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.
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). 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, as a high schooler dragged into a film production led by yakuza members in Why Don't You Play in Hell?, and as the Buddha living in modern-day Japan alongside Jesus (Mirai Moriyama) in the anime film Saint Young Men. For his performances in Blindly in Love and Why Don't You Play in Hell?, Hoshino won Newcomer of the Year awards at various ceremonies, including the Yokohama Film Festival, Japan Academy Film Prize, Japanese Movie Critics Awards, and Mainichi Film Awards.
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. For his portrayal in The Full-Time Wife Escapist, Hoshino was named Best Supporting Actor at the Television Drama Academy Awards, and was nominated for Best Actor at the Seoul International Drama Awards. He was cast in the lead role of the 2019 film Samurai Shifters, where he played a bookworm samurai tasked with helping a daimyo move residence. Hoshino was again made co-workers with Go Ayano in MIU404 (2020), where Hoshino played detective Kazumi Shima. The same year, he won Best Supporting Actor at the Hochi Film Awards for his portrayal of a shoemaker in The Voice of Sin opposite Shun Oguri. Hoshino was re-cast as Kazumi Shima in the 2024 film Last Mile, and is set to portray a best-selling author in the 2025 drama series Slow Train.
Videography
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Music videos
edit| Title | Video release date | Director(s)[4] | Description and notes | Album | Ref. |
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| "Kuse no Uta" | June 10, 2010 | Ichirō Yamada† |
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Baka no Uta | [‡ 1][5][6] |
Other videos
editCameo appearances
editVideo albums
editFilmography
editFilm
editTelevision
editOriginal video animation
editRadio
editCommercials
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- Primary video sources
- ^ 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.
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