Gen Hoshino

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1981-01-28 (43 years old)

Place of Birth Saitama, Japan

Also Known As Hoshino Gen, Gén Hoshino, 星野 源

Gen Hoshino

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.

Known For

Actor

2024
Last Mile

as Kazumi Shima

2023
LIGHTHOUSE

as Self

2022
Hoshi of the Girls' Garden

as Hoshi-sensei (voice)

2022
Ogen-san no Sabusuku-do

as おげんさん

2022
Teen Regime

as Taira Kiyoshi

2020
The Voice of Sin

as Toshiya Sone

2020
MIU404

as Kazumi Shima

2019
No Smoking

as Self

2019
Samurai Shifters

as Harunosuke Katagiri

2018
Mirai

as Father (voice)

2017
2017
2017
2016
The Full-Time Wife Escapist

as Tsuzaki Hiramasa

2015
Chieri and Cherry

as Cherry (voice)

2015
Love & Peace

as PC-300 (voice)

2015
The Day Kouhaku Was Born

as George Mabuchi

2015
Dr.STOЯKS

as Haruki Shinomiya

2013
Why Don't You Play in Hell?

as Kouji Hashimoto

2013
Blindly in Love

as Kentaro

2013
Saint☆Young Men

as Gautama Buddha (voice)

2012
2011
Odd Family 11

as Hiroyuki Sanada

2009
Brass Knuckle Boys

as Band Member

2008
Non-ko

as Masaru

2008
Mirai koshi Meguru

as Hideo Eguchi

2007
Detective School Q

as Detective Nekota

2006
2005
Tiger and Dragon

as Dontsuku Hayashiyatei

2004
69

as Yuzuru Nakamura

1951

Sound

2023
SPY x FAMILY CODE: White

as Theme Song Performance

2022
Ghost Book

as Theme Song Performance

2022
SPY x FAMILY

as Theme Song Performance

2021
Cube

as Theme Song Performance

2021
Why I Dress Up for Love

as Theme Song Performance

2019
2019
Achikochi Audrey

as Theme Song Performance

2018
Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island

as Theme Song Performance

2018
Half Blue Sky

as Theme Song Performance

2017
Overprotected Kahoko

as Theme Song Performance

2016
Moriyamachu Driving School

as Theme Song Performance

2016
The Full-Time Wife Escapist

as Theme Song Performance

2015
Crazy for Me

as Theme Song Performance

2013
Tamako in Moratorium

as Theme Song Performance

2013
Saint☆Young Men

as Theme Song Performance

2012
Paikaji Nankai Sakusen

as Theme Song Performance

2012
The Woodsman and the Rain

as Theme Song Performance