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Hoshino—dressed in traditional clothes—holds a microphone as he smiles at a test screening for the film Samurai Shifters (2019).
Hoshino at a test screening for his lead role film Samurai Shifters in 2019

The videography and filmography of Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, and actor Gen Hoshino consists of music videos, video albums, appearances in films, TV-series, and commercials. As a personality, he has also hosted and appeared on various radio programs and variety shows.

A musical artist, Hoshino has released 34 music videos. Under the unit name Ichirō Yamada with visual designer Daijirō Ōhara and video director Santa Yamagishi, Hoshino co-directed all three videos from his first two albums Baka no Uta (2010) and Episode (2011). Since, he has collaborated with various directors for his music videos. Hoshino received three consecutive nominations for Best Video of the Year at the Space Shower Music Video Awards from 2012–14, though without any wins. Kazuaki Seki's videos for Hoshino's fourth and fifth albums Yellow Dancer (2015) and Pop Virus (2018), respectively, won several accolades at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan, including Best Male Video for "Sun" (2015), Video of the Year for "Family Song" (2017), and Best Pop Video and Best Art Direction for "Idea" (2018). Seki's video for "Koi" (2016)—featuring choreography directed by Mikiko and performed by Elevenplay—won Best Choreography at MTV, and was named Video of the Year at the Space Shower Music Awards. Additionally, Hoshino has released two lyric videos to promote songs from his EP Same Thing (2019), and two listen-along videos to promote songs from studio albums. His label has released eight video albums: five concert videos, two music video compilations, and one radio special. Additionally, Hoshino has made two non-performing guest appearances in videos by other artists.

Hoshino's acting career started with Suzuki Matsuo's theatre troope and talent agency, Otona Keikaku, in the play Ningen Gohasan (2003). He expanded his career with supporting roles in television dramas such as Water Boys (2003) and Tiger & Dragon (2005), before he played his first lead role as Watashi (lit.'I') in the show Kyonen Renoir de (2007).[1] In 2013, Hoshino's starred in film roles as a 35-year-old public servant without relationship experience in the romance comedy Blindly in Love,[2] as a young boy dragged into a film production led by yakuzas in Why Don't You Play in Hell?,[3] and as the voice of the Buddha living in modern-day Japan alongside Jesus (Mirai Moriyama) in the anime feature Saint Young Men.[4] For his performances in Blindly in Love and Why Don't You Play in Hell?, Hoshino won Newcomer of the Year awards at various events, including the Yokohama Film Festival,[5] Japan Academy Film Prize,[6] Japanese Movie Critics Awards,[7] and Mainichi Film Awards.[8]

Hoshino portrayed a obstetrician in the first and second seasons of Dr. Stork in 2015 and 2017, respectively, co-starring with Go Ayano. In 2016, he brokeout as a socially awkward bachelor in The Full-Time Wife Escapist, opposite his real-life future wife Yui Aragaki.[1][3] For his portrayal in The Full-Time Wife Escapist, Hoshino was named Best Supporting Actor at the Television Drama Academy Awards,[9] and was nominated for Best Actor at the Seoul International Drama Awards.[10] He was cast in the lead role of the 2019 film Samurai Shifters playing a bookworm samurai tasked with helping a daimyo move residence.[11] Hoshino was again made co-workers with Go Ayano in MIU404 (2020), where he played the composed detective Kazumi Shima besides the eccentric role of Ayano's character.[1] The same year, Hoshino won Best Supporting Actor at the Hochi Film Awards for his portrayal of a tailor, unknowingly used to record randsom tapes as a child, in the Voice of Sin opposite a journalist played by Shun Oguri.[12][13] Hoshino was re-cast as Kazumi Shima in the 2024 film Last Mile,[14] and is set to portray a best-selling author in the 2025 drama series Slow Train.[15]

Other roles by Hoshino include appearances on radio and variety shows. In 2008, he served as an irregular host on All Night Nippon Creators, a spin-off program to All Night Nippon.[16] From 2011 to 2014, he led his own segment on the J-Wave program Radipedia,[17][18] and co-hosted the show Sake no Sakana (2011–14) on streaming site Ustream with Ichiro Yamaguchi of Sakanaction.[19] Hoshino was instated as a regular personality on the main All Night Nippon roster in 2016, where he still presents his own weekly segment as of 2024.[16][20] On the variety show Ogen-san to Issho, Hoshino portrays the mother of the Ogen-san family, who together play and discuss music;[21] it has spawned a spin-off series, Ogen-san no Subscription-dō.[22] In 2023, Hoshino co-hosted the six-episode Netflix talk show Lighthouse with comedian Masayasu Wakabayashi.[23]

Videography

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Indicates videos directed or co-directed by Hoshino

Music videos

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List of music videos, with directors, release dates, descriptions of plot, associated album to song, and any other notes
Title Video release date Director(s)[24] Description and notes Album Ref.
"Kuse no Uta" June 10, 2010 Ichirō Yamada†
  • The video features handmade illustrations drawn above footage filmed in 8 mm film.
  • "Kuse no Uta" was directed by Ichirō Yamada, an art unit consisting of Hoshino, visual designer Daijirō Ōhara, and video director Santa Yamagishi, who had previously worked on visuals for Hoshino's instrumental band Sakerock (2000–2015). Yamagishi filmed the video and Ōhara drew the illustrations.
Baka no Uta [‡ 1][25][26]

Other videos

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Cameo appearances

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Video albums

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Filmography

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Film

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Television dramas

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Variety shows

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Original video animation

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Radio

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Commercials

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Motode (June 4, 2022). "星野源、役者としての印象に変化:『17才の帝国』の冷静な演技で見せた新たな説得力" [The Evolution in Gen Hoshino's Acting: A New Persuasiveness Shown in Composed Performance on Teen Regime]. Real Sound (in Japanese). Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  2. ^ "星野源、初主演映画「箱入り息子の恋」で恋する市役所職員" [Gen Hoshino to Play Lead Role as an In-Love 35-Year-Old Public Servant in Blindly in Love]. Natalie.mu (in Japanese). September 15, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "星野源、'不器用な男性役'で今年の秋も大活躍!『コウノドリ』四宮役で新たな一面も" [Gen Hoshino Very Active This Fall in Awkward Male Roles, Dr. Storks Shows a New Direction]. Real Sound (in Japanese). December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  4. ^ "星野源、アニメ映画「聖☆おにいさん」のブッダ役に決定! イエスは森山未來" [Gen Hoshino to Star as Buddha in Saint Young Men Anime Film, Mirai Moriyama Is Jesus] (in Japanese). Tower Records Japan. October 16, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  5. ^ "星野源、<第35回ヨコハマ映画祭>最優秀新人賞を受賞" [Gen Hoshino Wins Best Newcomer at 35th Yokohama Film Festival]. Barks (in Japanese). December 7, 2013. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  6. ^ "第37回 日本アカデミー賞 優秀賞" [37th Japan Academy Film Prize — Awards in Excellence] (in Japanese). Japan Academy Film Prize. n.d. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  7. ^ "星野源、「第23回 日本映画批評家大賞」で新人賞を受賞" [Gen Hoshino Best Newcomer at 23rd Japanese Movie Critic Awards]. Rockin'On Japan (in Japanese). April 2, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  8. ^ "第68回毎日映画コンクール発表!『舟を編む』が日本映画大賞" [68th Mainichi Film Awards Announces Recipients, The Great Passage Wins Grand Prix]. Cinema Today (in Japanese). January 21, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  9. ^ "第91回 ドラマアカデミー賞 受賞一覧" [91st Drama Academy Awards — List of Recipients]. The Television (in Japanese). Kadokawa. n.d. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
  10. ^ "12th Seoul International Drama Awards — Nominees of SDA 2017". Seoul International Drama Awards. n.d. Archived from the original on November 18, 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
  11. ^ "星野源主演『引っ越し大名!』侍ビジュアル初公開" [Samurai Shifters Releases Samurai Visual of Gen Hoshino]. Cinema Today (in Japanese). January 28, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  12. ^ "小栗旬×星野源、2020年公開『罪の声』で映画初共演" [Gen Hoshino and Shun Oguri to Co-Star in 2020 Feature Voice of Sin]. Rockin'On Japan (in Japanese). April 18, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  13. ^ "小栗旬が主演男優賞、星野源が助演男優賞! 報知映画賞で「罪の声」最多3冠" [Shun Oguri Wins Best Male Lead and Gen Hoshino Takes Best Supporting Actor at Hochi Film Awards: The Voice of Sin Recipient of Three Accolades]. Natalie.mu (in Japanese). December 2, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  14. ^ "「MIU404」綾野剛&星野源ら'4機捜'メンバーが3年半ぶりに再始動! 映画「ラストマイル」に参戦" [MIU404: Gen Hoshino, Go Ayano, and the Rest of the Fourth Investigative Unit Back After Three Years! To Star in Film Last Mile]. Eiga.com (in Japanese). April 19, 2024. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  15. ^ "星野源が面倒な作家役で出演、松たか子主演のTBS新春スペシャルドラマ「スロウトレイン」" [Takako Matsu As Lead Role, Gen Hoshino As Irritating Author in TBS New Year Special Drama Slow Train]. Natalie.mu (in Japanese). October 25, 2024. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  16. ^ a b "星野源、『オールナイトニッポン』パーソナリティに決定! 3/28よりスタート" [Gen Hoshino Personality on All Night Nippon Starting March 28]. Rockin'On Japan (in Japanese). March 15, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  17. ^ "星野源、J-WAVEのラジオ番組「RADIPEDIA」のナビゲーターに" [Gen Hoshino to Navigate on J-Wave's Radio Program Radipedia]. Rockin'On Japan (in Japanese). December 23, 2010. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  18. ^ "「RADIPEDIA」9月末で終了、ラストは星野源" [Radipedia Ends At the End of September, Gen Hoshino to Host Last Broadcast]. Natalie.mu (in Japanese). September 15, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  19. ^ "山口一郎(サカナクション)×星野源のUST番組「サケノサカナ」、明日1月1日16時から配信" [Ichiro Yamaguchi (Sakanaction) and Gen Hoshino's Ustream Program Sake no Sakana Streams Tomorrow, January 1 at 16:00]. Rockin'On Japan (in Japanese). December 31, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  20. ^ "星野源のオールナイトニッポン" [Gen Hoshino's All Night Nippon]. Nippon Broadcasting System. n.d. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  21. ^ "おげんさんといっしょ — 概要" [Ogen-san to Issho — Synopsis] (in Japanese). NHK. n.d. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
  22. ^ "『おげんさんのサブスク堂』レギュラー放送化、新春SPゲストは'おげんさんちのねずみ' (CV:宮野真守)" [Ogen-san no Subscription-dō to Broadcast in Regular Schedule, the Mouse of the Ogen Residence (Mamoru Miyano) to Guest Appear in New Year Special]. Billboard Japan (in Japanese). December 13, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
  23. ^ "星野源&若林正恭、新ユニット「LIGHTHOUSE」結成 悩める2人がNetflixでガチトーク" [Gen Hoshino and Masayasu Wakabayashi Form New Duo 'Lighthouse', Host Serious Netflix Talk Show] (in Japanese). Oricon. July 11, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
  24. ^ Directors for music videos:
    • "Kuse no Uta" (2010) – "Koi" (2016): Hoshino, Gen (May 17, 2017). Music Video Tour: 2010–2017 (DVD booklet) (in Japanese). Japan: Speedstar Records. VIBL-847.
    • "Family Song" (2017) – "I Wanna Be Your Ghost" (2022): Hoshino, Gen (February 15, 2023). Music Video Tour 2: 2017–2022 (DVD booklet) (in Japanese). Japan: Speedstar Records. VIBL-1073.
  25. ^ "星野源、あの'山田一郎'が手がけたソロ曲PVを公開" [Gen Hoshino Releases Music Video to Solo Song, Directed by That "Ichirō Yamada"]. Natalie.mu (in Japanese). June 11, 2010. Archived from the original on May 6, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  26. ^ "星野源の最新PV、担当したのは映像制作ユニット「山田一郎」" [Video Creation Unit Ichirō Yamada Directs New Gen Hoshino PV]. Rockin'On Japan (in Japanese). June 11, 2010. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  27. ^ "星野源、音楽と映像へのこだわりと想像力の賜物の傑作MV10本はこれだ!" [These Are the Best Gen Hoshino Music Videos That Showcase His Imagination and Passion for Sound and Video]. Rockin'On Japan (in Japanese). March 17, 2020. Archived from the original on June 6, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  28. ^ "星野源を'ぶっ通し'で見るーーベスト的MV集から追う、スターダムへの軌跡" [A Thorough Look at Gen Hoshino's Road to Stardom on a Music Video Collection]. Real Sound (in Japanese). May 16, 2017. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
Primary music video sources
  1. ^ Hoshino, Gen (artist). Ichirō Yamada (director) (June 10, 2010). Gen Hoshino - Kuse no Uta (Official Video) (video). Victor Entertainment. Retrieved November 25, 2024 – via YouTube.