WIZ*ONE (위즈원: Wijeuwon; ウィズワン U'izuwan) is the official fandom name for IZ*ONE, a South Korean-Japanese girl group. It's also roughly pronounced as With One.
The name was announced on October 29, 2018 during their first Show-con, the same day of their debut [1]
Wiz is short for Wizard united with the official name of the group. Yujin explains: "The name means that our fans who love us are creating a magical future together with us"
English[]
WIZ, which stands for genius or wizard, represents the wizards who will support the magical future of IZ*ONE and also holds the meaning that IZ*ONE and the fans, or wizards, are one.
Korean[]
WIZ는 구재, 마법시라는 뜻으르, 앞으로 마법처럼 펼쳐질 아이즈 원의 앞날을 서포트하는 마법사들이자 아이즈원과 마법사들인 팬들은 하나라는 의미
On February 5, 2019 the official logo of the fanclub was revealed [2] the logo contained all the colors of the members mixed.
The logo is similar to the official IZ*ONE logo, except that on the "O" is a wizard's cap.
In addition, the image also contained a guide to the official colors of each member with their RGB code.
WIZ*ONE official logo + guide to the official colours of the members
On February 17, 2019, a video was published on the official IZ*ONE channel on Youtube [3], where the members of the group announced the 1st official recruitment of the WIZ*ONE fan club (date not yet specified), two weeks later, on March 17, 2019, the official IZ*ONE account on Facebook and Twitter [4][5], published the registration dates for the 1st WIZ*ONE recruitment, through the Interpark Ticket website, joining the official fan club cost ₩ 25,000 (25,000 won) or $20 (20 dollars).
The period for joining was from March 20, 2019 to March 24, 2019
WIZ*ONE 1st Generation Fankit
2nd Recruitment[]
On March 20, 2020, the IZ*ONE staff account posted 4 images[6] (In Korean, Chinese, English and Japanese)
Where they announced the registration dates for the WIZ*ONE 2nd Recruitment
WIZ*ONE 2nd Gen Fankit
Video Gallery[]
IZ*ONE GLOBAL OFFICIAL FANCLUB WIZ*ONE 2기 키트 언박싱-0
2nd recruitment unboxing
Lightstick[]
On March 21, 2019, through a photo teaser on IZ*ONE's social media [7], the official IZ*ONE Lightstick was officially announced.
On March 29, 2019, it was officially released, that same day a video was uploaded to Vlive [8] where the members of IZONE presented their Lightstick, how it looked, how it worked, and what it meant.
The lightstick contains 12 small balls, one for each member which also has their corresponding official colour.
For a limited time you could buy accessories for the lightstick.
On October 29, 2019 IZ*ONE celebrated their 1st Anniversary (1 year since their debut). A photo of the members celebrating this anniversary was shared on the official Facebook and Twitter accounts. [9][10]
Messages[]
On addition, a poster was posted where members had handwritten messages to WIZ*ONE [11]
This project has nothing to do with IZ*ONE it is a voluntary project organized by International WIZ*NE Union on Twitter and all the information mentioned below belongs entirely to them.
As part of IZ*ONE's 1st anniversary celebration, the "International WIZ*ONE Union" Twitter account [12] decided to organize a project where WIZ*ONE could donate to a non-profit organization called 60 Million Girls.
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For those who donate for IZ*ONE's first debut project "Like in Pink", we will collect messages from you and make a fan book for IZ*ONE members! The messages will be translated to Korean and Japanese, and the produced fan book will be delivered to IZ*ONE.
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About 60 Million Girls[]
60 Million Girls is an organization dedicated to girls' education in developing countries by working with local partners in various ways such as providing rights-based education, school supplies, sanitary feminine products as well as training and supporting more educators for schools.
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A lot of out-of-school girls are at the age of younger IZ*ONE members. We believe that with help of international WIZ*ONE's and in the name of IZ*ONE, we can support these girls to get education nad knowledge to protect themselves and go towards a better future and reach their dreams as IZ*ONE did.
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Please join us to color the life of the girls in the world with pink!
