This year again, every applicant will receive a postcard set. Advance images for the first installment featuring Rena Moriya, Aiki Taniguchi and Konomi Asai are now available.
Sakurazaka46, whose live performance at National Stadium (MUFG Stadium) was a great success, will take over Weekly Shonen Magazine for four consecutive issues beginning with No. 20, on sale April 15, 2026.
Do not miss this special collaboration available only in Weekly Shonen Magazine.
Rena Moriya
Aiki Taniguchi
Konomi Asai
(From the first image: Rena Moriya, Aiki Taniguchi and Konomi Asai.)
Photography: HIROKAZU. Styling: Yuya. Hair and makeup: Naoko Tamura. Design: Mami Matsumoto (GROSVENOR design.).
Wardrobe cooperation: JUMELLY / THOMAS MAGPIE / SIWALY fluid / rūpa
Photography: Kojiro Hosoi. Styling: Marie Takehisa. Hair and makeup: Naoko Tamura. Design: Mami Matsumoto (GROSVENOR design.).
Wardrobe cooperation: sakayori. / an another angelus
Photography: Kazunori Fujimoto. Styling: Marie Takehisa. Hair and makeup: Sumi Hoshina. Design: Mami Matsumoto (GROSVENOR design.).
Wardrobe cooperation: JUNKO SHIMADA / SCAPA / KADAKADA
Collect the entry coupons on the first page of the color opening feature in each issue, and every applicant will receive a postcard set.
An entry coupon from the print edition is required. It is not included in the digital edition.
Coupons from all of No. 20, No. 21, the combined No. 22/23, and No. 24 are required.
Cover and opening gravure: Rena Moriya
Center gravure: Aiki Taniguchi
Closing gravure: Konomi Asai
Cover and opening gravure: Rei Ozono
Center gravure: Miu Murayama
Closing gravure: Hina Inaguma
Cover and opening gravure: Hono Tamura
Center gravure: Shizuki Yamashita
Closing gravure: Ui Yamakawa
Cover and opening gravure: Ten Yamasaki
Center gravure: Nagisa Kojima
Closing gravure: Aira Sato
Do not miss this special collaboration available only in Weekly Shonen Magazine.
Source: PR TIMES
Her third appearance explores cooler expressions and vivid red styling, with a double-sided poster included and a separate QUO card giveaway.
The October 28 issue pairs a quiet Taniguchi portrait with Matsuda’s streamer-filled celebration, leading a Sakurazaka46 special spanning more than 40 pages.
The October 28 issue pairs her everyday-life shoot with Rina Matsuda’s graduation feature and Wako Matsumoto’s first solo gravure, plus an included poster and separate retailer postcards.
