Takanori Nishikawa more popular as T.M.R. (Takanori Makes Revolution) is a Japanese J-Pop singer. He was born on September 19th, 1970 in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. In 1996, he released his debut single, "Dokusa" (american translation: "Monopolize") which had started his huge fan base. Later in 1996, he entered the J-Pop scene in a huge way, his song "Heart of Sword - Yoake Mae" ("Heart of Sword - Before Sunrise") was used in the anime Rurouni Kenshin as the series third closing theme. He has produced 20 singles and 9 albums. T.M.R. recently entered the voice acting biz by doing the voice of Miguel Aiman for the most recent Gundam series, Gundam Seed. He has also contributed two songs to Gundam Seed, "Invoke" which is Gundam Seed's opening theme, and "Meteor" which is Gundam Seed's 26th episode insert song, both of those songs can be found on his recently relased album "Coordinate".
In 2003, Takanori Nishikawa made his live concert debut in the United States at the anime convention, Otakon. His concert was extremely popular and many attendees of Otakon 2003 filled the ballroom of the Baltimore Convention Center and a overflow room located in a exhibition hall of the Baltimore Convention Center to see him perform.
In 2004, Takanori Nishikawa is expected to attend PMX.