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Gen Hoshino discography
Gen Hoshino at the Space Shower Music Awards in 2016.
Studio albums5
Compilation albums1
Video albums7
Music videos19
EPs2
Singles20

The solo discography of Japanese singer-songwriter and musician Gen Hoshino consists of five original studio albums, two extended plays, seven video albums (including five live albums), one box set, 20 singles, 15 promotional singles, and 19 music videos. Hoshino has had two studio albums reach number one on the Japanese music charts of Oricon and Billboard Japan, and has released five number-one singles. The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) has awarded Hoshino two Million, ten Platinum, and eighteen Gold certifications, accumulating 4.5 million sales and 500 million streams.

Hoshino debuted as the frontman of the instrumental band Sakerock (2000–2015), playing guitar and marimba.[1] Under Daisyworld's imprint Labels United and Victor Entertainment's Speedstar Records, Hoshino released his first solo studio album Baka no Uta in 2010, peaking at number 36 on Oricon's Albums Chart and 38 on Billboard's Top Albums Sales chart. His second album, Episode (2011), took number six on the Oricon chart and number five on Billboard's, supported by his debut single "Kudaranai no Naka ni", which charted within the top twenty of the singles charts. Throughout 2012, Hoshino released his next three singles – all charting within the top five – in promotion of his third album, Stranger (2013). The album peaked at number two on both national charts and was certified Gold in 2017.

In 2015, Hoshino released the single "Sun"–it reached number two on the weekly charts and was certified 3× Platinum in digital sales and Gold in physical sales, Hoshino's first release to receive a certification. The following album, Yellow Dancer (2015), became his first number one on the albums charts and was certified Platinum within one month, finishing sixth on Billboard's year-end album chart for 2016.[2] The album's corresponding tour's live album, Live Tour: Yellow Voyage (2017), earned Hoshino his first top spot on the Blu-ray and DVD charts. Hoshino reached the top of the songs charts with his next single and The Full-Time Wife Escapist ending theme "Koi" (2016), which was certified by the RIAJ for two million digital sales. In 2023, it ranked 5th on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 all-time chart.[3] Hoshino would stay on top of the weekly charts with his following singles "Family Song" (2017), "Idea" (2018), and "Doraemon" (2018), all of which were also certified Platinum. "Idea", a digital-exclusive release, became the first song in history to chart two consecutive weeks on top of the Hot 100 without a physical release.[4] Hoshino's fifth and most recent album, Pop Virus (2018), charted at number one and was certified double Platinum.

Hoshino released a debut digital download EP, Same Thing, in 2019, reaching number four on Oricon's Combined Albums Chart. He would follow the EP with non-album singles such as the number-two charting "Fushigi" and "Create" (2020). His Spy × Family ending theme "Comedy" (2022) reached number 127 on the Billboard Global 200, his first entry onto the international chart.

Studio albums[edit]

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales[a][5] Certifications
JPN
[6] 		JPN
Comb
[A][7] 		JPN
Hot
[8] 		TWN
EA
[b][9]
Baka no Uta (ばかのうた) 36 — 42[c] 4
Episode (エピソード)
  • Released: September 28, 2011
  • Label: Victor Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl
 5 — 41[e] 11
Stranger
  • Released: May 1, 2013
  • Label: Victor Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl
 2 — 22[g] 5
  • JPN: 117,000[h]
Yellow Dancer
  • Released: December 2, 2015
  • Label: Victor Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl
 1 9 1 1
  • JPN: 342,000
  • RIAJ: Platinum[13]
  • RIAJ (digital): Gold[14]
Pop Virus
  • Released: December 19, 2018
  • Label: Victor Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl
 1 1 1 1
  • JPN: 498,000[i]
  • RIAJ: 2× Platinum[13]
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Extended plays[edit]

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
Comb
[B][7] 		JPN
Hot
[15]
Same Thing 4 12
Lighthouse
  • Released: September 8, 2023
  • Label: Speedstar Records
  • Formats: digital download
 18 6

Compilation albums[edit]

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
[6] 		JPN
Comb
[C][7]
Gen Hoshino Singles Box: Gratitude 4 4

Singles[edit]

As lead artist[edit]

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Year Peak positions Sales[5] Certifications Album
JPN
[6] 		JPN
Comb
[D][16] 		JPN
Hot
[17]
"Kudaranai no Naka ni" (くだらないの中に) 2011 17 — 15
  • JPN: 16,000
 Episode
"Film" (フィルム) 2012 4 — 5
  • JPN: 27,000
 Stranger
"Yume no Soto he" (夢の外へ) 8 — 4
  • JPN: 46,000
  • RIAJ (digital): Gold[14]
"Shiranai" (知らない) 5 — 3
  • JPN: 40,000
"Gag" (ギャグ) 2013 4 — 8
  • JPN: 35,000
 non-album single
"Why Don't You Play in Hell?" (地獄でなぜ悪い) 5 — 5
  • JPN: 37,000
 Yellow Dancer
"Crazy Crazy" 2014 4 — 7
  • JPN: 57,000
"Sakura no Mori" (桜の森) —
"Sun" 2015 2 — 4
  • JPN: 92,000
  • RIAJ (physical): Gold[13]
  • RIAJ (digital): 3× Platinum[14]
  • RIAJ: (streaming): Gold[18]
"Koi" (恋) 2016 2 — 1
  • JPN: 318,000
  • RIAJ (physical): Platinum[13]
  • RIAJ (digital): 2× Million[14]
  • RIAJ (streaming): Platinum[18]
 Pop Virus
"Family Song" 2017 1 — 1
  • JPN: 237,000
  • RIAJ (physical): Platinum[13]
  • RIAJ (digital): Platinum[14]
"Doraemon" (ドラえもん) 2018 1 — 1
  • JPN: 195,000
  • JPN: 284,000 (Dig.)
  • RIAJ (physical): Gold[13]
  • RIAJ (digital): Platinum[14]
  • RIAJ: (streaming): Gold[18]
 non-album single
"Idea" (アイデア)[19] — 11 1
  • JPN: 427,000 (Dig.)
  • RIAJ (digital): 2× Platinum[14]
  • RIAJ: (streaming): Gold[18]
 Pop Virus
"Fushigi" (不思議) 2021 2 2 1
  • JPN: 150,000
  • RIAJ (physical): Gold[13]
  • RIAJ (streaming): Platinum[18]
 TBA
"Create" (創造) 7
  • RIAJ (physical): Gold[13]
"Comedy" (喜劇) 2022 — 11 4
  • RIAJ (digital): Gold[14]
  • RIAJ: (streaming): Platinum[18]
"I Wanna Be Your Ghost" (異世界混合大舞踏会)
(featuring Ghosts) 		— 26 6
"Life" (生命体) 2023 2 2 7
"Why" (光の跡) 3
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

As featured artist[edit]

List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions
Title Year Album
"Dokusho" (読書) 2011 Working Holiday
"Nomad"
(with Zion.T) 		2021 Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings: The Album

Promotional singles[edit]

List of promotional singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Year Peak positions Sales[5][j] Certifications Album
JPN
Comb
[E][16] 		JPN
Hot
[20]
"Kuse no Uta" (くせのうた) 2010 — 51 — Baka no Uta
"Nichijou" (日常) 2011 — 50 Episode
"Bakemono" (化物) 2013 — 25 Stranger
"Snow Men" 2015 — — Yellow Dancer
"Week End" — 21
  • RIAJ (digital): Gold[14]
"Toki yo" (時よ) — 21
  • RIAJ (digital): Gold[14]
"Friend Ship" — —
"Hada" (肌)[21] 2017 — 18 "Family Song" (single)
"Koko ni Inai Anata he"[22]
(ここにいないあなたへ) 		2018 — 39
  • JPN: 6,000
 "Doraemon" (single)
"Hello Song" 30 25
  • JPN: 14,000
 Pop Virus
"Pop Virus" 29 8
  • JPN: 33,000
  • RIAJ: (streaming): Gold[18]
"Sapiens" (サピエンス) — —[k]
"Same Thing"
(featuring Superorganism) 		2019 27 12 Same Thing
"Dancing on the Inside" (うちで踊ろう) 2020 — 13 Gen Hoshino Singles Box "Gratitude"
"Halfway" (折り合い) 27 15
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Other charted songs[edit]

List of other charted songs, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak positions Album
JPN
Comb
[F][16] 		JPN
Hot
"Uta wo Utau Toki ha"
(歌を歌うときは) 		2011 — —[l] "Kudaranai no Naka ni" (single)
"Sarashi-mono" feat. PUNPEE
(さらしもの) 		2019 26 — Same Thing
"Cube" 2021 25 — Cube
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Other appearances[edit]

Title Year Album
"Rose and Beast" (薔薇と野獣)[25]
(Ren Takada & Gen Hoshino) 		2006 12 Notes
"All Things Must Pass"[26]
(Yoshie Nakano and Gen Hoshino) 		2007 Ringo no Komori Uta Apple of the Best Eye
"Daisy Omisoshiru" (デイジーお味噌汁)[27] 2008 Daisy Holiday Presented by Hosono Haruomi
"Setsunai no Uta" (せつないのうた)[28] 2011 Nyan demo Chui demo Utacchao: Nyanchu World Hosokyoku
"Lucky Strike" (ラッキー・ストライク)[29] 2013 Raymond Scott Songbook

Videography[edit]

Video albums[edit]

List of video albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak positions Sales[5] Certifications
JPN[6]
DVD Blu-ray
Stranger in Budoukan
  • Released: August 20, 2014
  • Label: Victor Entertainment
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
 3 5
Two Beat in Yokohama Arena (ツービート in 横浜アリーナ)
  • Released: March 25, 2015
  • Label: Victor Entertainment
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
 12 13
Live Tour: Yellow Voyage
  • Released: June 22, 2016
  • Label: Victor Entertainment
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
 1 1
Music Video Tour 2010-2017
  • Released: May 17, 2017
  • Label: Victor Entertainment
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
 1 1
  • JPN: 153,000
Live Tour "Continues"
  • Released: January 10, 2018
  • Label: Victor Entertainment
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
 1 1
  • JPN: 118,000
Dome Tour "Pop Virus" at Tokyo Dome
  • Released: August 7, 2019
  • Label: Victor Entertainment
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
 1 1

Music videos[edit]

Title Year Director[31]
"Kuse no Uta" 2010 Ichirou Yamada[m]
"Kudaranai no Naka ni" 2011
"Nichijou"
"Film" 2012 Shuichi Okita
"Yume no Soto he" 2012 Yasuyuki Yamaguchi
"Shiranai" 2012
"Bakemono" 2013 Gen Hoshino
Shoichi David Haruyama
"Gag" 2013 Gen Hoshino
Kazuma Ikeda
Saint Young Men
"Why Don't You Play In Hell?" 2013 Gen Hoshino
Naoyuki Asano
"Crazy Crazy" 2014 Gen Hoshino
Shoichi David Haruyama
"Sun" 2015 Kazuaki Seki
"Snow Men" 2015 Hidenobu Tanabe
"Toki yo" 2015 Kazuaki Seki
"Koi" 2016
"Family Song" 2017
"Doraemon" 2018
"Idea" 2018
"Pop Virus" 2018 Hayashi Kyotaro[32]
"Comedy" 2022 MESS

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The Oricon Combined Albums Chart was established on December 24, 2018.
  2. ^ The Oricon Combined Albums Chart was established on December 24, 2018.
  3. ^ The Oricon Combined Albums Chart was established on December 24, 2018.
  4. ^ The Oricon Combined Singles Chart was established on December 24, 2018.
  5. ^ The Oricon Combined Singles Chart was established on December 24, 2018.
  6. ^ The Oricon Combined Singles Chart was established on December 24, 2018.

References[edit]

Notes

  1. ^ Sales provided by Oricon database and rounded to the nearest thousand.
  2. ^ The Taiwanese G-Music chart is divided into three sub-charts: the Mandarin chart, the Western chart, and the East Asia chart. Positions included here are taken from the East Asia chart, which only archives the top 20 releases from Japan and South Korea.
  3. ^ Released prior to the establishment of the Japan Hot Albums chart. At the time of its release, the album peaked at number 38 on the Top Album Sales chart.[10]
  4. ^ Combined sales figures for Baka no Uta: 26,413 (physical sales) + 429 (digital sales).
  5. ^ Released prior to the establishment of the Japan Hot Albums chart. At the time of its release, the album peaked at number six on the Top Album Sales chart.[11]
  6. ^ Combined sales figures for Episode: 50,783 (physical sales) + 917 (digital sales).
  7. ^ Released prior to the establishment of the Japan Hot Albums chart. At the time of its release, the album peaked at number two on the Top Album Sales chart.[12]
  8. ^ Combined sales figures for Stranger: 110,677 (physical sales) + 5,973 (digital sales).
  9. ^ Combined sales figures for Pop Virus: 429,995 (physical sales) + 67,887 (digital sales).
  10. ^ Sales figures for promotional singles are based on digital downloads. The Oricon Digital Singles chart was established in December 2017.
  11. ^ "Sapiens" did not enter the Japan Hot 100, but peaked at number 86 on the Top Download Songs chart.[23]
  12. ^ "Uta wo Utau Toki ha" did not enter the Japan Hot 100, but peaked at number 75 on the Top Download Songs chart.[24]
  13. ^ Team made of Gen Hoshino, the designer Daijiro Ohara and the film director Santa Yamagishi.

Sources

  1. ^ "星野源 - レビュー" [Gen Hoshino - Artist Review]. ListenJapan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  2. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums Year-End, 2016". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  3. ^ ""Japan Hot 100"15周年を記念したオールタイムTOP50発表　1位は米津玄師「Lemon」" [Kenshi Yonezu's "Lemon" Takes First Place on Japan Hot 100 All-Time Ranking]. Billboard Japan (in Japanese). March 31, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  4. ^ "Gen Hoshino Becomes First Artist to Top Consecutive Weeks on Japan Hot 100 Without Physical Sales Points". Billboard. June 9, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree']. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved September 30, 2014.
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  8. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  9. ^ G-Music J-Pop Chart positions for albums:
  10. ^ "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales 2010/07/05 付け" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  11. ^ "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales (October 10, 2011)" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  12. ^ "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales (May 13, 2013)" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
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  16. ^ a b c "Gen Hoshino on Oricon Combined Singles Chart" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  17. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
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  19. ^ "Idea – Single by Gen Hoshino on iTunes". iTunes Stores. Japan. 20 August 2018. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
  20. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  21. ^ "星野源、新曲"肌"が自身も出演する「ビオレuボディウォッシュ」新CMソングに". Rockin'on (in Japanese). July 25, 2017.
  22. ^ "星野源『映画ドラえもん』初の2曲提供 特報映像で挿入歌を一部解禁" (in Japanese). Oricon. December 1, 2017.
  23. ^ "Billboard Japan Top Download Songs 2018/12/31付け" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. December 26, 2018.
  24. ^ "Billboard Japan Top Download Songs 2019/03/11付け" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  25. ^ "Rose and Beast by Ren Takada on Apple Music". iTunes. United States. November 2006. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  26. ^ "りんごの子守唄 Apple of the best eye". Nippon Columbia. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  27. ^ "デイジー・ホリデー / V.A. Presented by 細野晴臣". Nippon Columbia. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  28. ^ "ニャンでもちゅうでもうたっちゃお～ニャンちゅうワールド放送局～" (in Japanese). Amazon Japan. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  29. ^ "Raymond Scott Songbook Disc Two Track List". Li'l Daisy. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
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  31. ^ "Gen Hoshino's music video list" (in Japanese). Space Shower Networks. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  32. ^ "KYOTARO HAYASHI — 星野源 - Pop Virus" (in Japanese). Kyotaro Hayashi Portfolio. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
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