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The discography of Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, and actor Gen Hoshino consists of five original studio albums, two extended plays (EPs), eight live albums, fourteen compilations, twenty-two singles, seven promotional singles, and thirty-four music videos (including works as featured artist). After only releasing music physically, his full discography was released for digital download on June 23, 2015,[1] and for streaming on August 30, 2019.[2]
Gen Hoshino discography | |
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Studio albums | 5 |
EPs | 2 |
Live albums | 8 |
Compilation albums | 14 |
Singles | 22 |
Promotional singles | 7 |
Music videos | 34 |
Hoshino debuted as the frontman of the instrumental band Sakerock (2000–2015), where he played guitar and marimba.[3] He self-released a CD-R entitled Baka no Uta in 2005, and in 2007 released a CD entitled Barabara as a bundle to a booklet by photographer Taro Hirano.[4][5] After he was approached by former Yellow Magic Orchestra member Haruomi Hosono and his label Daisyworld, Hoshino re-used the title of the 2005 CD-R for his debut studio album Baka no Uta in June 2010.[6][7] A joint issue by Daisyworld's Labels United, Victor Entertainment's Speedstar Records, and the Sakerock-signed Kakubarhythm,[A] the album charted at number 36 on the Oricon's Albums Chart.[11] After Hoshino's debut on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 with the single "Kudaranai no Naka ni" (2011) at number 12,[12] the follow-up album Episode was released solely by Speedstar on September 28, 2011, and charted at number five.[13][14]
Three singles were released by Hoshino throughout 2012—"Film", "Yume no Soto e", and "Shiranai"—which charted on the Hot 100 at fifth, fourth, and third, respectively.[15] They supported his third studio album Stranger (released on May 1, 2013), which had been delayed by Hoshino falling ill to a subarachnoid hemorrhage in December 2012.[16] The 76th best-selling Japanese album of the year,[17] it peaked at number two on the album charts,[18][19] and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) in 2017.[20] Hoshino went into a second hiatus in June 2013 after a reinspection revealed a relapse in the hemorrhage.[21] The single "Why Don't You Play in Hell?" (2013; for the film of the same name) was released during his hiatus,[22] and the double A-sided "Crazy Crazy" / "Sakura no Mori" (2014) marked his first release after a return to activities.[23] In 2015, Hoshino received his first song certification with "Sun", the theme to the television drama series Kokoro ga Pokitto ne (2015), which attained a triple-platinum certification for digital sales,[24] and also received two gold awards within the RIAJ's physical and streaming categories.[25][26] It was followed by Hoshino's fourth album Yellow Dancer on December 2, 2015, which was his first number one on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart and also the East Asian music chart in Taiwan.[27][28] The album received platinum and gold certifications from the RIAJ in the physical sales and download categories, respectively,[29][30] and placed sixth on Billboard Japan's year-end ranking for 2016.[31]
In 2017, Hoshino topped the year-end Hot 100 with his 2016 single "Koi", the ending theme to the popular television drama The Full-Time Wife Escapist (2016), which also stars Hoshino in a lead role.[32][33] "Koi" spent seven consecutive weeks atop the Japan Hot 100 and 11 weeks at number one in total,[34][35] and ranked at number five on the March 2023 all-time chart.[36] The RIAJ has certified the song two-times million in digital sales and also gave it two different platinum awards for physical sales and streaming.[37][38][39] Following "Koi", Hoshino achieved four consecutive number ones with "Family Song" (2017), "Doraemon" (2018), and "Idea" (2018),[40][41][42] which were all certified platinum.[43][44] "Idea"—a digital-exclusive—became the first song on the Japan Hot 100 to hold first place for consecutive weeks without physical sale points.[41] "Koi", "Family Song", and "Idea" were featured on Hoshino's fifth and most recent studio album, Pop Virus, on December 19, 2018.[45] With four weeks atop the Japan Hot Albums chart,[46] it was certified double-platinum and placed second on the 2019 year-end chart.[47][48] Oricon ranks it as Hoshino's best-selling album.[49][50]
Though the aftermath of Pop Virus left Hoshino burnt out, his befriending of the London-based indie band Superorganism, Japanese rapper Punpee , and English musician Tom Misch resulted in the production of the four-track EP Same Thing (2019), which peaked at number four on the Oricon Combined Albums Chart.[50][51] In 2021, Hoshino released the singles "Create" and "Fushigi", which charted at numbers 94 and 71 on the Billboard Global Excl. US chart, his first international chart entries.[52] "Comedy" (2022), the ending theme to the anime series Spy × Family (2022–), entered the Global 200 at 127 and also charted in Taiwan at 21.[53][54] In 2023, Hoshino released his second EP, Lighthouse, comprised by theme music for the Netflix talk show of the same name that he co-hosted with comedian Masayasu Wakabayashi.[55] It charted at number six on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums and at 18 on Oricon's Combined Albums.[50][56]
Title | Release details |
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Baka no Uta (ばかのうた, lit. 'Stupid Songs')[4] |
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Barabara (ばらばら, lit. 'Scatter')[5] |
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Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales[B] | Certifications | |||||||
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JPN [49] |
JPN Comb. [50][C] |
JPN Hot [57][D] |
TWN EA [58] | ||||||||
Baka no Uta (ばかのうた, lit. 'Stupid Songs') |
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36 | — | 40[E] | 4 | ||||||
Episode (エピソード, Episōdo) |
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5 | — | 41[G] | 11 |
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Stranger |
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2 | — | 22[I] | 5 |
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Yellow Dancer |
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1 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
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Pop Virus |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not eligible to chart. |
Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | |
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JPN Comb. [50] |
JPN Hot [57] | ||
Same Thing |
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4 | 3 |
Lighthouse |
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13 | 6 |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales[B] | Certifications | |||||||
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JPN BD [66] |
JPN DVD [67] | ||||||||||
Stranger in Budokan |
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5 | 3 | ||||||||
Two Beat in Yokohama Arena (ツービート IN 横浜アリーナ, Tsūbīto in Yokohama Arīna) |
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13 | 12 | ||||||||
Live Tour: Yellow Voyage |
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1 | 1 |
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Yellow Disc: Hoshino Gen Shika Denai Natsu Fes in Itsumo no Radio Booth (星野源しか出ない夏フェス in いつものラジオブース, Hoshino Gen Shika Denai Natsu Fesu in Itsumo no Rajio Būsu, lit. 'Summer Festival with Only Gen Hoshino in the Usual Radio Booth')[69] |
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Live Tour: Continues |
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1 | 1 |
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Yellow Disc: Hoshino Gen Live Tour 2017 'Continues' in Radio Booth (星野源Live Tour 2017『Continues』in ラジオブース, Hoshino Gen Live Tour 2017 "Continues" in Rajio Būsu)[73] |
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Yellow Disc: Hoshino Gen Hikigatari Live in Itsumo no Radio Booth! (星野源 弾き語りライブ in いつものラジオブース!, Hoshino Gen Hikigatari Raibu in Itsumo no Rajio Būsu!, lit. 'Gen Hoshino Acoustic Show in the Usual Radio Booth!')[74] |
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Dome Tour: Pop Virus at Tokyo Dome |
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1 | 1 |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not eligible to chart. |
Title | Video details | Peak chart positions | Sales[B] | Certifications | |
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JPN BD [66] |
JPN DVD [67] | ||||
Music Video Tour: 2010–2017 |
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1 | 1 |
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Music Video Tour 2: 2017–2022 |
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1 | 1 |
Title | Notes |
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Gen Hoshino Essentials (はじめての星野源, Hajimete no Hoshino Gen, lit. 'Your Start to Gen Hoshino')[80] |
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Gen Hoshino: Video Essentials (はじめての星野源: ビデオ, Hajimete no Hoshino Gen: Bideo, lit. 'Your Start to Gen Hoshino: Videos')[81] | |
Gen Hoshino: Deep Cuts (通のための星野源, Tsū no Tame no Hoshino Gen, lit. 'Gen Hoshino for Insight')[82] | |
Gen Hoshino: Love Songs (星野源: ラブソング, Hoshino Gen: Rabu Songu)[83] | |
At Home with Gen Hoshino (星野源 選曲: うちで過ごそう, Hoshino Gen Senkyoku: Uchi de Sugosō, lit. 'Gen Hoshino Selects: Spend Time at Home')[84] |
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So Sad So Happy[85][86] |
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Inner Visions Hour[87] |
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Gen Hoshino: 'Go Stream' Video Single[88][89] |
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This Is 星野源 (Gen Hoshino)[90] |
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Inochi no Shasō kara 2 (いのちの車窓から2, lit. 'From the Car Window of Life 2')[91] |
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Title | Compilation details and notes |
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Yellow Disc: Birthday Songs for Yuki Himura — Bananaman and Gen Hoshino 2010–2019[92] |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales[B] | Certifications | Album | ||||||
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JPN [93] |
JPN Comb. [94][R] |
JPN Hot [95] |
TWN [54] |
WW [96] | |||||||
"Kudaranai no Naka ni" (くだらないの中に, lit. 'In the Nonsense') | 2011 | 17 | — | 12 | — | — | Episode | ||||
"Film" (フィルム, Firumu) | 2012 | 4 | — | 5 | — | — |
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Stranger | |||
"Yume no Soto e" (夢の外へ, lit. 'Out of the Dream') | 8 | — | 4 | — | — |
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"Shiranai" (知らない, lit. 'I Don't Know') | 5 | — | 3 | — | — |
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"Gag" (ギャグ, Gyagu) | 2013 | 4 | — | 8 | — | — |
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Non-album single | |||
"Why Don't You Play in Hell?" (地獄でなぜ悪い, Jigoku de Naze Warui, lit. 'What's Bad About Hell?') | 5 | — | 5 | — | — |
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Yellow Dancer | ||||
"Crazy Crazy" "Sakura no Mori" (桜の森, lit. 'Cherry Blossom Forest') (double A-side single) |
2014 | — | — | 7 | — | — | |||||
35 | — | 55 | — | — |
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4 | — | — | — | — |
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"Sun" | 2015 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
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"Koi" (恋, lit. 'Love') | 2016 | 2 | —[AB] | 1 | — | — |
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Pop Virus | |||
"Family Song" | 2017 | 1 | —[AD] | 1 | — | — |
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"Doraemon" (ドラえもん) | 2018 | 1 | —[AF] | 1 | — | — |
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Non-album single | |||
"Idea" (アイデア, Aidea) | — | 11 | 1 | — | — |
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Pop Virus | ||||
"Halfway" (折り合い, Oriai, lit. 'Compromise') | 2020 | — | 27 | 26 | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||
"Fushigi" (不思議, lit. 'Strange') "Create" (創造, Sōzō) (double A-side single) |
2021 | — | 9 | 1 | — | —[AI] |
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— | 10 | 7 | — | —[AJ] | |||||||
2 | 2 | — | — | — |
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"Cube" | — | 25 | 4 | — | — | ||||||
"Comedy" (喜劇, Kigeki) | 2022 | — | 11 | 4 | 21 | 127 |
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"I Wanna Be Your Ghost" (異世界混合大舞踏会, Isekai Kongō Dai-butōkai, lit. 'Grand Stage of Parallel Worlds') | — | 26 | 6 | — | — | ||||||
"Why" (光の跡, Hikari no Ato, lit. 'Traces of Light') "Life" (生命体, Seimeitai) (double A-side single) |
2023 | — | —[AM] | 3 | — | — | |||||
— | 44 | 7 | — | — | |||||||
2 | 2 | — | — | — |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not eligible to chart. For double A-side singles, the first two rows refers to the A-side tracks, and the third row refers to chart positions, sales, and certifications for the double A-side release. |
Title | Year | Album |
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"Into the Sun"[123] (Superorganism featuring Gen Hoshino, Stephen Malkmus, Pi Ja Ma, and Axel Concato) |
2022 | World Wide Pop |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales[B] | Certifications | Album | ||||||
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JPN Comb. [94][R] |
JPN Hot [95] | ||||||||||
"Kuse no Uta" (くせのうた, lit. 'Habit Song')[124] | 2010 | — | 51 | Baka no Uta | |||||||
"Week End"[125] | 2015 | — | 21 |
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Yellow Dancer | |||||
"Same Thing"[127] (featuring Superorganism) |
2019 | 27 | 12 | Same Thing (EP) | |||||||
"Dancing on the Inside" (うちで踊ろう, Uchi de Odorō)[128] | 2020 | — | 13 | Non-album promotional singles | |||||||
"Dancing on the Inside"[129] (Potluck Mix) |
— | — | |||||||||
"Comedy"[130] (remix; featuring DJ Jazzy Jeff and Kaidi Tatham) |
2022 | —[AP] | —[AQ] | ||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not eligible to chart. |
Title | Year | Album |
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"Dokusho" (読書, lit. 'Reading')[132] (Yuri Miyauchi featuring Gen Hoshino) |
2011 | Working Holiday |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales[B] | Certifications | Album | ||||||
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JPN Comb. [94][R] |
JPN Hot [95] | ||||||||||
"Uta o Utau Toki wa" (歌を歌う時は, lit. 'When You Sing Songs') | 2011 | — | —[AR] | "Kudaranai no Naka ni" (single) | |||||||
"Nichijō" (日常, lit. 'Everyday Life') | — | 50 | Episode | ||||||||
"Bakemono" (化物, lit. 'Monster') | 2013 | — | 25 | Stranger | |||||||
"Tokiyo" (時よ, lit. 'Time') | 2015 | — | 21 |
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Yellow Dancer | |||||
"Hada" (肌, lit. 'Skin') | 2017 | — | 18 | Pop Virus[AT] | |||||||
"Koko ni Inai Anata e" (ここにいないあなたへ, lit. 'To You Who Isn't Here') | 2018 | —[AU] | 39 | "Doraemon" (single) | |||||||
"Pop Virus" | 29 | 8 |
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Pop Virus | |||||||
"Sapiens" (サピエンス, Sapiensu) | — | —[AV] | |||||||||
"Hello Song" | 30 | 25 | |||||||||
"Sarashi-mono" (さらしもの, lit. 'Fool') (featuring Punpee ) |
2019 | 26 | 20 | Same Thing (EP) | |||||||
"Ain't Nobody Know" (featuring Tom Misch) |
—[AW] | 25 | |||||||||
"Watashi" (私, lit. 'I') | — | —[AX] | |||||||||
"Dancing on the Inside" (New Year's Eve (大晦日, Ōmisoka)) |
2021 | —[AY] | — | "Fushigi" / "Create" (single) | |||||||
"Tomato" (そしたら, Soshitara, lit. 'And Then') | — | —[AZ] | |||||||||
"Odd Couple" (おともだち, Otomodachi, lit. 'Friends') | 2023 | — | —[BA] | "Why" / "Life" (single) | |||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not eligible to chart. |
Song | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
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"Taiyaki" (たいやき, lit. 'Baked Sea Bream')[141] | 2006 | Hisashi Yoshino | 4 Tracks Burning! |
"Rose and Beast" (薔薇と野獣, Bara to Yajū)[142] (cover of Haruomi Hosono) |
Ren Takada | 12 Notes | |
"Daisy Omisoshiru" (デイジーお味噌汁, Deijī Omisoshiru, lit. 'Daisy Miso Soup')[143] | 2008 | None | Daisy Holiday (V.A. Presented by Hosono Haruomi)[BB] |
"Setsunai no Uta" (せつないのうた, lit. 'Miserable Song')[144] | 2011 | Nyanchū | Nyan demo Chū demo Utacchaō |
"Lucky Strike" (ラッキー・ストライク, Rakkī Sutoraiku)[145] (cover of Raymond Scott) |
2013 | None | Raymond Scott Song Book |
"All Things Must Pass"[146] (cover of George Harrison) |
2014 | Yoshie Nakano | Ringo no Komori-uta: Apple of the Best Eye |
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"[147] (cover of the Plastic Ono Band) |
Various | ||
None | 2019 | Haruomi Hosono | Hosono Haruomi Compiled by Hoshino Gen[BC] |
"Good in Bed"[149] (Gen Hoshino remix) |
2020 | Dua Lipa | Club Future Nostalgia |
"Nomad"[150] | 2021 | Zion.T | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: The Album |
Title | Year | Director(s) | Album | Ref. |
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"Kuse no Uta" | 2010 | Ichirō Yamada[BD] | Baka no Uta | [152] |
"Kudaranai no Naka ni" | 2011 | Episode | ||
"Nichijō" | ||||
"Film" | 2012 | Shūichi Okita | Stranger | |
"Yume no Soto e" | Santa Yamagishi | |||
"Shiranai" | Yasuyuki Yamaguchi | |||
"Bakemono" | 2013 | Shōichi David Haruyama Gen Hoshino | ||
"Gag" | Gen Hoshino | None | ||
"Why Don't You Play in Hell?" | Gen Hoshino Naoyuki Asano |
Yellow Dancer | ||
"Kisetsu" | 2014 | Nobuhiro Yamashita | Stranger | |
"Crazy Crazy" | Shōichi David Haruyama Gen Hoshino |
Yellow Dancer | ||
"Sun" | 2015 | Kazuaki Seki | ||
"Snow Men" | Hidenobu Tanabe | |||
"Tokiyo" | Kazuaki Seki | |||
"Koi" | 2016 | Pop Virus | ||
"Family Song" | 2017 | [153] | ||
"Doraemon" | 2018 | None | ||
"Idea" | Pop Virus | |||
"Pop Virus" | Kyōtarō Hayashi | |||
"Same Thing" (featuring Supeorganism) |
2019 | Tomokazu Yamada Gen Hoshino |
Same Thing (EP) | |
"Ain't Nobody Know" (featuring Tom Misch) |
2020 | Kyōtarō Hayashi | ||
"Watashi" | Pennacky | |||
"Sarashi-mono" (featuring Punpee) |
Ryū Okubo | |||
"Halfway" | Shō Miyake | None | ||
"Create" | 2021 | Yoshiyuki Okuyama | ||
"Fushigi" | Kyōtarō Hayashi | |||
"Cube" | Mikiko | |||
"Nomad" (Zion.T and Gen Hoshino) |
Gen Hoshino Kim Jin-yu |
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: The Album | [154] | |
"Comedy" | 2022 | Mess | None | [153] |
"I Wanna Be Your Ghost" | Yūki Igarashi | |||
"Life" | 2023 | GroupN | [155] | |
"Why" | Kyōtarō Hayashi | [156] |
Title | Year | Director(s) | Album | Ref. |
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"Dokusho" (Yuri Miyauchi featuring Gen Hoshino) |
2011 | Daisuke Kawashima[BE] | Working Holiday | [157] |
"Into the Sun" (Superorganism featuring Gen Hoshino, Stephen Malkmus, Pi Ja Ma, and Axel Concato) |
2022 | AEVA | World Wide Pop | [158] |
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