Takahiro Nishikawa 西川隆宏 | |
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| Born | 26 May 1964 |
| Genres | Pop, new wave, jazz, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Keyboardist |
| Instruments | Keyboard |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Labels | Universal Music Japan (as Dreams Come True) |
| Website | bar-reboot |
Takahiro Nishikawa (西川隆宏, Nishikawa Takahiro, born 26 May 1964) is a Japanese keyboardist, music producer, and businessman. He was a member of Dreams Come True from 1988 to 2002. While with the band, they released eleven studio albums and thirty-three singles. Nine of those albums and ten of the singles debuted at #1 on the Oricon charts.
While Nishikawa was a member of the band, Dreams Come True won two The Television Drama Academy Awards for theme songs, once in 1995 and again in 1999. After he left the band, he was arrested and convicted twice for possession of illegal stimulants, once in October 2002 and again in February 2006. He opened a bar in Sapporo in 2009, where he regularly holds events themed around his former band, including after-concert parties.
Nishikawa is also known by the nickname Nihya (ニーヒャ, Nīhya). His younger sister, Ayumi Nishikawa (西川歩, Nishikawa Ayumi), is a model.[1]