Ren Meguro

Ren Meguro (目黒蓮, Meguro Ren; born February 16, 1997, in Tokyo) is a Japanese singer and actor who is a member of the idol group Snow Man under Smile Up (Starto), formerly known as Johnny & Associates.

Ren Meguro
目黒蓮
Meguro in January 2024
Born	(1997-02-16) February 16, 1997 (age 28) Tokyo, Japan[1]
Other names	MeMe, Meguro, Ren
Occupations	Singer Actor Model
Years active	2010–present[2]
Agent	Johnny's & Associates (2010–2023, 2023–present under Starto Ent.）
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)[3] / 64 kg[4]
Website	Snow Man Family Club

Career

Ren Meguro joined Starto in October 2010. In November 2016, he was chosen to be a member of Uchuu Six, a newly formed pre-debut unit under Junior, a branch of Starto that manages trainees and their activities.^[5]

On January 17, 2019, Meguro was added as a new member to Snow Man, an existing Junior unit, in addition to Koji Mukai and Raul.^[6] Snow Man made their official debut on January 22, 2020. Subsequently, corresponding to his debut in Snow Man, Meguro withdrew from Uchuu Six.

On Aug 11, 2021, Meguro co-starred with labelmate Shunsuke Michieda in the television live action adaptation of "My Love Mix-Up!" in his first leading role outside of Snow Man related projects.

On February 21, 2022, Meguro was announced to star as one of the four lead roles in Phases of the Moon, the film adaptation of the 157th Naoki Prize winning novel, "Tsuki no Michikake" (月の満ち欠け) by Shogo Sato, on the film's official Twitter.^[7] In April of the same year, he was announced to co-star in the live action film adaptation of As Long as We Both Shall Live with Mio Imada to be released the following year.^[8]

On July 14, 2023, he played his first lead role in a TV drama in Trillion Game. On November 25, Meguro won the Best Emerging Actor Award at the 5th Tama Film Awards Ceremony for his work in My Happy Marriage (2023) and Phases of the Moon (2022).^[9]

Modeling

Meguro also works as a model,^[10] and has been a regular model for FINEBOYS Magazine since November, 2018.^[11]

On May 7, 2020, it was announced that he would appear for 'FINEBOYS' June issue for first time as solo cover, which was released on May 29.^[12][13]

On June 8, it was announced that the FINEBOYS's 2020 June and July issue with Ren Meguro on the cover would be republished.^[14] The news caused the site's to crash for 5 seconds after it was announced.^[15][16]

In 2024, Meguro was selected to be a brand ambassador for the luxury Italian fashion brand Fendi. He is the company's first Japanese men's brand ambassador.^[17] Additionally, Meguro modeled for the brand's Spring/Summer 2025 menswear campaign, making him the first Japanese person to be featured as the primary model of a global Fendi advertising campaign.^[18]

Filmography

TV dramas

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	Oniichan, Gacha	Boy E/ Natsko's Onii-chan		[19]
2019	We Apply an Easy Job	Wakadai Akita "Wanchan"	Lead role	[20]
2021	Kyojo 2	Rikito Soma	Mini series	[21]
	My Love Mix-Up!	Kousuke Ida	Lead role	[22]
2022	Silent	Sou Sakura		[23]
2022–2023	Soar High!	Hiroaki Kashiwagi	Asadora	[24]
2023	Trillion Game	Haru Tennōji	Lead role	[25]
2024	Where Does the Sea Begin	Natsu Tsukioka	Lead role	[26]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2020	Takizawa Kabuki ZERO 2020: The Movie	Himself	Lead role	[27]
2022	Mr. Osomatsu	Choromatsu Matsuno	Lead role	[28]
	Phases of the Moon	Akihiko Misumi		[29]
2023	As Long as We Both Shall Live	Kiyoka Kudo	Lead role	[30]
2025	Trillion Game: The Movie	Haru Tennōji	Lead role	[31]
2026	Hodonaku, Owakare desu	Reiji Urushibara	Lead role	[32]

Stage

Time	Title	Place	Ref	Note
September 8–9, 2012	Johnny's Dome Theatre 〜SUMMARY〜	Tokyo Dome City Hall	[33]
April 7 – May 12, 2013	Takizawa Enbujo 2013	Shinbashi Enbujo	[34]
April 10 – May 15, 2016	Takizawa Kabuki 2016		[35]
April 7 – May 14, 2017	Takizawa Kabuki 2017		[36][37]	Replaced Ryuichi Tanimura, who was injured during the performance.
April 9 – May 13, 2018	Takizawa Kabuki 2018		[38]	He didn't appeared from April 5 to 8 due to conflicting dates schedule with "Squad".
June 4–30, 2018		Misonoza
February 3–25, 2019	Takizawa Kabuki ZERO	Minamiza	[39]	Appears as a Snow Man in the Shinbashi Enbujo show.

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee(s)/work(s)	Result	Ref.
Blue Ribbon Awards	2024	Best Newcomer	As Long As We Both Shall Live	Nominated	[40]
Elan d'or Awards	2024	Newcomer of the Year	Phases of the Moon & Silent & As Long As We Both Shall & Trillion Game	Won	[41]
Hashida Awards	2023	Best New Comer	Silent & Maiagare	Won	[42]
Japan Academy Film Prize	2023	Best Supporting Actor	Phases of the Moon	Nominated	[43]
		Newcomer of the Year		Won
Kinema Junpo Awards	2023	Best New Actor	Mr. Osomatsu & Phases of the Moon	Won	[44]
Mainichi Film Awards	2022	Best New Actor	Phases of the Moon	Nominated	[45]
Nikkan Sport Summer Drama GP	2023	Best Lead Actor	Trillion Game	2nd place	[46]
Tama Film Awards	2023	Best New Actor	Phases of the Moon & As Long As We Both Shall Live	Won	[47]
The Television Drama Academy Awards	2023	Best Supporting Actor	Silent	Won	[48]
Tokyo Drama Awards	2023	Best Supporting Actor	Silent	Won	[49]
TV Station Drama Awards	2023	Best Supporting Actor	Silent	Won	[50]
TV LIFE Annual Drama Awards	2022	Best Lead Actor	My Love Mix-Up! (Kieta Hatsukoi)	Won	[51]
	2023	Best Supporting Actor	Silent	Won	[52]
Yokohama Film Festival	2024	Best New Comer	Phases of the Moon & As Long As We Both Shall Live	Won	[53]