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Gen Hoshino

Gen Hoshino

Actor · Born 1981-01-28 · Saitama, Japan

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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 charact…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Mirai (2018) — Father (voice)
  2. Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013) — Kouji Hashimoto
  3. Night Is Short, Walk On Girl (2017) — Senpai (voice)
  4. Saint☆Young Men (2013) — Gautama Buddha (voice)
  5. The Full-Time Wife Escapist (2016) — Tsuzaki Hiramasa
  6. Love & Peace (2015) — PC-300 (voice)
  7. MIU404 (2020) — Kazumi Shima
  8. Last Mile (2024) — Kazumi Shima
  9. Brass Knuckle Boys (2009) — Band Member
  10. Saint☆Young Men (2012) — Buddha (voice)
  11. Blindly in Love (2013) — Kentaro
  12. 69 (2004) — Yuzuru Nakamura
  13. The Voice of Sin (2020) — Toshiya Sone
  14. Tiger and Dragon (2005) — Dontsuku Hayashiyatei
  15. The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special (2021) — Hiramasa Tsuzaki
  16. Akihabara@DEEP (2006) — Taiko
  17. Slow Train (2025) — Doumeki Mi
  18. Odd Family 11 (2011) — Hiroyuki Sanada
  19. GEN HOSHINO STADIUM TOUR "POP VIRUS" (2019)
  20. My Husband is a Cartoonist (2010)
  21. Non-ko (2008) — Masaru
  22. Samurai Shifters (2019) — Harunosuke Katagiri
  23. Dr.STOЯKS (2015) — Haruki Shinomiya
  24. Gen Hoshino Concert Recollections 2015-2023 (2023) — Self
  25. Hoshi of the Girls' Garden (2022) — Hoshi-sensei (voice)
  26. No Smoking (2019) — Self
  27. LIGHTHOUSE (2023) — Self
  28. おげんさんのサブスク堂 (2022) — おげんさん
  29. Last Night's Curry, Tomorrow's Bread (2014) — 寺山一樹
  30. Detective School Q (2007) — Detective Nekota
  31. Chieri and Cherry (2015) — Cherry (voice)
  32. Mirai koshi Meguru (2008) — Hideo Eguchi
  33. Hoshino Gen no Ongaku Kōron (2022)
  34. おげんさんといっしょ (2017) — おげんさん
  35. Teen Regime (2022) — Taira Kiyoshi
  36. We Married as a Job: New Year's Special (2020)
  37. NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen (1951) — Himself
  38. Plage -Share House for Losers- (2017) — Yoshimura Takao
  39. The Day Kouhaku Was Born (2015) — George Mabuchi
  40. Gen Hoshino presents “Reassembly” (2025) — Self