Two-Mix is a Japan

Japan

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ese pop

Pop music

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 music group formed in 1995 by Minami Takayama

Minami Takayama

is a popular Japanese singer and voice actress. She was married to manga artist Gosho Aoyama on May 5, 2005 but they divorced on December 10, 2007. Minami is also a member of the pop group Two-Mix, and a part of DoCo when it was active....

 (vocals and composer

Composer

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) and Shiina Nagano (synthesizer and lyricist). Their style is fast electronic

Electronic music

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 pop

Pop music

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.

History

They met in the early 1990s. Takayama, already well-established as a voice actress, was in the indie

Indie (music)

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 band Re-X and met Nagano through a friend. Takayama released a solo album in 1992, Endless Communication which Nagano contributed to. They formed a group together Es Connexion and released in an album. In 1995 they formed Two-Mix.

They have been featured in anime

Anime

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 such as Gundam Wing and Detective Conan (in which the title character, Conan Edogawa, is voiced by Takayama. They also made a guest appearance in one of the episode in which they were kidnapped and saved by Conan and his friends).

In 2005, Takayama and Nagano were joined by Joe Rinoie

Joe Rinoie

is a music producer, singer, keyboardist, saxophone player and composer.His father is Japanese while his mother is an Han Chinese in Japan, thus he is mixed half-Chinese, half-Japanese. He is a former member of Romantic Mode. After spending many years as a studio musician, he became a producer...

 as an additional singer and composer, changing the group's name to Mix Delta for a limited time. Delta

Delta (letter)

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 is the mathematical symbol signifying a number of 3 and change.

In 2008, Shiina started his solo music project ShiinaTactix (S.T.M.) featuring different female vocalists such as Sanae Kobayashi

Sanae Kobayashi

is a voice actress who was born in Shizuoka Prefecture. She is affiliated with Production Baobab.-Television Animation:*.hack//Liminality as Mai Minase*.hack//Roots as Ender*.hack//Roots as Pi...

, Yoko Hikasa

Yōko Hikasa

is a Japanese voice actress from Kanagawa who is affiliated with I'm Enterprise. Hikasa aspired to become a voice actress after watching Sailor Moon, and later attended Nihon Narration Engi Kenkyūjo, a voice actor training school. She is a member of the five-girl pop music group Ro-Kyu-Bu!, along...

 and Mutsumi Tamura

Mutsumi Tamura

is a Japanese female seiyū from Tokyo, Japan. She is affiliated with I'm Enterprise.-Anime:2007*ef ~a tale of memories~ as young Kyosuke2008*Battle Spirits: Shōnen Toppa Bashin as Toppa Bashin*Blassreiter as Zaza...

. S.T.M. stands for ShiinaTactix-Music and Strike Two-Mix.

Discography

• BPM 132 - 1995
• BPM 143 - 1996
• BPM 150 Max - 1996
• Fantastix - 1997
• Fantastix II - 1998
• Dream Tactix - 1998
• Rhythm Formula - 1999
• 0G - 2001
• Mix Delta - Delta One - 2005
• Mix Delta - Delta Two: Universe - 2006
• ShiinaTactix-Sana.K - BPM 151 Tactix - 2008

Singles

• Just Communication
  Just Communication
  "Just Communication" is the first single released by j-pop duo Two-Mix. It was released April 29, 1995. The song was composed by Shina Nagano and performed by Minami Takayama. Just Communication was used as the first opening theme for the popular Anime series Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, and marked the...
  
   - 1995 (first opening theme for Gundam Wing)
• Rhythm Emotion - 1995 (second opening theme for Gundam Wing)
• T-R-Y - Return to Yourself - 1996
• Love Revolution - 1996
• Rhythm Generation - 1996
• White Reflection - 1997 (theme for Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz OVA)
• True Navigation - 1997 (theme for The X-Files
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  3rd season in Japan)
• Summer Planet No.1 - 1997
• Living Daylights - 1997
• Time Distortion - 1998
• Beat of Destiny - 1998
• Last Impression -1998 (theme for Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz Special Edition Movie)
• Truth: A Great Detective of Love - 1998 (5th opening theme for Detective Conan)
• Body Makes Stream - 1999
• Maximum Wave - 1999
• Side Formula - 1999
• Naked Dance - 2000
• Gravity Zero - 2001
• Before The Ignition - 2003
• Mix Delta - Toki wo Koete - 2007 (first opening theme for Engage Planet Kiss Dum
  Engage Planet Kiss Dum
  is a mecha anime series, directed by Yasuchika Nagaoka and Eiichi Satō, and produced by Aniplex and Satelight. It premiered in Japan from April 3, 2007 on TV Tokyo.-Storyline:...
  
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• Mix Delta - A Runner at Daybreak - 2007 (second opening theme for Engage Planet Kiss Dum
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  is a mecha anime series, directed by Yasuchika Nagaoka and Eiichi Satō, and produced by Aniplex and Satelight. It premiered in Japan from April 3, 2007 on TV Tokyo.-Storyline:...
  
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• Lightning Evolution/I’m Yours - 2009

Greatest Hits

• BPM Best Files - 1997
• Super Best Files 1995~1998 - 1998
• 20010101 - 2001
• 7th Anniversary Best - 2002
• Categorhythm - 2002
• Perfect Best - 2011

Remix Albums

• Two->Re(Mix) - 1996
• BPM Dance Unlimited - 1997
• Baroque Best - 1998
• BPM Cube - 2000
• BPM Dance Unlimited II - 2001

External links

• Little Station, Two-Mix's official Web site (Japanese) [Archive]
• Mix Delta at Wiki.theppn
• Two-Mix at MusicMoz
• the Two-Mix electronic library fan site
• Link to the "White Reflection" animated video (from Toonami Digital Arsenal)
• 2007 interview with Mix Delta