# 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.

## 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.
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. 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. 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.
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).

### Modeling

Meguro also works as a model, and has been a regular model for FINEBOYS Magazine since November, 2018.
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.
On June 8, it was announced that the FINEBOYS's 2020 June and July issue with Ren Meguro on the cover would be republished. The news caused the site's to crash for 5 seconds after it was announced.
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. 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.

## Filmography
### TV dramas

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

### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2020 | Takizawa Kabuki ZERO 2020: The Movie | Himself | Lead role |
| 2022 | Mr. Osomatsu | Choromatsu Matsuno | Lead role |
| 2022 | Phases of the Moon | Akihiko Misumi | |
| 2023 | As Long as We Both Shall Live | Kiyoka Kudo | Lead role |
| 2025 | Trillion Game: The Movie | Haru Tennōji | Lead role |

### Stage

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