Gen Hoshino
Age: 43 | From: Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Person Details
Birthday: 1981-01-28 06:11:53
Aliases: 星野源 , Hoshino Gen , 星野 源 , Gén Hoshino
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Homepage: https://www.hoshinogen.com
Movie Involvements: 18
TV Involvements: 14
Most Famous Work
Biography
Gen Hoshino (星野 源, Hoshino Gen, born January 28, 1981) is a Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and writer. 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. In 2013, he played the lead character in Masahide Ichii's 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%. Hoshino's performance earned him several Best Supporting Actor awards. He also provided the theme song for the drama, titled "Koi". 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. 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. 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. 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.
Most Famous Work
SPY x FAMILY
(2022) Theme Song Performance
SPY x FAMILY CODE: White
(2023) Theme Song Performance
Half Blue Sky
(2018) Theme Song Performance
Cube
(2021) Theme Song Performance
The Full-Time Wife Escapist
(2016) Theme Song Performance
Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island
(2018) Theme Song Performance
Why I Dress Up for Love
(2021) Theme Song Performance
Achikochi Audrey
(2019) Theme Song PerformanceActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2022 | Hoshi-sensei (voice) | |
| N/A | ||
| おげんさん | ||
| Taira Kiyoshi | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2021 | N/A | |
| 2020 | Toshiya Sone | |
| Kazumi Shima | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2019 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| Harunosuke Katagiri | ||
| 2018 | Father (voice) | |
| 2017 | Yoshimura Takao | |
| おげんさん | ||
| Senpai (voice) | ||
| 2016 | Tsuzaki Hiramasa | |
| 2015 | Cherry (voice) | |
| Haruki Shinomiya | ||
| PC-300 (voice) | ||
| George Mabuchi | ||
| 2014 | 寺山一樹 | |
| 2013 | Kouji Hashimoto | |
| Kentaro | ||
| Gautama Buddha (voice) | ||
| 2012 | Buddha | |
| N/A | ||
| 2011 | Hiroyuki Sanada | |
| 2010 | N/A | |
| 2009 | N/A | |
| Band Member | ||
| 2008 | N/A | |
| Hideo Eguchi | ||
| 2007 | 猫田刑事 | |
| 2006 | N/A | |
| Koyama | ||
| Taiko | ||
| 2005 | Dontsuku Hayashiyatei | |
| 2004 | N/A | |
| Yuzuru Nakamura | ||
| 1951 | Himself | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2023 | Theme Song Performance | |
| 2022 | Theme Song Performance | |
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| 2021 | Theme Song Performance | |
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| 2019 | Theme Song Performance | |
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| 2018 | Theme Song Performance | |
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| 2017 | Theme Song Performance | |
| 2016 | Theme Song Performance | |
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| 2015 | Theme Song Performance | |
| 2013 | Theme Song Performance | |
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| 2012 | Theme Song Performance | |
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