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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Gen Hoshino presents “Reassembly”
2025
as Self

Slow Train
2025
as Doumeki Mi
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
2024
as Kazumi Shima
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
2023
Theme Song Performance
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
2023
as Self
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
2022
as Hoshi-sensei (voice)
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
2022
Theme Song Performance
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
2021
Theme Song Performance
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
2021
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
2020
as Toshiya Sone
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
2019
as Self
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
2019
Theme Song Performance
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"
2019
Singer-songwriter Gen Hoshino takes the stage at the sold out Tokyo Dome in his highly anticipated 2019 Pop Virus dome tour.

Samurai Shifters
2019
as Harunosuke Katagiri
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
2018
as Father (voice)
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
2018
Theme Song Performance
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
2017
as Senpai (voice)
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
2016
Theme Song Performance
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
2015
as Cherry (voice)
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
2015
as PC-300 (voice)
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
2015
as George Mabuchi
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
2013
Theme Song Performance
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?
2013
as Kouji Hashimoto
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
2013
as Kentaro
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
2013
as Gautama Buddha (voice)
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
2013
Theme Song Performance
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
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
2012
Theme Song Performance
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
2009
as Band Member
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
2008
as Masaru
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
2004
as Yuzuru Nakamura
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...