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Gen Hoshino

Gen Hoshino

Actor

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.

Born: January 28, 1981 (Age 43) in Saitama, Japan

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Gen Hoshino  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
7.3
ActorKouji Hashimoto2013
Movie
6.9
ActorGautama Buddha (voice)2013
Movie
6.3
ActorKentaro2013
Movie
6.4
Actor2008
Movie
6.5
ActorYuzuru Nakamura2004
Movie
7.7
ActorSenpai (voice)2017
Movie
7.2
ActorFather (voice)2018
Movie
6
ActorHarunosuke Katagiri2019
Movie
7.2
ActorSelf2019
Movie
6.4
ActorToshiya Sone2020
Movie
6.9
ActorCherry (voice)2015
Movie
6.4
ActorBand Member2009
Movie
6.7
ActorPC-300 (voice)2015
Movie
ActorSelf2023
Movie
ActorKazumi Shima2024
Limited Series
ActorHiroyuki Sanada
9 Episodes
2011
TV Show
7.6
ActorDontsuku Hayashiyatei
11 Episodes
2005
TV Show
ActorTaiko
12 Episodes
2006
TV Show
ActorHideo Eguchi
10 Episodes
2008
TV Show
Actor猫田刑事
11 Episodes
2007
TV Show
6.9
Actor156 Episodes2010-2010
TV Show
7.2
ActorTaira Kiyoshi
5 Episodes
2022-2022
TV Show
7
ActorKazumi Shima
11 Episodes
2020-2020
TV Show
ActorSelf
6 Episodes
2023
TV Show
Actor11 Episodes2020
TV Show
ActorHimself
1 Episode
1951
TV Show
Actor2 Episodes2022
Movie
6.8
ActorGeorge Mabuchi2015
Limited Series
7.9
ActorTsuzaki Hiramasa
11 Episodes
2016
Limited Series
7.3
ActorYoshimura Takao
5 Episodes
2017-2017
Limited Series
7.2
ActorHaruki Shinomiya
21 Episodes
2015-2017
Limited Series
Actor寺山一樹
8 Episodes
2014
Limited Series
ActorKoyama
4 Episodes
2006-2006
Limited Series
6.8
ActorBuddha
2 Episodes
2012-2013
Movie
6.7
Actor2021
Movie
6.8
SoundTheme Song Performance2018
Movie
6.3
SoundTheme Song Performance2013
Movie
6.3
SoundTheme Song Performance2016
Movie
6.9
SoundTheme Song Performance2013
Movie
6.9
SoundTheme Song Performance2012
Movie
5.4
SoundTheme Song Performance2012
Movie
SoundTheme Song Performance2019
Movie
4.7
SoundTheme Song Performance2021
Movie
5.6
SoundTheme Song Performance2022
Movie
7.1
SoundTheme Song Performance2023
TV Show
8.5
SoundTheme Song Performance
11 Episodes
2022
TV Show
SoundTheme Song Performance
175 Episodes
2019
TV Show
CreatorCreator2014-2014
TV Show
6.9
SoundTheme Song Performance
156 Episodes
2018-2018
Limited Series
7
SoundTheme Song Performance
10 Episodes
2017-2017
Limited Series
7.9
SoundTheme Song Performance
11 Episodes
2016
Limited Series
SoundTheme Song Performance
10 Episodes
2015
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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