US EditionJ-Pop Star Ren Meguro Joins 'Shogun' Season 2
Ren Meguro, a 28-year-old Japanese pop star and actor, joins Shōgun Season 2 to continue the saga set 10 years after Season 1, produced by FX Productions.
- Recently, FX’s Shōgun Season 2 added Japanese pop star and actor Ren Meguro as Kazutada, expanding the cast for the FX Productions series created by Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks.
- Created for television by Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks, Shōgun is adapted from James Clavell’s 1975 novel, with Kondo, Marks, Michaela Clavell, Edward L. McDonnell, Michael De Luca and Hiroyuki Sanada as executive producers.
- Returning and new actors round out the expanded Season 2 roster, with original cast including Hiroyuki Sanada and Cosmo Jarvis and newcomers Asami Mizukawa, Masataka Kubota, Sho Kaneta, Takaaki Enoki, and Jun Kunimura.
- With an Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning first season, stakes are high for Season 2 as Ren Meguro, J-pop star and Snow Man member, joins with growing screen credits and Fendi ambassadorship.
- The forthcoming season continues the saga of two men from different worlds, with U.S. viewers seeing new episodes on FX and Hulu and international streaming on Disney+.
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Ren Meguro Cast In FX’s ‘Shōgun’ For Season 2
Ren Meguro (Phases of the Moon, Silent) is the latest to be cast in the upcoming second season of FX’s Shōgun. The J-pop star, actor and model is set to play Kazutada. He joins the recently announced returning cast, including Hiroyuki Sanada, playing Toranaga, Cosmo Jarvis as Blackthorne, Fumi Nikaidô as Ochiba, Shinnosuke Abe as […]
‘Shogun’ Season 2 Adds Ren Meguro to Cast
“Shogun” Season 2 expands its cast once again with the addition of Japanese pop star and actor Ren Meguro. Meguro joins the series as Kazutada. After debuting as part of the idol group Snow Man in 2020, the 28-year-old broke into film and television acting. His TV credits include overseas productions like “Silent,” “Trillion Game” […]
Ren Meguro Joins Season Two of FX’s Shōgun
FX has added global superstar Ren Meguro to the cast of its Emmy-winning phenomenon Shōgun, with production on the highly anticipated second season beginning this January in Vancouver. Meguro will play Kazutada in a story set ten years after the events of the first season, continuing the sweeping, historically inspired...
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