w-inds.
W - inds. is a popular Japanese music group which is attributed to the J-Pop. The band was founded in 2000 and is made up of Keita Tachibana (vocals ) and Ryohei Chiba and Ryuichi Ogata (rap, Backing vocals, dance) together. The first hit of w - inds. was Forever Memories, which made it to number 12 in the Japanese weekly charts; it was followed by several top positions, including with the singles Another Days (2002), Because of you (2002) and Long Road (2003) was achieved in each case No. 1 on the charts.
After SMAP are w - inds. another band, the representative of Japan at the Shanghai EXPO 2010 took part and occurred in the context of JAPAN DAY. On May 5, w - inds gave. an event exclusively for their fan club members at the Tokyo International Forum, where KENZO occurred, a member of DA BUMP who had received the first band to Japan shortly before the victory at Euro Dance Battle 2010.