Toshio Nakanishi

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Toshio Nakanishi 中西 俊夫 中西俊夫
Nakanishi in 2006
Background information
Also known as	Tycoon To$h, Typhoom Tosh
Born	(1956-01-13)13 January 1956 Tokyo, Japan
Died	25 February 2017(2017-02-25) (aged 61) Tokyo, Japan
Genres	New wave, technopop, hip hop
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1976–2017
Website	www4.airnet.ne.jp/mor/tosh/

Toshio Nakanishi (中西 俊夫, Nakanishi Toshio, January 13, 1956 – February 25, 2017), also known by the pseudonyms Tycoon To$h or Typhoom Tosh, was a Japanese musician and graphic designer who was best known as the founding member of new wave band Plastics in 1976. He was initially a part of the technopop fever in Japan and later acted as a pioneer of the Japanese hip hop scene with his band Major Force.^[1]