[JO1] GIANNA Beauty with iconic 220531

Approaching precious “beauty” guys!
WHO’S HOT!?
Shiroiwa Ruki (JO1)

A project at the end of the magazine focusing on young artists and actors with a high aesthetic sense.
In this issue we catch up on JO1’s Shiroiwa Ruki, known as the ‘prince’ because of his refined visuals and noble atmosphere!
Challenging the theme ‘summer splash!!’, his hair and makeup are nothing but beautiful and cool so that you cannot help but admire him.
What are his secrets for his beautiful looks!?
We also asked him about his secret beauty methods.

about BEAUTY
Do you regularly take care of your skin?
Recently, I started to pay more attention to it. Rather than wanting to be more beautiful… I felt that my skin would be happier if I put a little more into it! Thus, nowadays after sweating in the bath, I use a spray type of lotion until my whole face is covered and use a sheet mask. Then, I apply serum and finish it with a cream. This is the process I do every day.

Is there any hairstyle or makeup you want to try in the future?
Blonde hair, blue color contacts and thin eyebrows… I guess I like to try a bit of lightly coloured ‘sickly make-up’ like this. Also, something like ‘freckles’!? I would like to try something I have never done before.

Do you also do something like body care?
As this year is the third year since JO1 started their activities, I see it as a year of contests, so I am thinking that I want to change myself. As a start, I set the first goal of ‘training to strengthen my core’ and have been doing so. Actually, in the past I never stuck to the training, but a friend told me about the ‘21/90 rule’ which means that if you stick to something for 21 days, it will become your habit before you realize it. So I decided to give it a try and thought ‘for 21 days I’m gonna do my best!’ and since then I have been able to continue it for real. On days when I cannot do it at all, I do it for just 2 minutes, but doing or not doing it really makes a difference in forming the body, so I want to try my best and stick to it for a year. Also, speaking of body care, I started to apply body cream after bathing (laughs). I guess I become more and more stoic regarding beauty.

You like bathing, but do you have any particulars regarding the bath salts you use?
Yes, I normally choose them for their fragrance. It is important for me that the smell can make me relax, and I tried various ones, but I can calm down with lavender. Furthermore, I heard that something like carbonation is good, so when I am really exhausted I use something that emits this. By the way, the body cream I use is also lavender scented. Ah! The diffuser in my room also emits a lavender scent (laughs). I think I quite like lavender.

about WORK
Please tell us about the 2nd album ‘KIZUNA’.
During the promotions for the 5th single ‘WANDERING’, Sukai was unable to participate in the activities because of his poor condition, but I felt the bonds with the members as he returned for the 2nd album. And there is the bond with JAM that we felt last year in November when we actually met the fans face to face for the first time since our debut. The album is filled with the meaning of enjoying moving forward with a lot of bonds in your heart.

You talked about your bonds with the members, but please tell us a specific episode if you have one.
When Sukai returned after about 5 months, we practised with 11 members for the first time in a while, but sure enough after a 5 month gap, you cannot move rapidly, right? So, we felt that ‘Let’s do it slowly in a doable range’, but there was one job that required us to dance in a hurry. Doing it all of sudden was hard, so when we warmed up first and said ‘For now let’s try dancing one time’, all 11 members danced to our debut song without checking the choreography. It had been about half a year since we danced together, but somehow we were really in sync… Of course, I also felt our growth, but I think it was the result of each one of us watching each other closely and being considerate of each other. I felt the real bond between the 11 of us being uniform in an instant regardless of the gap that had been.

Please tell us about your recommended song from this album.
There are a lot of songs of various genres, so it is hard to narrow it down to one, but right now it might be ‘Walk It Like I Talk It’. The choreography is one we did not have so far and I believe it shows a new JO1 and above all I enjoy dancing to it. Iit exhausted me a lot (laughs). But I strongly felt a sense of accomplishment after dancing. I think you will probably get hyped up by watching the PV, so I hope you will enjoy it.