Gen Hoshino
Born: 1981-01-28 in Saitama, Japan
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Slow Train as Doumeki Mi
- A Moon in the Ordinary ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Gen Hoshino presents “Reassembly” as Self
2024
- Last Mile as Kazumi Shima
- Audrey's All Night Nippon in Tokyo Dome as Himself
2023
- SPY x FAMILY CODE: White ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Gen Hoshino Concert Recollections 2015-2023 as Self
- LIGHTHOUSE as Self
2022
- SPY x FAMILY ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Ghost Book ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Hoshi of the Girls' Garden as Hoshi-sensei (voice)
- おげんさんのサブスク堂 as おげんさん
- Teen Regime as Taira Kiyoshi
- Hoshino Gen no Ongaku Kōron
2021
- Cube ... (Theme Song Performance)
- The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special
- Why I Dress Up for Love ... (Theme Song Performance)
2020
- MIU404 as Kazumi Shima
- The Voice of Sin as Toshiya Sone
- We Married as a Job: New Year's Special
2019
- No Smoking as Self
- Samurai Shifters as Harunosuke Katagiri
- 108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba ... (Theme Song Performance)
- GEN HOSHINO STADIUM TOUR "POP VIRUS"
- Achikochi Audrey ... (Theme Song Performance)
2018
- Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Mirai as Father (voice)
- Half Blue Sky ... (Theme Song Performance)
2017
- Night Is Short, Walk On Girl as Senpai (voice)
- Overprotected Kahoko ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Plage -Share House for Losers- as Yoshimura Takao
- おげんさんといっしょ as おげんさん
2016
- The Full-Time Wife Escapist as Tsuzaki Hiramasa
- Moriyamachu Driving School ... (Theme Song Performance)
2015
- Dr.STOЯKS as Haruki Shinomiya
- The Day Kouhaku Was Born as George Mabuchi
- Love & Peace as PC-300 (voice)
- Chieri and Cherry as Cherry (voice)
- Crazy for Me ... (Theme Song Performance)
2014
- Last Night's Curry, Tomorrow's Bread as 寺山一樹
- 昨夜のカレー 明日のパン ... (Creator)
2013
- Blindly in Love as Kentaro
- Why Don't You Play in Hell? as Kouji Hashimoto
- Saint☆Young Men as Gautama Buddha (voice)
- Tamako in Moratorium ... (Theme Song Performance)
- LIFE! Jinsei ni Sasageru Konto
2012
- Paikaji Nankai Sakusen ... (Theme Song Performance)
- The Woodsman and the Rain ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Saint☆Young Men as Buddha (voice)
2011
- Odd Family 11 as Hiroyuki Sanada
2009
- Brass Knuckle Boys as Band Member
- 大人計画「サッちゃんの明日」
2008
- Non-ko as Masaru
- Mirai koshi Meguru as Hideo Eguchi
2007
- Detective School Q as Detective Nekota
2006
- Akihabara@DEEP as Taiko
- 大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．１０「ウーマンリブ先生」
- Once Again Sugar & Spice as Koyama
2005
- Tiger and Dragon as Dontsuku Hayashiyatei
2004
- 69 as Yuzuru Nakamura
- 大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．８「轟天ＶＳ港カヲル」
1951
- NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen as Himself