Snow Man

Snow Man is a Japanese idol boy band under Starto Entertainment (formerly of Johnny & Associates) formed in 2012.

[2] Among them, a unit consists of Tatsuya Fukazawa, Daisuke Sakuma, Shota Watanabe, Ryota Miyadate, Hikaru Iwamoto, and Ryohei Abe was later formed on May 3, 2012.

[7] The group's new name, Snow Man, was first announced when the six men stood in the stage of Takizawa Kabuki 2012, when letters suddenly appeared on the big screen behind them.

While active as back dancers for Tackey & Tsubasa, Kis-My-Ft2, A.B.C-Z, and other senior groups, they also regularly appeared in stage plays such as Dream Boys and Takizawa Kabuki, and from 2015, Shonen-tachi and its movie version.

Since all of them are good at acrobatics, they are sometimes referred as "a group of highly talented and dedicated performers" and are often nominated by seniors in the company as "Junior members they want to have as back dancers.

"[6] While they have been described as "the best dancer among Junior" since their formation in 2012, and despite their appearances in theater, the group couldn't get the chance to get a debut, making the members think about leaving.

[11] Debuting at the same time as SixTONES, the announcement was officially made in Johnny's Jr. 8.8 Matsuri 〜Tokyo Dome kara Hajimaru〜 concert on August 8, 2019.

[14][15] In March 2020, the group received their own television show titled Sore Snow Man ni Yarasete Kudasai (それSnowManにやらせて下さい, lit.

[19] In April 2020, the group performed the 11th opening theme song for the anime Black Clover, titled "Stories".

[20][21] In May 2020, Snow Man was announced to be a part of Twenty★Twenty, a temporary unit consisting of 75 talents that have debuted in Johnny's, to perform a charity song.

[26] In April 2021, it was reported that Daisuke Sakuma would voice the male lead of Chinese animated movie White Snake, Ah Xuan, in its Japanese dub version.

[28] In August 2021, Snow Man was announced to star in the live action movie adaptation of anime series Mr. Osomatsu.

Six of them played as the Matsuno sextuplets while the rest, Ryōta Miyadate, Shōta Watanabe, and Ryōhei Abe, as the movie's original character, each named Period, End, and Close respectively.

The first edition A of the album contains the highly requested group's pre-debut original songs, including "Make It Hot!"