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Hoshino Gen, Gén Hoshino, 星野 源
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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1981-01-28
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 6.7
- info Birth Place Saitama, Japan
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Gen Hoshino
7.1
The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special
2021-01-02
7.4
Why Don't You Play in Hell?
2013-09-14
8.3
Gen Hoshino Concert Recollections 2015-2023
2023-08-10
7.6
Saint☆Young Men
2013-05-09
6
Blindly in Love
2013-06-08
7.3
Hoshi of the Girls' Garden
2022-12-08
6.3
Non-ko
2008-12-20
5.5
Chieri and Cherry
2015-10-24
6.4
Brass Knuckle Boys
2009-02-14
7
Last Mile
2024-08-23
6.2
69
2004-07-10
7.5
Night Is Short, Walk On Girl
2017-04-07
0
The Day Kouhaku Was Born
2015-03-21
6.9
Love & Peace
2015-06-26
7.2
Mirai
2018-06-16
7
GEN HOSHINO STADIUM TOUR "POP VIRUS"
2019-10-10
5.7
Samurai Shifters
2019-08-30
7.3
No Smoking
2019-11-01
7
The Voice of Sin
2020-10-30
7
Slow Train
2025-01-02
0
大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．１０「ウーマンリブ先生」
2006-11-11
0
大人計画ウーマンリブｖｏｌ．８「轟天ＶＳ港カヲル」
2004-09-08
0
大人計画「サッちゃんの明日」
2009-10-03
8.2
LIGHTHOUSE
2023-08-22
6.6
Tiger and Dragon
2005-04-15
6.9
Odd Family 11
2011-10-21
5
Mirai koshi Meguru
2008-01-11
7.8
The Full-Time Wife Escapist
2016-10-11
9.5
Hoshino Gen no Ongaku Kōron
2022-02-11
0
LIFE! Jinsei ni Sasageru Konto
2013-06-18
10
おげんさんといっしょ
2017-05-04
9
We Married as a Job: New Year's Special
2020-05-19
7.6
Dr.STOЯKS
2015-10-16
8
NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen
1951-01-03
7.5
Teen Regime
2022-05-07
8.8
Akihabara@DEEP
2006-06-19
8
Plage -Share House for Losers-
2017-08-12
7.8
おげんさんのサブスク堂
2022-08-06
8.4
My Husband is a Cartoonist
2010-03-29
7.7
Last Night's Curry, Tomorrow's Bread
2014-10-05
0
Once Again Sugar & Spice
2006-08-30
8
Detective School Q
2007-07-03
8.3
GAME GENOME
2022-10-05
7.6
Saint☆Young Men
2012-12-03
7.7
MIU404
2020-06-26
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7.7
Paikaji Nankai Sakusen
2012-07-14
7.7
Saint☆Young Men
2013-05-09
7.7
The Woodsman and the Rain
2012-02-11
7.7
Tamako in Moratorium
2013-11-23
7.7
Moriyamachu Driving School
2016-07-09
7.7
Cube
2021-10-22
7.7
Ghost Book
2022-07-22
7.7
108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba
2019-10-25
7.7
Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island
2018-03-03
7.7
SPY x FAMILY CODE: White
2023-12-22
7.7
Overprotected Kahoko
2017-07-12
7.7
The Full-Time Wife Escapist
2016-10-11
7.7
SPY x FAMILY
2022-04-09
7.7
Why I Dress Up for Love
2021-04-20
7.7
Achikochi Audrey
2019-10-06
7.7
Half Blue Sky
2018-04-02
7.7
Crazy for Me
2015-04-08
7.7
昨夜のカレー 明日のパン
2014-10-05