TM Network is a Japanese rock/new wave/pop musical band, made up by Tetsuya Komuro (keyboardist), Takashi Utsunomiya (vocalist) and Naoto Kine (guitarist). They became popular in Japan as the "futuristic pop songs with synthesizer" after the release of their 1987 single "Get Wild" Tetsuya Komuro became a famous producer of dance-oriented J-pop singers in 1990s, and as such they are considered a prototype of the J-pop genre. However, their 2000 album Major Turn-Round was influenced by progressive rock. History Vocalist Takashi Utsunomiya and guitarist and songwriter Naoto Kine were originally in a band together called Speedway during their school days. Keyboardist and songwriter Tetsuya Komuro would join for a few months before leaving to pursue solo activities. When he sent a demo tape he made to some friends he was encouraged to make new versions of the songs with a full band. In 1983 He contacted Utsunomiya and Kine about working together, and Speedway was abandoned in favor of this new group. They settled on the name TM Network. The name is commonly thought to stand for "Time Machine Network", supported by a statement by Tetsuya Komuro on a 1984 appearance on the show LiveG. However, on September 6, 2006, an episode of Trivia no Izumi claimed that TM actually stands for Tama, the district from Tokyo they all came from. On August 22, 1983, TM Network took part in the "Fresh Sounds Contest" (フレッシュサウンズコンテスト) which was sponsored by Coca-Cola. They performed the song "1974", and the event was aired on TBS. This was their first step towards a record deal. They made their record debut with single "Kin'yōbi no Lion (Take It to the Lucky)" ( "Friday's lion") and album Rainbow Rainbow on April 21, 1984. They first became famous in Hokkaido. They later found success with the songs "Self Control", "Get Wild", "Beyond the Time", and others, becoming one of the most popular rock bands in Japan. In particular, in the anime world, "Get Wild", used as the first ending song of City Hunter, sold a combined 525,010 single in Japan. "Get Wild" has received a number of covers by many J-pop bands and singers, as well as Vocaloids. "Beyond the Time" was used as the ending theme the 1988 anime film Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack. Several musicians have supported them at their live shows as backing bands such as Tak Matsumoto (B'z), Daisuke Asakura (Access), and