1. Takanori Nishikawa is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, voice actor, radio personality, and businessman.
49 Facts About Takanori Nishikawa
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Takanori Nishikawa is known for contributions of ending and opening themes to many notable anime and game series.
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Takanori Nishikawa has guest starred as a minor character in each of those anime series that featured his songs.
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In 2005, Takanori Nishikawa formed the rock band Abingdon Boys School.
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Takanori Nishikawa made his North American live debut at Otakon, a large anime convention in 2003.
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Takanori Nishikawa has performed at Pacific Media Expo in 2004 and at the New York Comic Con in 2008.
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Takanori Nishikawa revisited his 2003 US performance at the Asian culture convention Otakon by performing at Otakon's 20th Anniversary on August 10,2013.
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Takanori Nishikawa was born to a government worker and a dental hygienist in Hikone, Shiga, and moved to Yasu, Shiga.
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Takanori Nishikawa attended Mikami Elementary School as a child.
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Takanori Nishikawa was close to his grandfather, whom he visited every day after school, since his parents were always working.
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Under the encouragement of his grandfather, Takanori Nishikawa studied kendo until age ten, when his grandfather died due to illness.
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Takanori Nishikawa attended Yasu Junior High School and Yasu High School.
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Takanori Nishikawa dropped out of high school and left Shiga to pursue his dream.
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Takanori Nishikawa was married to Yumi Yoshimura of Puffy AmiYumi from 1999 to 2002.
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Takanori Nishikawa joined the visual kei rock band Luis-Mary in 1990 as the vocalist.
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Takanori Nishikawa participated in a mini three-band event in November 1995.
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In early 1996, Takanori Nishikawa made several radio appearances announcing the debut of his solo project.
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Takanori Nishikawa released three singles, Level 4, High Pressure, and White Breath, in 1997.
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Takanori Nishikawa performed White Breath on the 48th edition of Kohaku Uta Gassen, an annual music show televised by NHK.
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Takanori Nishikawa performed at the 49th edition of Kohaku Uta Gassen.
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Shortly after the force was released, Takanori Nishikawa performed two concerts at Tokyo Dome to a total audience of 100,000.
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Takanori Nishikawa started self-producing, with the release of his sixteenth single one year later.
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Takanori Nishikawa voice acted as Miguel Aiman early in that series and narrated a recap episode of Gundam SEED.
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Later that year, Takanori Nishikawa became the first artist to be signed under Tofu Records, and coordinate was the first album released by Tofu.
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Takanori Nishikawa made his debut North American performance at Otakon in August 2003, to a massive audience who filled both the ballroom and overflow room of the Baltimore Convention Center to their entirety.
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Tofu Records released SEVENTH HEAVEN a few weeks later and Takanori Nishikawa performed at Pacific Media Expo in May 2004.
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Takanori Nishikawa was asked to sing the ending theme song of the Japanese theatrical release of Spider-Man 2, because of his performance at PMX 2004 and his relations at Sony Music Japan.
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Takanori Nishikawa shot the "Web of Night" PV in both languages.
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Takanori Nishikawa attended the world premiere of Spider-Man 2 wearing a traditional Japanese kimono.
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Takanori Nishikawa voice acted as Heine Westenfluss for several episodes of Gundam SEED Destiny.
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Takanori Nishikawa's character was directly modelled after Nishikawa himself, as opposed to Miguel Aiman of SEED.
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Heine's hairstyle resembled Takanori Nishikawa's Luis-Mary hairstyle, and his name was a play on Takanori Nishikawa's pseudonym with that band.
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Revolution's musical style, as only half of the album was arranged by Daisuke Asakura, while Takanori Nishikawa arranged or co-arranged the other tracks.
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Revolution's tenth anniversary in May 2006 and other commitments, Takanori Nishikawa was unable to visit North America in 2005.
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Takanori Nishikawa's cohosting duties on Pop Jam came to an end in March 2006.
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That day, it was announced that Takanori Nishikawa will perform at USJ, near Peter Pan's Neverland, on his 36th birthday on September 19,2006.
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Takanori Nishikawa has starred in a drama called Nursing Etoile in autumn 2006.
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Takanori Nishikawa established a new band called Abingdon Boys School in 2005.
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Takanori Nishikawa covered "Ever Free" for the June 6,2018 hide tribute album Tribute Impulse.
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Takanori Nishikawa collaborated with ASCA in performing the song "Tenbin -LIBRA-" that was released on May 27,2020; the song is used as the opening theme of anime series White Cat Project: Zero Chronicle.
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Takanori Nishikawa was the guest of honor at Comic Con 2008 in New York.
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In early 2008, Takanori Nishikawa starred in the movie Corazon de Melon.
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Takanori Nishikawa now has a new title for his resume: first Cultural Ambassador for Shiga prefecture, his home region.
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Takanori Nishikawa has established his own indies record label called Defrock Records.
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Takanori Nishikawa described the label as "borderless", saying that he hopes to deliver a variety of high quality music to the world.
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Takanori Nishikawa's radio show was broadcast on Monday nights and ran for eight years and nine months, from January 6,1997, to September 26,2005.
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Takanori Nishikawa married fellow musician and singer Yumi Yoshimura on April 2,1999, but the couple later divorced on July 1,2002.
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Takanori Nishikawa's spouse is said to be an ordinary person not in the entertainment industry.
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Takanori Nishikawa recorded a cover of dance group TRF's song "Silver and Gold dance", from their 2006 album Lif-e-Motions.