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 offer Carey a contract. According to "Billboard", many other critics felt that reuniting with Reid is Carey's best chance of re-establishing herself on the charts. In January 2015, Carey announced that she would re-release "#1's" (1998) with an updated version featuring her songs that had in the meantime reached number-one: "Heartbreaker" featuring Jay-Z (1999), "Thank God I Found You" featuring Joe and 98 Degrees (2000), "We Belong Together" (2005), "Don't Forget About Us" (2005/06) and "Touch My Body" (2008). The North American track listing of "#1 to Infinity" features Carey's eighteen US number-one singles on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and