Gen Hoshino
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{{Infobox person
| name = Gen Hoshino
| image = Gen hoshino.jpg
| caption = Gen Hoshino at the Space Shower Music Awards in 2016.
| native_name = 星野 源
| native_name_lang = ja
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|1|28}}
| birth_place = Warabi, Saitama, Japan
| death_date =
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|musician|actor|voice actor|writer}}
| agent = {{hlist|Otona Keikaku (acting)|Amuse (music)}}
| height = {{height|m=1.68}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Yui Aragaki|2021}}
| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
|background = solo_singer
|genre = {{hlist|J-Pop|folk|dance|smooth jazz}}
|associated_acts = Sakerock
|instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|marimba|guitar}}
|years_active = 2000–present
|label = {{hlist|Daisyworld Discs|Speedstar Records}}
|website = {{URL|hoshinogen.com}}
}}
}}
{{nihongo|Gen Hoshino|星野 源|Hoshino Gen|born January 28, 1981}} is a Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and writer.
Career
=Music=
From its formation in 2000 until its disbandment in 2015, Hoshino led the instrumental band Sakerock, where he played marimba and guitar. They released over ten albums. As a solo artist, he debuted with his first album Baka no Uta on June 23, 2010. His first physical single, "Kudaranai no Naka ni" was released on March 2, 2011, and peaked at number 17 on the Oricon Singles Chart. The subsequent singles – "Film", "Yume no Soto e", "Shiranai" (2012), and "Gag" (2013) – all charted in the top 10. His second album, Episode, released on September 28, 2011, peaked at number five. Hoshino's third album, Stranger, followed on May 1, 2013. It peaked at number two on the Oricon Albums Chart and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).{{cite certification|region=Japan|type=album|artist=星野 源|title=Stranger|award=Gold|certyear=2017|certmonth=1|access-date=August 13, 2023}}
Since 2011, Hoshino has co-hosted the Ustream program {{nihongo|Sake no Sakana|サケノサカナ}} with Ichirō Yamaguchi of Sakanaction.{{cite news|url=http://www.en.barks.jp/news/?id=1000001910|title=Sakanaction : Ichiro Yamaguchi and Gen Hoshino's USTREAM Program 'Sake no Sakana', Back on Air for First Time in 9 Months {{pipe}} BARKS News|publisher=En.barks.jp|access-date=December 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227235313/http://www.en.barks.jp/news/?id=1000001910|archive-date=December 27, 2017|url-status=dead}} In 2014, the program officially changed its name to Yoru no Television.
Hoshino's fourth album, Yellow Dancer, was released on December 2, 2015, in Japan through Speedstar Records; it debuted atop both Oricon and Billboard Japan{{'}}s album charts. Yellow Dancer was certified platinum by the RIAJ that same month for surpassing 250,000 physical shipments,{{cite certification|region=Japan|type=album|artist=星野 源|title=Yellow Dancer|award=Platinum|certyear=2015|certmonth=12|access-date=August 13, 2023}} and became one of the few albums to receive a gold certification for digital downloads.{{cite certification|region=Japan|type=album|artist=星野 源|title=Yellow Dancer|digital=true|award=Gold|certyear=2018|certmonth=2|access-date=August 13, 2023}}
On February 18, 2018, Hoshino uploaded a music video for his song "Doraemon", which was written in tribute to the Japanese franchise of the same name. The song was used as the theme of the 38th Doraemon movie, Nobita's Treasure Island, and has been used as the opening theme of the Doraemon anime from October 5, 2019, to November 2, 2024.{{Cite web |title=「ドラえもん」TVアニメのオープニングが5年ぶりにリニューアル 11月9日から映画45周年記念の特別仕様に |url=https://anime.eiga.com/news/122470/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=アニメハック |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=2019-10-06 |title=土曜午後5時放送になった「ドラえもん」、ネット上で新オープニング映像&主題歌に反響…「めっちゃ好き」、「なんかちょっと違う気がする」 |url=https://hochi.news/articles/20191006-OHT1T50080.html?page=1 |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=スポーツ報知 |language=ja}} Pop Virus, Hoshino's fifth album, was released on December 17.{{cite web | url=https://www.cinra.net/interview/201902-ariizumiyanatake | title=星野源『POP VIRUS』が変えたJ-POPの常識 有泉智子×YANATAKE / February 28 2019 | access-date=March 8, 2019 | language=ja| publisher=cinra.net}} It spent four consecutive weeks atop the Oricon Album Chart and was certified double platinum by the RIAJ that same month.{{cite certification|region=Japan|type=album|artist=星野 源|title=Pop Virus|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2018|certmonth=12|access-date=August 13, 2023}} The album's commercial performance, within just a few months of its release, earned Hoshino a Best Album prize at the 33rd Japan Gold Disc Awards in 2019, as well as a Best Song prize for the digital success of the single "Idea", which was used as a theme for Asadora.{{cite web | url=https://www.golddisc.jp/award/33/Prize_2.html#gd33_23 | title=Best 5 Songs By Download | access-date=March 8, 2019 | language=ja | publisher=RIAJ}}{{cite web | url=https://www.golddisc.jp/award/33/Prize_1.html#gd33_10 | title=Best 5 Albums in Japan | access-date=March 8, 2019 | language=ja | publisher=RIAJ}}
In March 2019, Hoshino also became the first artist to win four trophies at the Space Shower Music Awards.{{cite web | url=https://awards.spaceshower.jp/2019/winners/#year | title=Winners of the Space Shower Music Awards 2019 | access-date=March 8, 2019 | language=ja| publisher=Space Shower Networks}} On August 30, all of Hoshino's music was made available on streaming services.{{cite web |title=All of Gen Hoshino's Music Now Available for Streaming. |url=https://www.hoshinogen.com/en/news/190830_subscription/}}
In April 2022, Hoshino's song "Comedy" was used as the ending theme of the season one anime adaptation of Spy × Family.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-17/spy-family-anime-video-reveals-previews-theme-songs/.183743|title=Spy×Family Anime's Video Reveals, Previews Theme Songs|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|publisher=Anime News Network|date=March 17, 2022|access-date=February 1, 2023}} The following July, he released the single "I Wanna Be Your Ghost", as the main theme for the film Yokaipedia (2022).{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2236033/full/|script-title=ja:星野源“人間もおばけも踊る”新曲完成 新垣結衣&神木隆之介ら出演の実写映画『おばけずかん』主題歌に決定|publisher=Oricon|date=May 25, 2022|language=ja|access-date=August 13, 2023}} It debuted at number one on Oricon's weekly Digital Singles Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2243560/full/|script-title=ja:星野源、新曲「異世界混合大舞踏会(feat. おばけ)」が「デジタルシングル」初登場1位【オリコンランキング】|publisher=Oricon|date=July 27, 2022|language=ja|access-date=August 13, 2023}}
On December 27, 2023, Hoshino released the double A-side single "Why" / "Life" (光の跡/生命体). It features the song "Why", used in the end credits of the movie Spy × Family Code: White.{{cite web|url=https://www.hoshinogen.com/news/detail/?id=41|script-title=ja:最新シングル『光の跡/生命体』リリース!|date=December 27, 2023|language=ja|access-date=January 2, 2024}}
=Acting=
File:Gen Hoshino Hikkoshi Daimyou 4.png
Hoshino's movie debut, Lee Sang-il's 69, was an adaptation of the Ryū Murakami novel of the same name. He previously acted in various television dramas and stage plays. In 2012, he debuted as a voice actor, voicing Buddha in the original video animation (OVA) adaptation of Hikaru Nakamura's manga Saint Young Men, and also provided a theme song called "Gag" for its 2013 theatrical version, where he reprised his role.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-03-21/gen-hoshino-to-perform-saint-young-men-film-theme-song|title=Gen Hoshino to Perform Saint Young Men Film's Theme Song – Interest |publisher=Anime News Network|date=September 30, 2013|access-date=December 27, 2017}} In 2013, he played the lead character in Masahide Ichii's {{nihongo|Blindly in Love|箱入り息子の恋|Hakoiri Musuko no Koi}} alongside Kaho, and starred in the Sion Sono film Why Don't You Play in Hell?. In 2016, Hoshino starred in TBS's The Full-Time Wife Escapist. With Yui Aragaki as his co-star, he portrayed a salaryman named Hiramasa Tsuzaki. The drama achieved steadily rising ratings, with a real-time viewership peak rating of 20.8% on the final episode, and an overall rating of 14.5%.{{cite news | url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2016/12/21/kiji/20161220s00041000229000c.html | title=「逃げ恥」最終回は視聴率20.8%!初回から右肩上がり、大台超えで有終の美 | newspaper=Sponichi | language=ja | date=December 21, 2016 | access-date=March 20, 2019}}{{cite news | url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20161216/p2a/00m/0na/018000c | title=Overall rating of popular TV drama 'Nigehaji' hits 30% | newspaper=The Mainichi | date=December 16, 2016 | access-date=March 20, 2019}} Hoshino's performance earned him several Best Supporting Actor awards.{{cite web | url=http://confidence-award.jp/vol06.html | title=第6回 コンフィデンスアワード・ドラマ賞 | access-date=September 21, 2018 | language=ja | publisher=Oricon | archive-date=May 28, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528094640/http://confidence-award.jp/vol06.html | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=https://thetv.jp/feature/drama-academy/91/awards/ | title=受賞結果総評 第91回ドラマアカデミー賞 | access-date=September 21, 2018 | language=ja | publisher=Kadokawa Corporation}}{{cite news | url=https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/award/ns-dramagp/20/ns-dgp-result_autumn.html | title=日刊スポーツ・ドラマグランプリ 第20回秋投票結果 : 日刊スポーツ | access-date=December 1, 2018 | language=ja | newspaper=Nikkan Sports News}} He also provided the theme song for the drama, titled "Koi".{{cite web |date=9 December 2016 |title=New 'Love Dance' takes Japan by storm, thanks to a Japanese drama and a handsome J-Pop star |url=https://japantoday.com/category/features/new-love-dance-takes-japan-by-storm-thanks-to-a-japanese-drama-and-a-handsome-j-pop-star |accessdate=26 December 2018 |website=Japan Today |publisher=GPlus Media Co. Ltd}}
Gen Hoshino created the parody character "Akira Nise" (ニセ明, Nise Akira, literally Fake Akira) as a tribute to Akira Fuse.{{cite web |title=星野源 今度はニセ明 大人気キャラを1週間アップ |url=https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20200420-00000120-dal-ent}}{{cite web |title=Hoshino Gen Int'l @hoshinogen_intl |url=https://twitter.com/hoshinogen_intl/status/814288115795836928}}{{cite magazine |title=Watch Gen Hoshino's Quirky Music Video for 'Doraemon' Japanese Comic |magazine=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/international/8215545/watch-gen-hoshino-music-video-doraemon-japan}}
In 2017, Hoshino lent his voice to the main character of award-winning animated film Night Is Short, Walk On Girl. He also became the voice of the Father in Mamoru Hosoda's Mirai, which was released into theaters in Japan on July 20, 2018.{{cite web|url=http://mirai-no-mirai.jp/|title=「未来のミライ」公式サイト|website=Mirai-no-mirai.jp}}
On April 30, 2018, it was announced that Hoshino will star in Samurai Shifters, the film adaptation of Akihiro Dobashi's historical novel Hikkoshi Daimyo Sanzenri, set to premier on August 30, 2019.{{Cite web |last=Japan |first=Billboard |date=2019-08-31 |title=Gen Hoshino Announces World Tour, Surprise Streams Entire Catalog |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/japan-gen-hoshino-pop-virus-world-tour-dates-streaming-catalog-8528824/ |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}} In the movie, he plays a bookworm samurai called Harunosuke Katagiri, who receives the mission to help a daimyo move. It will be Hoshino's first lead role in a live-action movie since Blindly in Love in 2013.
Idaten, NHK's 2019 Taiga drama, chosen for the theme to encourage the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Hoshino portrayed Kazushige Hirasawa, who delivered the persuasive speech that helped determine the venue for the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games.{{cite web | url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2018/12/15/kiji/20181214s00041000265000c.html | title=星野源 大河「いだてん」で滝クリ級スピーチ カンペ見ずに流ちょうな英語で五輪招致導く / December 15, 2018| access-date=April 19, 2019 | language=ja| publisher=Suponichi Annex}}{{cite web | url=https://opop.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/archive/olympic-and-bc/ | title=Olympic Invitation and Bunkyo City, Professor Hisashi SANADA (Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba)/Kazushige HIRASAWA| date=August 30, 2018| access-date=March 8, 2019 | publisher=University of Tsukuba(OPOP)}}
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Personal life
On December 22, 2012, Hoshino was diagnosed with a subarachnoid hemorrhage and underwent surgery.{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2012/12/hoshino-gen-announces-his-hiatus-due-to-subarachnoid-hemorrhage/|title=Hoshino Gen announces his hiatus due to subarachnoid hemorrhage|date=December 23, 2012|publisher=tokyohive.com|access-date=December 27, 2017}} He officially returned to public life on February 28, 2013, with his appearance at the Tokyo J-Wave Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/gossip/2013/02/28/0005776806.shtml|title=くも膜下出血で手術の星野源が復帰/芸能速報/デイリースポーツ online|author=デイリースポーツ社|publisher=Daily.co.jp|language=ja|access-date=December 27, 2017}}
In 2021, Hoshino married actress Yui Aragaki, his co-star in the television series The Full-Time Wife Escapist.{{cite web |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2193908/full/|title= 新垣結衣と星野源が結婚を発表「互いに支え合い豊かな時間を積み重ねていけたら」|access-date= May 19, 2021|work= Oricon}}
Discography
{{Main|Gen Hoshino discography|List of songs by Gen Hoshino}}
Studio albums
- Baka no Uta (2010)
- Episode (2011)
- Stranger (2013)
- Yellow Dancer (2015)
- Pop Virus (2018)
- Untitled sixth album (2025)
Filmography
=Film=
=Television=
==Television drama==
==Variety shows==
class="wikitable sortable" |
Year
!Title !Network !Note !{{tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |
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2012–
|The Comedy of Life |NHK | | |
2017–18
|Ogen-san to Issho |NHK |2 episodes |
2023
|Co-presenter |{{cite web | last=Brzeski | first=Patrick | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-japanese-reality-series-1235560486/ | title=Netflix Unveils Five Japanese Reality Series | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=August 9, 2023 | access-date=November 16, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811053952/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-japanese-reality-series-1235560486/ | archive-date=August 11, 2023 | url-status=live}} |
==TV commercials==
- NTT DOCOMO, "ZeniCrazy Ver1.0" (February 2019) {{Cite web|url=https://www.dappsway.com/entry/docomo-cashless-cm-01|title=ドコモ(docomo)のキャッシュレスCM、ゼニクレージーから考える現金とキャッシュレス|date=March 14, 2019|website=dataway|language=ja|access-date=March 16, 2019}}
- NTT DOCOMO, "ZeniCrazy Ver2.0" (March 2019){{Cite web|url=https://www.dappsway.com/entry/docomo-cashless-cm-02|title=ドコモのキャッシュレスCM第二弾、星野源がゼニクレージーをプロデュース!?|date=March 16, 2019|website=dataway|language=ja|access-date=March 16, 2019}}
- Nintendo, "Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary" (September 2020)
=Original video animation=
- Onna no Sono no Hoshi (2022), Hoshi{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-08-07/yama-wayama-onna-no-sono-no-hoshi-comedy-manga-gets-anime-blu-ray/.188383|title=Yama Wayama's Onna no Sono no Hoshi Comedy Manga Gets Anime Blu-ray|website=Anime News Network|date=August 7, 2022|access-date=August 14, 2022}}
Concerts and tours
- Baka no Uta Hatsubai Kinen no Live (2010)
- Hoshino Gen no Aisatsu Mawari Tour (2010)
- Hoshino Gen no Betsu Episode: Heya (2011)
- Episode Hatsubai Kinen Tour: Episode 2 Ikou (2012)
- Hoshino Gen One-Man no Aki (2012)
- Hoshino Gen no Fukkatsu Live Tour (2014)
- Hoshino Gen Live Tour 2016: Yellow Voyage (2016)
- Hoshino Gen Live Tour 2017: Continues (2017)
- Hoshino Gen Dome Tour 2019: Pop Virus (2019){{cite web | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/international/8502286/japan-gen-hoshino-pop-virus-dome-tour-finale-review-recap | title=Japan's Gen Hoshino Wraps First Domestic Dome Tour With 3-Hour Set /March 12,2019 | access-date=March 24, 2019 | publisher= Billboard Japan }}{{cite web | url=https://rockinon.com/live/detail/184586.amp | title=星野源/東京ドーム2019.03.11 邦楽ライブレポート /March 11, 2019 | access-date=March 28, 2019 | language=ja | publisher=rockinon.com}}
;Concerts
- Live in Japan 2018 Gen Hoshino & Mark Ronson{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/international/8470810/gen-hoshino-mark-ronson-double-headliner-show-japan-concert-chiba | title= Gen Hoshino & Mark Ronson Announce Double Headliner Show in Japan | magazine=Billboard | date= August 17, 2018 | access-date=March 1, 2019}}{{cite web | url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/71857 | title= 星野源×マーク・ロンソン、対談や撮り下ろしフォト・ページなど『rockin'on』表紙巻頭で特集 | publisher=Billboard Japan | language=ja | date= January 23, 2019 | access-date=March 1, 2019}}
Awards and nominations
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Gen Hoshino}}
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- [http://www.hoshinogen.com Official website]
- [https://www.youtube.com/c/hoshinogenCh Official YouTube channel]
- [http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Artist/A023121.html Official profile] at Speedstar Records
- {{IMDb name|2273252|Gen Hoshino}}
{{Gen Hoshino}}
{{Hochi Film Award for Best Supporting Actor}}
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