Hidehiko Hoshino

Hidehiko Hoshino (星野 英彦, Hoshino Hidehiko, born June 16, 1966 in Fujioka, Gunma), nicknamed "Hide", is a Japanese musician and songwriter. He is known as the rhythm guitarist for the rock band Buck-Tick since 1983.^[2]

Hidehiko Hoshino
Also known as	Hide
Born	(1966-06-16) June 16, 1966 (age 58)[1]
Origin	Fujioka, Gunma, Japan
Genres	Rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar, vocals, keyboards
Years active	1983–present
Member of	Buck-Tick

Life and career

Buck-Tick

In 1985, when Hide and Yutaka Higuchi graduated from high school they moved to Tokyo together, where Hide started culinary school.^[3] Throughout Buck-Tick's long career, he has the second most songwriting credits.

Hoshino married in 2006.^[4]

He has released only one solo song; "Jarring Voice" on the 1991 compilation Dance 2 Noise 001.^[5] Tomoyuki Hokari of OK Music described the track as "aggressive electronic body music".^[6] Hoshino has also performed on Issay's Flowers,^[7] Fake?'s Marilyn is a Bubble^[8] and Chiaki Kuriyama's Circus.^[9]

On September 19, 2012, Hoshino released the book Simply Life. It compiles the interviews he gave to the magazine Ongaku to Hito every year since 2001 with a new long interview.^[10] It was republished in 2022 as Simply Life ~Life Goes On~.

Dropz

Dropz (stylized as dropz) is a side project of Hidehiko Hoshino that began in 2006. The members consist of himself (guitars, programming & keyboards), Kelli Dayton (vocals) and Cube Juice (programming & electronics). He wrote the music, while Kelli wrote the lyrics. They released their first album, Sweet Oblivion, on April 4, 2007, and a limited edition remix of the same album.^[11]

Discography

With Buck-Tick

Main article: Buck-Tick discography

With Dropz

• Sweet Oblivion (April 4, 2007) Oricon peak position: #71^[12]

References

1. "星野英彦" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
2. "【Archive／Interview】星野英彦（BUCK-TICK）". 音楽と人 (in Japanese) (7). 2001.
3. LOVE ME, Yasue Matsuura, Takao Nakagawa; Shinko Music Publishing Company, Ltd. 1989. ISBN 4-401-61275-2.
4. "･2006年結婚特集･" (in Japanese). TV Asahi. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
5. "Dance 2 Noise 001" (in Japanese). Tower Records. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
6. "今井寿＆藤井麻輝、星野英彦ら参加の『DANCE 2 NOISE 001』当時のニューカマー、M-AGE、Paint in watercolourも収録". OK Music (in Japanese). 2022-09-21. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
7. "Obsessive Flowers". Fool's Mate (October). 1994. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
8. "土屋アンナ、AIR、BUCK-TICKメンバーも参加！ FAKE？のニュー・アルバムが登場！" (in Japanese). CD Journal. 2006-11-22. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
9. "BUCK-TICK and Theatre Brook Participating in Kuriyama Chiaki's New Album". musicjapanplus.jp. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
10. "BUCK-TICK星野、誕生月「音楽と人」連載がついに書籍化". Natalie. 2012-07-06. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
11. "dropz Profile" (in Japanese). JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corp. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
12. "dropzのアルバム売り上げランキング". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-05-20.

Further reading

• Simply Life, by Hidehiko Hoshino, Ongaku to Hito, 2012, ISBN 978-4-903979-17-5