Ren Meguro of Snow Man is the cover boy for anan issue #2243, out March 24. This issue marks the first time that Ren has appeared on the cover by himself. This issue of anan is the annual sex appeal special issue. Ren appears in this issue as a “new generation sex appeal icon.”

In the accompanying gravure shoot, titled “Kodokuna Otoko no, Ame no Yoru” (“Lonely Man’s Rainy Night”), Ren appears as a lonely man at home on a rainy night. Ren had a hand in producing the photoshoot, including the cover image of him in the shower. He said thought of sexy things and stories, including movie scenes, while doing the gravure shoot.

Check out Ren’s sexy cover below!

This week, Ado topped the Hot 100 single chart with her digital single “Usseewa”, with 11,410.

Sexy Zone topped the Hot Albums chart with their new best album “SZ10TH.”

YOASOBI topped the Artist 100 chart for the second consecutive week.

Ayase topped the Hot 100 Lyricists chart for the second consecutive week.

Ayase also topped the Hot 100 Composers chart for the 11th consecutive week.

Yuuri topped the Streaming Songs chart for the seventh consecutive week with his digital single “Dry Flower.”

Fujii Kaze topped the Download Songs chart with his new digital single “Tabiji.”

YOASOBI retook the top spot on the Download Albums chart with their EP “THE BOOK”, topping the chart for the sixth non-consecutive week.

This week’s guests were Awesome City Club, Takeuchi Anna, FIVE NEW OLD, and Kubota Kai.

Awesome City Club – Wasurena

Takeuchi Anna – Free! Free! Free!

FIVE NEW OLD – Hallelujah

Kubota Kai – Seikatsu

This week’s guests were Kudo Shizuka, Shimazu Aya, Kiyozuka Shinya, Hirahara Ayaka, and Yakushimaru Hiroko.

Kudo Shizuka – Tabibito no Uta

Shimazu Aya x Kiyozuka Shinya – Tanjou

Hirahara Ayaka – Gin no Ryuu no Se ni Notte

Yakushimaru Hiroko – Jidai

This week’s guests were KAT-TUN, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Kawakami Yoohei, DEAN FUJIOKA, and NIGHTMARE.

KAT-TUN – ONE DROP / Going! / KISS KISS KISS / Roar

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra feat. – Taju Roko feat. Kawakami Yoohei

DEAN FUJIOKA – Take Over

NIGHTMARE – cry for the moon

This week, BEYOOOOONDS topped the Combined Single chart with their new single “Gekikara LOVE / Now Now Ningen / Konna Hazujanakatta!”, with 67,454 points in its first week.

Sexy Zone topped the Combined Album chart with their new best album “SZ10TH”, with 185,816 points in its first week.

BEYOOOOONDS also topped the Single chart with “Gekikara LOVE / Now Now Ningen / Konna Hazujanakatta!”, selling 65,798 copies in its first week.

Sexy Zone also topped the Album chart with “SZ10TH”, selling 185,816 copies in its first week.

Fujii Kaze topped the Digital Single chart with his new digital single “Tabiji”, selling 23,622 copies its first week.

YOASOBi retook the top spot on the Digital Album chart with their EP “THE BOOK”, selling 3,129 copies in its ninth week, topping the chart for the sixth non-consecutive week.

Ado topped the Streaming chart with her digital single “Usseewa”, with 10,533,464 streams in its 20th week, topping the chart for the fourth non-consecutive week.

We’re back with this week’s edition of Oricon Flashback. This is where we look back on what topped the charts this week 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years ago. Think of it as a way to reminisce and learn about the past of Japanese music.

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