Gen Hoshino

Gen Hoshino

1981-01-28 Saitama, Japan 31 Credits

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...

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Gen Hoshino presents “Reassembly”

Gen Hoshino presents “Reassembly”

2025

as Self

Acting
Slow Train

Slow Train

2025

as Doumeki Mi

6.6
Acting

Set in Kamakura and Busan. The Shibuyas who live in Kamakura lost their grandmother and parents in an accident. On the 23rd anniversary of the death, ...

Last Mile

Last Mile

2024

as Kazumi Shima

6.9
Acting

On the night before ‘Black Friday,’ which is the one of the busiest commerce days, a cardboard box, that is delivered from the world's largest shoppin...

SPY x FAMILY CODE: White

SPY x FAMILY CODE: White

2023

Theme Song Performance

7.0

While under the guise of taking his family on a weekend winter getaway, Loid's attempt to make progress on his current mission Operation Strix proves ...

Gen Hoshino Concert Recollections 2015-2023

Gen Hoshino Concert Recollections 2015-2023

2023

as Self

8.3
Acting

From "Hitori Edge" to "Pop Virus" and beyond, this collection of live performances features highlights from a selection of Gen Hoshino's concert tours...

Hoshi of the Girls' Garden

Hoshi of the Girls' Garden

2022

as Hoshi-sensei (voice)

7.3
Acting

Mr. Hoshi is the homeroom teacher of 2nd Year Class 4 at an average Girl’s School. He spends his days baffled by the puzzles his students doodle in th...

Ghost Book

Ghost Book

2022

Theme Song Performance

6.1

The forbidden book that will make any wish come true "The Ghostly Book of Books". However, in order to make your wish come true you have to go thro...

Cube

Cube

2021

Theme Song Performance

5.4

Six complete strangers with widely varying personalities are involuntarily placed in an endless maze of interlocking cube-shaped rooms containing dead...

The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special

The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special

2021

7.1
Acting

Mikuri and Hiramasa both work and share housework duties. They have peaceful days together. One day, Mikuri learns that she is pregnant. They decide t...

The Voice of Sin

The Voice of Sin

2020

as Toshiya Sone

7.0
Acting

Eiji Akutsu is a newspaper reporter. He is working on unsolved case that took place 30 years ago. The case involved a group of people extorting severa...

No Smoking

No Smoking

2019

as Self

7.3
Acting

A documentary about Haruomi Hosono, a musician respected around the world and the music composer of Cannes Palme d'Or winner Shoplifters. The footage ...

108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba

108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba

2019

Theme Song Performance

6.0

Screenwriter Goro Kaiba is horrified to learn via Facebook that his wife Ayako is having an affair. Furthermore, her post about the affair has receive...

GEN HOSHINO STADIUM TOUR "POP VIRUS"

GEN HOSHINO STADIUM TOUR "POP VIRUS"

2019

7.0
Acting

Singer-songwriter Gen Hoshino takes the stage at the sold out Tokyo Dome in his highly anticipated 2019 Pop Virus dome tour.

Samurai Shifters

Samurai Shifters

2019

as Harunosuke Katagiri

5.7
Acting

Shunnosuke Katagiri is a samurai and a bookworm. He receives a mission to help a daimyo move. With the assistance of Genemon Takamura and Oran, Shunno...

Mirai

Mirai

2018

as Father (voice)

7.2
Acting

Unhappy after his new baby sister displaces him, four-year-old Kun begins meeting people and pets from his family's history in their unique house in o...

Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island

Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island

2018

Theme Song Performance

7.2

Upon hearing about the story of Treasure Island, Nobita dreams of discovering and exploring his own treasure island, despite the fact all of the Earth...

Night Is Short, Walk On Girl

Night Is Short, Walk On Girl

2017

as Senpai (voice)

7.5
Acting

As a group of university students go out for a night on the town, a sophomore known only as "The Girl with Black Hair" experiences a series of surreal...

Moriyamachu Driving School

Moriyamachu Driving School

2016

Theme Song Performance

6.0

Kiyotaka Sato (Shuhei Nomura) is a university student. He is sociable, but he looks like he doesn't have interest in those around him. During his summ...

Chieri and Cherry

Chieri and Cherry

2015

as Cherry (voice)

5.5
Acting

Chieri is a sixth grade girl whose only friend is a stuffed toy named Cherry, which she found while hiding in the cellar during her father's funeral. ...

Love & Peace

Love & Peace

2015

as PC-300 (voice)

6.9
Acting

A man, who once dreamed of becoming a punk rocker, is working as a low salaryman at a musical instrument parts company. He's secretly in love with his...

The Day Kouhaku Was Born

The Day Kouhaku Was Born

2015

as George Mabuchi

Acting

This drama focuses on the story of how NHK's famous New Year's Eve program "Kohaku Uta Gassen" came about in 1945, when the country was under General ...

Tamako in Moratorium

Tamako in Moratorium

2013

Theme Song Performance

6.1

Tamako graduated from a university in Tokyo, but she now lives with her father back in Kofu. Tamako doesn't help her father or tries to get a job. She...

Why Don't You Play in Hell?

Why Don't You Play in Hell?

2013

as Kouji Hashimoto

7.4
Acting

In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.

Blindly in Love

Blindly in Love

2013

as Kentaro

6.0
Acting

Kentaro is an unsocial 35-year-old who lives with his parents and has never dated a woman. When Kentaro’s parents set up an arranged marriage intervie...

Saint☆Young Men

Saint☆Young Men

2013

as Gautama Buddha (voice)

7.7
Acting

Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha, the founders of Christianity and Buddhism, are living together as roommates in a Tokyo apartment while taking a vacat...

Saint☆Young Men

Saint☆Young Men

2013

Theme Song Performance

7.7

Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha, the founders of Christianity and Buddhism, are living together as roommates in a Tokyo apartment while taking a vacat...

Paikaji Nankai Sakusen

Paikaji Nankai Sakusen

2012

Theme Song Performance

Sasaki has had a difficult period, going through a divorce and losing his job. To take a break and start anew, Sasaki decides to visit Iriomote Island...

The Woodsman and the Rain

The Woodsman and the Rain

2012

Theme Song Performance

6.0

A widowed lumberjack's life is turned upside down when a film crew shooting a zombie movie asks for his help and increasingly starts to rely on him.

Brass Knuckle Boys

Brass Knuckle Boys

2009

as Band Member

6.4
Acting

A record company office worker named Kanna discovers a punk rock band called Shonen Meriken Sakku 'Brass Knuckle Boys' through the internet and subseq...

Non-ko

Non-ko

2008

as Masaru

6.3
Acting

Nobuko tried to be successful as an actress in Tokyo (stage name ‘Nonko’), but wasn’t popular. She married her manager and soon divorced. Now a once-d...

69

69

2004

as Yuzuru Nakamura

6.2
Acting

Hoping to catch a girl's attention, high school students Ken and Adama cook up an ambitious plan. They plan a festival that combines film, theater, an...