Takanori Nishikawa his name was a play on Nishikawa's pseudonym with that band (Haine). [Heine's first name is written as in katakana.] The surnames of both Nishikawa and Westenfluss mean "west river" in Japanese (西川) and German (Westenfluß), respectively. "Ignited"'s title is closely similar to the mobile suit (GOUF Ignited) that Nishikawa's "GSD" character piloted. "Vertical infinity" was released on January 26, 2005 by Epic and exactly six months later by Tofu Records. The infinity symbol (∞), when facing vertically or turned sideways, looks like the number 8. That is also the number of original studio albums Nishikawa has released to date
Number 1 to Infinity clarity, and agility with ease". "#1 to Infinity" debuted at number 29 on the US "Billboard" 200 chart on June 6, 2015, selling 15,000 copies in its first week, marking the ninth highest debut of the week and the tentieth best-selling album of the week. It became her twentieth album to make the chart. Her eponymous album had debuted at number 80 twenty-five years prior in 1990 and later became her first of six number-one albums in 1991. "#1 to Infinity" peaked at number 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart<ref name="Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums"></ref><ref name="Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart History"></ref> and