-akb48-heavy-rotation-during-nippon-budokan-2-day-concert/ 2012 new year's live]].
82	* CostumePorn
83	* {{Crossdresser}}/[[DudeLooksLikeALady Dude Looks Like a Lady]]/AttractiveBentGender: The costume theme for UNDER:COVER's insert featured Nishikawa in ''very'' convincing drag.
84	* FluffyFashionFeathers: One of the SEVENTH HEAVEN costumes featured a top made of feathers. And again, his live performance costumes have featured this as well.
85	* [[FurBikini Fur Bikini]]/AnimalEaredHeadband: Wild Rush PV.
86	* GemEncrusted: One of the costumes featured in SEVENTH HEAVEN's booklet is little more than rhinestones glued all over his body.
87	* HappyHolidaysDress: Okay so it wasn't a dress, but The Burnin' Xmas PV costumes were Happy Holidays... ''somethings''. TMR-e's Winter Dust PV also features (an arguably more tasteful) variation.
88	* IconicOutfit: HOT LIMIT. Just... HOT LIMIT.
89	* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: In recent years, most of his costumes have been outright CostumePorn.
90	* ImpossiblyTackyClothes: But not always, especially in the early years. See RummageSaleReject below.
91	* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: He's had loads of these.
92	* PaintedOnPants
93	* PimpDuds: A few of his stage outfits were this on steroids.
94	* PimpedOutCape: Burnin' Xmas PV again.
95	* RummageSaleReject: Not so much in recent years, but there was [[TheNineties a period of time]] when he pretty much embodied this trope.
96	* SharpDressedMan: Mostly in photoshoots.
97	* ShirtlessScene: Not quite frequent enough to qualify him as a WalkingShirtlessScene, but often enough to be a primary contributing factor to his status as a MrFanservice.
98	* SleevesAreForWimps: Frequently. Tends to be combined with fingerless gloves.
99	* {{Stripperiffic}}: HOT LIMIT PV.
100	* StylishProtectionGear: Several [=PVs=] have used variations on this.

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