w-inds. to words: w-inds.

A DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF "W-INDS."

Last year they celebrated their 10th anniversary, with multiple merchandise releases and concerts. They have also begun to reach out to their international fans on a new level, utilizing websites such as Twitter and QQ.com. For their dedicated international fans, w-inds. released their own application for the iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad, and Android Phones.

Following the recent earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan, w-inds. has also begun to take an active role as a celebrity leader. They have participated in fundraising concerts such as MTV Japan's Sing for Smiles tour, alongside other groups like SHINee. They conscientiously conserved energy during their rescheduled tenth anniversary concert, using a smaller circular stage with minimal LED lights. A portion of the money they made was sent to the earthquake relief funds. Their amendable work will continue in July 2011, when they plan to participate in the TBC Natsu Matsuri Kizuna Miyagi ~ Smile Again!~ charity event. As proven with their involvement in Downes Syndrome and Sichuan Relief events, w-inds. is a commendable dance vocal group.

Supporting w-inds.
Depending on where you live, few to many albums are available on iTunes. Though shipping fees can be slightly expensive, you may also purchase a variety of their merchandise on Amazon Japan. Other sites that I have not personally tried are HMV Japan, CD Japan, and YesAsia.

Reading about W-INDS.

Official Sources include the following:
w-inds. official website you can click the English button on the top right-hand corner, although it isn't updated as frequently as the Japanese version. There is also their agency's website, Vision Factory. This site is in Japanese.

Keita's Twitter, Ryohei's Twitter, and Ryuichi's Twitter were once regularly updated in Japanese. There are multiple Twitter accounts that translate these tweets. And as such, out of respect to these hardworking individuals, I will mainly refrain from changing these to English. w-inds. also has a specific twitter account, updated by their staff.

I did, however, try to translate Keita's Ameblo, Ryohei's Ameblo, and Ryuichi's Ameblo as frequently as possible.

For those who enjoy other Western forms of social networks, you can Like their Facebook account or check their YouTube and USTREAM accounts.

Fan Sources include the following: (Please keep in mind this is just a small handful of many fansites)
w-inds. worldwide's twitter (English, Japanese)
w-inds. worldwide blog (English, Japanese)
w-inds. web (English, French)
w-inds. INFORMATION twitter (Japanese)

Usagi Tsukino (English, Vietnamese)

Itsumo Egao de Ita (Chinese, Japanese)

w-inds. 10th anniversary (Chinese, Japanese)

Personal Favourites

Music

-Upbeat Songs-

Say Yes
Touch the Sky
Cos of You
What's the Difference
Swear Down
Some More
Don't Remind Me
Yes or No
You Are...
Love Train

-In-Between Songs-
Shiki (Four Seasons)
Izayoi no Tsuki (The Sixteenth Moon)
Baby Maybe
Noise
Forever Memories (2007 Live Ver)

-Ballads-
Color
Wasurenagusa (Forget-Me-Not)
Space Drifter
Be As One
Hanamuke (Parting Gift)

Books

w-inds. ageha the document
w-inds. tour

DVDs
w-inds. 10th Anniversary 314 (i'd recommend buying this OR w-inds. Another World live tour 2010; i bought both of them, but the concert DVDs are very similar. personally, i like this 314 better)
w-inds. Live Tour 2007 "Journey"
w-inds. Live Tour 2008 "Seventh Ave"

Places for w-inds. updates

Feel the Fate! (English)