おもしろいな事 (Interesting Events)

1) 龍一 signature



I met a w-inds’ Japanese fan (はるらさん) and her mother at 詹先生 shop (selling idol’s stuff) at 士林夜市. We started talking when はるらさん paid for w-inds’ sticker. はるらさん watched w-inds concert at 福岡 (慶太’s hometown) and did not watched the concerts at Taipei. She suddenly told me she has 龍一’s signature. I was so excited! はるらさん showed me龍一 ‘s signature. I asked her if I could take a picture of it and she agreed. はるらさん, thank you so much!

PS. Seems like はるらさん likes龍一. She looked so happy when she mentioned about him.

2) Taxis



Some really die-hard Taiwanese fans booked the taxis to follow w-inds. Each taxi cost NT$3000 (approx. S$160) per day. The taxi drivers are all experts in following artists. They keep the fans’ belongings and allow them to draw on their taxis. At the concert venue, we can see those fans who booked the taxis drew and wrote on it. They wrote sentences like 「慶太, 大好き」, 「啓太」,「筋肉」 The taxis became part of the attraction at the concert venue. Media and fans kept taking photos of those taxis. An interesting scene that I have never seen in Singapore or Japan.

w-indsのコンサトの感想

Ryohei, Keita and Ryuichi at press conference in Taipei


"Singapore" signhoard


Concert goods and 「十六夜の月」 single ( I got Keita's puzzle!)

Concert song list:
1. Lil’ Crazy
2. Party Down
3. Color Me
4. 夏空の恋の詩
5. 四季
6. aghea
7. song 4 U
8. 夢の場所へ
9. Pieces
10.マバタキの夢
11.タイムマシーン
12.キレイだ
13.変わりゆく空
14.Gift
encore ~
15. Super Lover ~ I need you tonight
16. Feel The Fate
17. try your emotion
18. 十六夜の月

1) Dancing queens
I was really excited on the first day of the concert. It was the first time I attended a concert at the arena, rock section (ie. no seats). I have heard of incidents where crazy Taiwan fans fainted at the concerts. I told myself I must have the energy throughout the concert and not to squeeze with those fans. So R & I stood at the right corner, near to the entrance/exit. There were a lot of space at where we stood and yet we could see the stage clearly.

When w-inds came out at 6.20pm, I was so excited! I never expect myself to see them so clearly (I have never seen Masha so clearly in concerts. Sob sob). I got high immediately and started jumping, shouting & screaming non-stop. R & I started dancing, shouting, screaming when the music started to play. I have never been seen R so crazy, neither have I seen myself behaved like this in a concert. It struck my mind that right music + right artist + ample space + atmosphere can really make one high and go crazy at a concert.

R & I could not stop dancing. One song after another, we just keep on dancing. The arena became our dancing floor! I think we are the only fans who danced in the whole stadium. Both R & I were there to enjoy the concert, and not to get close to w-inds. Probably that is why we enjoyed ourselves and became dancing queens.

We guessed that w-inds saw us dancing at the concert. Well, we stood where there was ample space. It’s quite easy to spot us since there were not many people around us. With my height, I think it’s also quite easy for them to see us. Maybe they will think why these 2 fellows can’t stop dancing. Ha!

2) Unforgettable moment
I suggested making a sign board that state シンガポール after I read reports on Taiwan and Hong Kong fans. R & I strongly agreed that we should not lost to those fans. So we stayed till 24 Sep 3am to make the layout of the words. We completed the project just before we left for the concert. We told ourselves: “we would be lucky if w-inds see this sign board.”

During MC time, we hold the board really high up for a while, till a selfish fan told us to put it down coz she said we blocked her. I was rather pissed off. Ryuichi was talking at that time and he started saying like there were fans from Taiwan, Hong Kong , シンガポール... Oh my God! When I heard シンガポール, I immediately jumped very high with my hands pointing up and screamed! I was so loud that I could not hear R’s voice, even though she told me she screamed too. I saw Keita was a bit surprised by my action! Probably he was thinking why this tall lady is so crazy. His facial expression is still in my mind! Guess Ryuichi and Ryohei were surprised too. Well, when Ryuichi mentioned Taiwan and Hong Kong, no one responded. The whole stadium was quiet and R & I were the only ones screaming. Well, hack care! This shows that R & I understand Japanese.

I am sure that Ryuichi knows about シンガポール because when he mentioned シンガポール, he said it smoothly.

Ryuichi, thank you so much for mentioning シンガポール!

3) Dancing
When I watched Ryuichi danced, I was like "Oh my God!!!” Ryuichi’s dancing really shocked me! I have never seen such a good dancing in my life. It is the first time I felt dancing is cool and fun.

Not that Keita and Ryohei’s dancing are not good, but when I watched Ryuichi danced, he gave me a deeper impression. Ryuichi looked so engrossed when he danced and I can see that he is really enjoying himself.

Ryuichi really inspires me to learn dancing. My goal is to dance better in their concert next year.


4) Conclusion
I am really happy that I have attended w-ins concerts. I could see Keita’s smiles. I really love to see Keita smiled to Ryohei and Ryuichi while they are dancing ~ shows that they are close and are enjoying themselves on stage.

I managed to see how fantastic Keita is as he danced and sang throughout the concert. His voice is still as good as in CD! I got to see Ryohei and Ryuichi’s superb dancing. I found that I could be so crazy in a concert. I realized that I enjoyed dancing. I have never enjoyed so much in a concert… These 2 concerts have given me too many good memories.

涼平, 慶太, 龍一 ~ 私に良い記憶を与えること　ありがとうざいます!　また会いましょう!

w-inds 'Ageha' concert 2005 in Taipei ~ 24 & 25/9/2005

Keita at Taipei concert

Ryuichi and Ryohei's superb dancing

日本偶像團體w-inds.，昨晚再度在台灣掀起一場風暴。在新莊體育館吸引五千多名歌迷跟著high到最後，甚至有人不支昏倒。平常合音的緒方龍一，首度挑戰獨唱一段中文；橘慶太昨天又唱又跳，流露男人味不僅宣告長高，也真的轉大人了。

為了「w-inds. LIVE TOUR 2005"ageha彩蝶風舞"in Taiwan」演唱會，w-inds.昨天中午就到新莊體育館彩排到下午四時，不過早早就有歌迷繞著新莊體育館排隊等候入場，甚至有人從前夜祭後就徹夜排隊，還有媽媽帶小孩一同觀賞，藝人孫協志、TORO、元氣也都前往。

晚間6:30在有古印地安場景味道的「呼風儀式」影片中，橘慶太、千葉涼平和緒方龍一穿印地安服，化身為解救乾旱的風之精靈，從舞台上跳躍而出，高唱快節奏歌曲「Lil' Crazy」、「Party Down」、「color me」、「夏日天空的戀歌」、「四季」炒熱氣氛開場，讓台下歌迷不斷拿著螢光棒尖叫、揮手。

「大家好嗎？我們是w-inds.」w-inds.以中文向歌迷打招呼，看到來自香港、日本和新加坡歌迷的標示牌及加拿大的國旗，驚呼「有來自加拿大的歌迷啊？」還笑說「感覺大家都聽得懂日文」。涼平不忘搞笑：「那不會日文的請舉手。」沒想到仍有許多歌迷舉手，涼平大笑，「那不就是聽得懂嗎？」

原本在日本巡迴演唱會福岡場，橘慶太唱到一半，high到脫了露兩點，不過昨晚橘慶太僅脫了外面的背心，一旁的龍一作勢要再脫他衣服，涼平也故意想脫掉外套「挑逗」歌迷，引起歌迷尖叫。 唱至歌曲「ageha彩蝶風舞」後，三人分別大展舞技，「Song 4 U 」時，w-inds.應景換上了紅黑色的中國服裝，全場還有黑西裝、T-shirt等六套造型。安可曲時，龍一用中文高唱「SUPER LOVER」，還大喊「請跟我們一起唱」邀歌迷互動。最後在新曲「十六夜之月」中結束，共演唱18首歌曲。w-inds.今晚將有最後一場演唱會，預計明天13:25搭EL2104班機返日。 【2005/09/25 聯合報】

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w-inds.二度來台開唱，不同於在日本大方露兩點上，這次三人「惜肉如金」，僅把外層的背心脫掉而已，但還是讓全場的歌迷興奮地尖叫，主唱慶太小露一下手臂的肌肉，就已讓w-inds.滿足到不行。

為了要看w-inds.的演唱會，歌迷都是有備而來，有人模仿他們，穿著這次演唱會上的主題印地安服，還有人身上的黑背心就跟舞台上w-inds.的一模一樣。因有不少歌迷，早就看過w-inds.在日本的演唱會，對節目內容十分熟悉，知道他們在唱到氣氛High時，會有脫掉上衣、小露兩點的舉動，許多粉絲都伸長了脖子在等。

當緒方龍一在閒聊時，不經意脫去穿在背心外的背心外套，台下歌迷全都不由自己、驚聲尖叫，只是脫外套而已，歌迷反應就這麼激烈，連w-inds.都嚇了一跳，直說「好厲害」，為「順應民意」，個子最高的橘慶太接著也脫掉外套，反而是千葉涼平很調皮，歌迷叫得愈大聲，他愈裝出寒冷的樣子，故意把背心外套裹得更緊。但最後三人滿足龐大粉絲的渴望，都把背心外套脫了，慶太在龍一的慫恿下，還展現一下他手臂強壯的肌肉，台下反應當然不用說，又是一片的尖叫聲，w-inds.雖不像在日本大方脫掉上衣，但已讓台灣歌迷十分滿足。

w-inds.太專注於表演，在台上差點發生危險，涼平走到台邊時，忘記待會同一地點有爆破特效，幸好舞者機伶，趕緊將他拉回，在千鈞一髮之際，救了他一命，否則涼平肯定掛彩。昨晚w-inds.表現誠意，死背了「Super Love」的中文歌詞，當慶太開口唱第一句中文「開始、不小心，天上掉下愛意」，就讓歌迷瘋狂，w-inds.也不斷以「台灣最棒」表達他們對歌迷的謝意，演唱會結束時，三人更以一百八十度的鞠躬慎重感謝歌迷。w-inds今晚在台北縣新莊體育館還有第二場演唱會，昨晚現場已有不少歌迷在排隊，他們預計明天搭乘13時25分的EL2104班機返日。 【2005/09/25 聯合晚報】

前夜祭 ~ 23/9/2005

Ryohei, Keita and Ryuichi

日本超人氣團體w-inds.昨晚在新莊體育館內舉辦「前夜祭」與歌迷近距離接觸。原需搖滾區兩張門票才能兌換的前夜祭門票，昨天現場開放購買，一張要價500元，仍吸引三百多名歌迷買票入場。甚至有歌迷兩三天前就已排隊等待，只為這短短半小時「遠望」w-inds.的機會。

二度來台的w-inds.前晚結束通告後，前往台北市復興南路上的「粵華軒」大啖廣東菜，隨即返回飯店休息。昨天緒方龍一起個大早，獨自在上午9時多和工作人員到101、西門町附近繞繞，心情大好。w-inds.也在下午1時多就先到新莊體育館彩排，並吃外帶的吉野家充飢。

昨晚7時20分，在主持人黃子佼開場中歌迷頻頻尖叫呼喚w-inds.出場。相較於昨天記者會上的嚴肅，今天三個人頻頻搞笑，緒方龍一更不斷學佼佼說話，甚至唱起雙簧來，搞笑逗趣模樣讓歌迷狂聲尖叫。而佼佼更說：「你們這樣害我也好想嫁給他。」還作勢和橘慶太兩人手勾手一臉恩愛狀，讓粉絲嫉妒不已。

在上千名募集的網路名單中，w-inds.從中抽出三名幸運歌迷，回答問題。當被問到「出道至今最大的改變？」橘慶太大笑說：「身高吧！」而緒方龍一也笑說，「對啊，我變得不敢反抗慶太。」慶太則反駁，「別看我現在站在前面，其實在幕後我都得往後站。」

與歌迷見面僅半小時，w-inds.就先行離去，隨後則播放來台期間的花絮。晚餐則前往享用日本料理，並專心準備今晚的演唱會。 【2005/09/24 聯合報】

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w-inds.昨晚在新莊體育館舉行前夜祭活動，現場來了一千多名歌迷，w-inds.除了向歌迷致謝外，並在現場回答歌迷三個問題。歌迷問w-inds.出道以來最大的改變是什麼？慶太覺得外型改變最大，因為他長太高，主持人佼佼問慶太到底吃什麼長這麼高？慶太說這是遺傳，因為他的爸媽都很高，佼佼開他玩笑說，「那就是要我怪爸媽就對了啦」，沒想到老實的慶太居然又接了句，「你爸媽可能真的有點不好喔」，話一出口台下的歌迷都笑翻了。

涼平愛耍寶，在台上抽完籤之後，自己要打開來看，但上面寫的是中文，他根本看不懂，但他卻煞有其事的拿著紙唸，「我是千夜涼平，請大家多多指教」，明知道涼平是在耍寶，但是光憑他把這兩句中文記得這麼牢，就值得歌迷給他熱烈掌聲。龍一昨晚穿得很酷，他手上擦的指甲油特別明顯，龍一說他擦指甲油看心情而定，最喜歡擦紅色和黑色的指甲油。 【2005/09/24 民生報】

w-inds concert at Fukuoka

Keita at Fukuoka

Concert opening

特派記者 傅繼瑩／日本福岡31日專電】

日本VF家族旗下的人氣師兄團w-inds.，今夏首次在夏季推出新專輯「ageha彩蝶風舞」後旋即展開巡迴演唱會，30日眼看各地學校2天後新學期即將開始，剛好來到主唱橘慶太的家鄉福岡開唱，3人賣力唱跳、搞笑，希望讓歌迷們在暑假結束前留下美好回憶。

化身印地安3精靈
相較於去年配合精選輯內容企畫的巡迴演唱，w-inds.今年的演唱會屬於「重質不重量」，福岡國際中心的這場演出，總共雖然只演唱了18首歌，但全都以新專輯中的歌曲為主，配合歌曲呈現意境，每個環節都力求精緻，3人隨著曲風先後換了7套服裝，配樂也特別改編成演唱會版本，個人秀部分，則僅以一段互相「軋舞」的方式呈現。

演唱會剛開始，大螢幕上一群印地安人感嘆大地枯竭，以祈雨儀式呼喚3位風之精靈幫助，隨即w-inds.穿著印地安服裝一躍而出，瞬間引爆台下4000歌迷的熱情，而這次名為「Live Tour2005 ageha」的演唱會，果然「彩蝶」滿天飛！不但VTR有森林裡蝴蝶飛舞畫面，周邊商品也都以蝴蝶設計，連台下幾乎清一色的女歌迷身上、頭上都到處可見蝴蝶飾品。

安可曲秀新打歌服
「四季」、「song 4U」等一連串精采唱跳後，緒方龍一感性的說：「希望大家把所有煩惱、不愉快，在這裡全都忘掉，跟著我們一起盡情唱跳吧！」慶太掩不住的高興表示：「很久沒回福岡了，晚上想跟老朋友們碰面，一起出去玩玩。」當慶太說他到東京太久，在福岡朋友人數用10隻手指數得出來，龍一聽了卻說：「我在老家（北海道）朋友更少，只剩2個了！」

隨後，千葉涼平，受命公布兩項重要消息，他親自向福岡歌迷們宣告9月24、25日將2度赴台灣舉辦演唱會，台下立刻傳來為他們加油的熱烈歡呼，涼平還建議歌迷：「如果那時有空，可以和家人去台灣旅行！」此外，他還宣布w-inds.最新單曲「十六夜之月」隔天即將發行，台壓版則於9月2日推出。

在發布了兩個好消息之後，w-inds.唱起快節奏的「時光機器」，狂野搖滾的節奏和歌迷超high的情緒，讓慶太唱到一半就情不自禁的脫去上衣露出鍛鍊有成的肌肉，此舉又再度引起全場歌迷高分貝的尖叫，演唱會在「SUPER LOVER」、「Feel The Fate」等超人氣冠軍歌曲的大合唱中，依依不捨的進入尾聲，w-inds.還特別在安可曲最後，演唱新歌「十六夜之月」，並率先穿上新MV中的新打歌服讓歌迷欣賞。

演唱會上展現專業演出水準的w-inds.，演唱會後特別和台灣媒體碰面時，3位團員又自然展現私底下不同的一面。

一身視覺系裝扮的龍一，演唱完依然帥氣俊美，絲毫不顯疲累，他對自己參與設計的金色新髮型和格子裙裝視覺裝扮，頗為自豪；舞台上猛飆舞的涼平，台下卻最為害羞；最高大的慶太，台下非常愛鬧、愛搞笑，頻頻用中文指著自己說「慶太！慶太！」3人都還記得再見、謝謝等簡單中文，並表示非常期待即將到來的台灣之行。

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當紅少男團體w-inds.經過1個多月的日本巡迴演唱之後，回到主唱橘慶太的故鄉福岡開唱，福岡當地的歌迷熱情呼喊，讓橘慶太忘卻和松浦亞彌分手的傷痛，賣力演出。團員們在舞台上宣布本月24、25日將於台灣的新莊體育館開唱，並邀約歌迷到台灣旅行，順便看他們的演唱會。
回到暌違一年的家鄉，主唱橘慶太開心的說晚上要跟朋友一起出去玩，但立刻被龍一吐槽說，「原來你這裡還有朋友喔」，慶太露出可憐的表情表示，他在福岡的朋友已經少到用手指頭都數得出來了，團員間搞笑的對話，讓台下歌迷笑聲不斷。

演唱會後w-inds.與台灣媒體見面，涼平表示月底將二度去台灣演出，心情上比第一次去的時候輕鬆很多，但是他們還是會努力展現最棒的演出，讓台灣歌迷感受他們的舞台魅力。