Apart from one cover, the Japanese singer-songwriter and musician Gen Hoshino has written or co-written every song in his solo discography, spanning material for five studio albums, two extended plays (EPs), and 20 singles.
Hoshino made his debut as the frontman of the instrumental band Sakerock (2000–2015), playing guitar and marimba. [1] [2] He wrote several songs for the band, including all tracks on their departure album Sayonara. [3] Hoshino released the self-produced CD-R disc Baka no Uta in 2005, containing six original tracks and a cover of Crazy Cats. [4] Baka no Uta was adapted into his first solo album under the same title, released through Speedstar Records and Daisyworld on June 16, 2010. [5] In addition to four previously released songs and two vocal covers of Sakerock, Hoshino wrote nine new tracks for the album solo and co-composed one with Haruomi Hosono. [6] Hoshino wrote all 12 tracks on his second album Episode, released September 28, 2011. [7] It was supported by his first single, " Kudaranai no Naka ni".
Moving solely to Speedstar Records, Hoshino released Stranger on May 1, 2013, [8] with 13 songs (one a hidden track). [9] The album was supported by three singles, all released throughout 2012: "Film", "Yume no Soto e", and "Shiranai". After Stranger, Hoshino released his first non-album single " Gag", [10] featuring arrangement from Seiji Kameda–it remains his only single to not be self or co-arranged. Hoshino's fourth album, Yellow Dancer, was released on December 2, 2015. The track listing of 15 songs focused on blending Western genres such as jazz, soul, and R&B, into Hoshino's J-pop style, for a result he described as "yellow music". [11] It was supported by three singles: " Why Don't You Play in Hell?", the double A-side " Crazy Crazy" / " Sakura no Mori", and " Sun". His fifth and most recent album, Pop Virus, was released on December 19, 2018, with 14 tracks. [12] It became his most commercially successful album release, [13] certified 2× Platinum [14] and listed at No. 4 on Oricon's year-end chart for 2019. [15] Three songs from Pop Virus were released as singles: " Koi", "Family Song", and "Idea".
In 2019, Hoshino released his first extended play (EP), titled Same Thing, collaborating with British indie pop band Superorganism, Japanese rapper Punpee, English musician Tom Misch, and performing one track alone. [16] As the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Hoshino began wanting to update his musical style. In lockdown, he found time to practice on digital audio workstations and keyboard. He released the single "Create" in 2021, which he noted was his first song to be completed with the stronger focus on keyboard. [17] In 2023, Hoshino released his second EP Lighthouse, comprising six songs he had written for the Netflix talk show of the same name. [18]
In addition to his solo and Sakerock work, Hoshino has appeared as a featured artist on Ren Takada's "Rose and Beast" (from 12 Notes, 2006), Yuri Miyauchi's "Dokusho" (from Working Holiday, 2011), Superorganism's "Into the Sun" (from World Wide Pop, 2022), and has covered George Harrison's " All Things Must Pass" (with Yoshie Nakano) and Raymond Scott's "Lucky Strike" for compilation albums. Alongside Zach Witness, Hoshino remixed "Good in Bed" for Dua Lipa's remix album Club Future Nostalgia (2020), and with Korean singer Zion.T performed "Nomad" for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: The Album (2021). Hoshino has been credited as a non-performing writer on songs for Asa-Chang & Junray, Haruomi Hosono, Kanjani Eight, Noritake Kinashi, and Tom Miyazaki, among others. Hoshino has written and performed three songs under the name of his alter ego character Akira Nise, and has five unreleased titles registered with the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC).
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⁂ | Indicates promotional single release |
Song | Artist(s) | Writer(s) | Core release(s) | Year | Ref. |
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"Ai no Sei" (愛のせい) | Gen Hoshino Tamio Okuda |
— | In Gratitude | 2014 | [19] [20] |
"Ain't Nobody Know" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino Tom Misch‡ |
Same Thing | 2019 | [21] |
"Amaoto" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | " Koi" (B-side) | 2016 | [22] |
"Ana o Horu" (穴を掘る) (lyrical cover of Sakerock) |
Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Baka no Uta (album | 2010 | [23] |
"Alchohol Waltz" | Sakerock | Gen Hoshino [a] | Sayonara | 2015 | [3] |
"
All Things Must Pass" (cover of George Harrison) |
Yoshie Nakano Gen Hoshino |
George Harrison‡ | Ringo no Komori-uta: Apple of the Best Eye | 2014 | [24] |
"Anata" (彼方) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | "Yume no Soto e" (B-side) | 2012 | [25] |
"Aru Shashō" (ある車掌) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Stranger | 2013 | [26] |
"Baito" (バイト) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Episode | 2011 | [27] |
"Baka no Uta" (ばかのうた) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino |
Baka no Uta (CD-R) Baka no Uta (album) |
2005 | [4] [23] |
"Bakemono" (化物) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Stranger | 2013 | [26] |
"Banana Oiwake" (バナナ追分) | Haruomi Hosono | Haruomi Hosono Gen Hoshino‡ |
HoSoNoVa | 2011 | [28] |
"Ballad" | Sakerock | Gen Hoshino [a] | Sayonara | 2015 | [3] |
"Rose and Beast" (薔薇と野獣) | Ren Takada featuring Gen Hoshino |
Ren Takada Gen Hoshino‡ |
12 Notes | 2006 | [29] |
"Beyond the Sequence" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | "Why" / " Life" (B-side) | 2023 | [30] |
"Barabara" (ばらばら) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino |
Baka no Uta (CD-R) Baka no Uta (album) |
2005 | [4] [23] |
"Blanco" (ブランコ) ( house version) |
Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | " Kudaranai no Naka ni" (B-side) | 2011 | [31] |
"Chawan" (茶碗) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Baka no Uta (album) | 2010 | [23] |
"Chikaku" (ちかく) | Sakerock | Gen Hoshino | Songs of Instrumental | 2006 | [32] |
"Chingiri-dera" (チン斬り寺) | Tom Miyazaki | Gen Hoshino Tom Miyazaki‡ |
Miyazaki Tom Kinen-kan | 2004 | [33] [34] |
" Comedy" (喜劇) # | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino [b] | Non-album single | 2022 | [35] |
"
Comedy" (喜劇) ⁂ (remix) |
Gen Hoshino featuring DJ Jazzy Jeff Kaidi Tatham |
Gen Hoshino DJ Jazzy Jeff Kaidi Tatham‡ |
Non-album promotional single | 2022 | [36] |
"Continues" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino |
Pop Virus " Koi" (B-side) |
2016 | [22] |
"Couple" | Sakerock | Gen Hoshino [a] | Sayonara | 2015 | [3] |
" Crazy Crazy" [c] # | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Yellow Dancer | 2014 | [37] |
"Create" [d] # | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino [e] | Non-album single | 2021 | [38] [39] |
" Cube" # | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino [b] | Non-album single | 2021 | [40] |
"Daisy Omisoshiru" (デイジーお味噌汁) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Daisy Holiday Baka no Uta (album) |
2008 | [41] [23] |
"Danchi" | Sakerock | Gen Hoshino | Muda | 2010 | [42] |
"Dancing Reluctantly" (しかたなく踊る) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Lighthouse | 2023 | [43] |
"Dancing on the Inside" (うちで踊ろう) [f] ⁂ | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | In Gratitude | 2020 | [44] [20] |
"Dancing on the Inside" (うちで踊ろう) ⁂ (Potluck Mix) |
Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | In Gratitude | 2020 | [20] [45] |
"Dancing on the Inside" (うちで踊ろう) (New Year's Eve version) (大晦日) |
Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino [g] | "Fushigi" / "Create" (B-side) | 2021 | [38] |
"Dancer" (ダンサー) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | "Shiranai" (B-side) | 2012 | [46] |
"Dead Leaf" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Pop Virus | 2018 | [12] |
"Denpa-tō" (電波塔) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | "Yume no Soto e" (B-side) | 2012 | [25] |
"Dokusho" (読書) ⁂ | Yuri Miyauchi featuring Gen Hoshino |
Yuri Miyauchi Gen Hoshino‡ |
Working Holiday | 2011 | [47] |
"Doraemon" (ドラえもん) # | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Non-album single | 2018 | [48] |
"Doraemon no Uta" (ドラえもんのうた) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | "Doraemon" (B-side) | 2018 | [48] |
"Down Town" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Yellow Dancer | 2015 | [49] |
"Drinking Dance" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | " Koi" (B-side) | 2016 | [22] |
"Dust" (ダスト) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | " Gag" (B-side) | 2013 | [50] |
"Eigyō" (営業) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Episode | 2011 | [27] |
"Emerald Music" | Sakerock | Gen Hoshino [a] | Sayonara | 2015 | [3] |
"Family Song" # | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Pop Virus | 2017 | [51] |
"Funk" [h] | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | In Gratitude | — | [20] |
"Fushigi" [i] # | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino [b] | Non-album single | 2021 | [38] [52] |
"Futon" (布団) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Episode | 2011 | [27] |
"Film" (フィルム) # | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Stranger | 2012 | [26] [53] |
"Friend Ship" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Yellow Dancer | 2015 | [49] |
" Gag" (ギャグ) # | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino [j] | Non-album single | 2013 | [50] |
"Get a Feel" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Pop Virus | 2018 | [12] |
"Goo" (グー) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Baka no Uta (album) | 2010 | [23] |
"Goodbye My Son" | Sakerock | Gen Hoshino | Muda | 2010 | [42] |
"Good in Bed" (remix of Dua Lipa) |
Dua Lipa Gen Hoshino Zach Witness |
Dua Lipa Michel Shulz Melanie Joy Fontana Taylor Upsahl David Charles Marshall Biral Denzel Michael-Akil Baptiste Gen Hoshino Zach Witness‡ |
Club Future Nostalgia | 2020 | [54] [55] |
"Growing Up-up" (グローイング アップップ) |
Hiroki Miyake Chika Uchida |
Kankurō Kudō Gen Hoshino‡ |
Mītsuketa! Utatte Fever | 2016 | [56] |
"Gunpei" | Sakerock | Gen Hoshino | Muda | 2010 | [42] |
"Hada" (肌) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino |
Pop Virus "Family Song" (B-side) |
2017 | [51] |
"Halfway" (折り合い) [k] ⁂ | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | In Gratitude | 2020 | [20] [58] |
"Hello Song" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Pop Virus | 2018 | [12] |
"Hirameki" (ひらめき) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Baka no Uta (album) | 2010 | [23] |
"Hiroshima no Yankee" | Sakerock | Gen Hoshino | Muda | 2010 | [42] |
"Ichi Ni San" (いち に さん) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | " Sun" (B-side) | 2015 | [59] |
"Ichi Ni San" (いち に さん) (Akira Nise version) |
Akira Nise (Gen Hoshino) | Gen Hoshino | In Gratitude | 2020 | [20] |
"Idea" (アイデア) # | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Pop Virus | 2018 | [60] |
" Ima " (今) | Kanjani Eight | Kanjani Eight Akira Nise (Gen Hoshino)‡ |
Jam | 2017 | [61] |
"Instrumental Band" (インストバンド) | Sakerock | Gen Hoshino | Songs of Instrumental | 2006 | [32] |
"Instrumental Band no Uta" (インストバンドの唄) | Sakerock | Gen Hoshino | Songs of Instrumental | 2006 | [32] |
"Into the Sun" # |
Superorganism featuring Gen Hoshino Stephen Malkmus Pi Ja Ma Axel Concato |
Axel Concato‡ | World Wide Pop | 2022 | [62] |
"Intro at Atlantic" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Baka no Uta (CD-R) | 2005 | [4] |
" I Wanna Be Your Ghost" (異世界混合大舞踏会) # | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino [b] | Non-album single | 2022 | [63] |
"Kaisha-in" (会社員) [l] # | Sakerock | Gen Hoshino | Honyarara | 2008 | [64] [65] |
"Kagayaki" | Sakerock | Gen Hoshino | Muda | 2010 | [42] |
"Kawaranai Mama" (変わらないまま) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Episode | 2011 | [27] |
"Kenka" (喧嘩) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Episode | 2011 | [27] |
"Kids" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Pop Virus "Family Song" (B-side) |
2017 | [51] |
"Kisetsu" (季節) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino |
Stranger "Shiranai" (B-side) |
2013 | [26] [46] |
"Kitchen" (キッチン) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Baka no Uta (album) | 2010 | [23] |
"Kodomo" (子供) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Baka no Uta (album) | 2010 | [23] |
"Koko ni Inai Anata e" (ここにいないあなたへ) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | "Doraemon" (B-side) | 2018 | [48] |
" Koi" (恋) # | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Pop Virus | 2016 | [22] |
"Kuchizuke" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Yellow Dancer | 2015 | [49] |
" Kudaranai no Naka ni" (くだらないの中に) # | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Episode | 2011 | [27] [31] |
"Kuse no Uta" (くせのうた) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Baka no Uta (album) | 2010 | [23] |
"Kuse no Uta" (くせのうた) ( house version) |
Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | " Kudaranai no Naka ni" (B-side) | 2011 | [31] |
"Kyōdai" (兄妹) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Baka no Uta (album) | 2010 | [23] |
" Life" (生命体) [m] # | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino [b] | Non-album single | 2023 | [30] [66] |
"Lighthouse" (灯台) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Lighthouse | 2023 | [43] |
"Lucky Strike" (ラッキー・ストライク) (cover of Raymond Scott) |
Gen Hoshino | Raymond Scott‡ | Raymond Scott Songbook | 2013 | [67] |
"Mad Hope" |
Gen Hoshino featuring Louis Cole Sam Gendel |
Gen Hoshino | Lighthouse | 2023 | [43] |
"Madmen" (マッドメン) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | " Sun" (B-side) | 2015 | [59] |
"Megane no Uta" (めがねのうた) |
Nyachū Miru |
Gen Hoshino Mitsuhiko Fujiki [a]‡ |
Nyan demo Chū demo Utacchaō | 2011 | [68] |
"Mellow 1" [h] | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | In Gratitude | — | [20] |
"Mellow 2" [h] | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | In Gratitude | — | [20] |
"Memories" | Sakerock | Gen Hoshino [a] | Sayonara | 2015 | [3] |
"Metal" [h] | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | In Gratitude | — | [20] |
"Mirai" (未来) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Episode | 2011 | [27] |
"Miss You" (ミスユー) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Yellow Dancer | 2015 | [49] |
"Moon Sick" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | " Sun" (B-side) | 2015 | [59] |
"Moshi mo" (もしも) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | "Film" (B-side) | 2012 | [53] |
"Nerd Strut" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Yellow Dancer | 2015 | [49] |
"Nichijō" (日常) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Episode | 2011 | [27] |
"Night Troop" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | " Crazy Crazy" / " Sakura no Mori" (B-side) | 2014 | [37] |
"Nishi-Ogikubo" | Sakerock | Gen Hoshino [a] | Sayonara | 2015 | [3] |
"Nomad" |
Zion.T Gen Hoshino |
Gen Hoshino Danny Chung Jack Latham Vince Kim Hae-sol Kim Byeong-Hoon‡ |
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: The Album | 2021 | [69] |
"Non Stop" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | In Gratitude | 2016 | [20] [70] |
"Nothing" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Pop Virus | 2018 | [12] |
"Muda" | Sakerock | Gen Hoshino | Muda | 2010 | [42] |
" Odd Couple" (おともだち) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | "Why" / " Life" (B-side) | 2023 | [30] |
"Omokage" (おもかげ) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | "Shiranai" (B-side) | 2012 | [46] |
"One Tone" | Sakerock | Gen Hoshino [a] | Sayonara | 2015 | [3] |
"Orange" | Gen Hoshino featuring MC. Waka |
Gen Hoshino MC. Waka‡ |
Lighthouse | 2023 | [43] |
"Orion" | Sakerock | Gen Hoshino [a] | Sayonara | 2015 | [3] |
"Otona" |
Noritake Kinashi featuring Toshinobu Kubota |
Noritake Kinashi Gen Hoshino‡ |
Kinashi Funks the Best | 2019 | [71] |
"Outcast" (仲間はずれ) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Lighthouse | 2023 | [43] |
"Outro at Pacific" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Baka no Uta (CD-R) | 2005 | [4] |
"Pair Dancer" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Pop Virus | 2018 | [12] |
"Parody" (パロディ) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino |
Stranger "Yume no Soto e" (B-side) |
2012 | [25] [26] |
"Pop Virus" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Pop Virus | 2018 | [12] |
"Present" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Pop Virus | 2018 | [12] |
"Purin" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | "Family Song" (B-side) | 2017 | [51] |
"Radical Holiday" (ラディカル・ホリデー) | Sakerock | Gen Hoshino | Songs of Instrumental | 2006 | [32] |
"Rakka" (落下) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | "Film" (B-side) | 2012 | [53] |
"Ranshi" (乱視) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | "Film" (B-side) | 2012 | [53] |
"Real" | Akira Nise (Gen Hoshino) featuring Mamoru Miyabi ( Mamoru Miyano) Usuno Haruo ( Hama Okamoto) |
Akira Nise (Gen Hoshino) | In Gratitude | 2018 | [20] [72] |
"Record Noise" (レコードノイズ) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Stranger | 2013 | [26] |
"Responder" (解答者) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Lighthouse | 2023 | [43] |
"Rōfūfu" (老夫婦) (lyrical cover of Sakerock) |
Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Baka no Uta (album) | 2010 | [23] |
" Sakura no Mori" (桜の森) [c] # | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Yellow Dancer | 2014 | [37] |
"Same Thing" ⁂ | Gen Hoshino featuring Superorganism |
Gen Hoshino [n] | Same Thing | 2019 | [21] |
"Sapiens" (サピエンス) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Pop Virus | 2018 | [12] |
"Sarashi-mono" (さらしもの) | Gen Hoshino featuring Punpee |
Gen Hoshino Punpee Rascal‡ |
Same Thing | 2019 | [21] |
"Sayonara" | Sakerock | Gen Hoshino [a] | Sayonara | 2015 | [3] |
"Sayonara no Umi" (さよならのうみ) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Baka no Uta (album) | 2010 | [23] |
"Setsunai no Uta" (せつないのうた) |
Nyachū Gen Hoshino Sakerock |
Gen Hoshino Mitsuhiko Fujiki [a]‡ |
Nyan demo Chū demo Utacchaō | 2011 | [68] |
"Shiranai" (知らない) # | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Stranger | 2012 | [26] [46] |
"The Shower" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | "Doraemon" (B-side) | 2018 | [48] |
"Skirt" (スカート) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Stranger | 2013 | [26] |
"Slow" [h] | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | In Gratitude | — | [20] |
"Snow Men" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Yellow Dancer | 2015 | [49] |
"Sneaker Train" | Sakerock | Gen Hoshino [a] | Sayonara | 2015 | [3] |
"Soul" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Yellow Dancer | 2015 | [49] |
"Step" (ステップ) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Episode | 2011 | [27] |
"Stranger" | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Stranger ( hidden track) | 2013 | [9] |
"Stove" (ストーブ) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Episode | 2011 | [27] |
"
Sūdara Bushi " (スーダラ節) (cover of Crazy Cats) |
Gen Hoshino |
Yukio Aoshima Hiroaki Hagiwara ‡ |
Baka no Uta (CD-R) | 2005 | [4] |
" Sun" # | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Yellow Dancer | 2015 | [59] |
"Tadaima" (ただいま) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino Haruomi Hosono‡ |
Baka no Uta (album) | 2010 | [23] |
" Tokiyo" (時よ) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Yellow Dancer | 2015 | [49] |
"Tomato" (そしたら) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | "Fushigi" / "Create" (B-side) | 2021 | [38] |
"Tour" (ツアー) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Stranger | 2013 | [26]' |
"Tsugi wa Nani ni Umaremashō ka" (次は何に産まれましょうか) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino Masako Chiba ‡ |
Baka no Uta (CD-R) | 2005 | [4] |
"Tsugi wa Nani ni Umaremashō ka" (次は何に産まれましょうか) ( house version) |
Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino Masako Chiba ‡ |
"Film" (B-side) | 2012 | [53] |
"Umare Kawari" (生まれ変わり) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Stranger | 2013 | [26] |
"Umi o Sukū" (海を掬う) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | " Crazy Crazy" / " Sakura no Mori" (B-side) | 2014 | [37] |
"Up Tempo" [h] | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | In Gratitude | — | [20] |
"Urawa-City" | Sakerock | Gen Hoshino | Muda | 2010 | [42] |
"Uta o Utau Toki wa" (歌を歌うときは) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | " Kudaranai no Naka ni" (B-side) | 2011 | [31] |
"Watashi" (私) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Same Thing | 2019 | [21] |
" Week End" ⁂ | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Yellow Dancer | 2015 | [49] |
" Why" (光の跡) [o] # | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino [b] | Non-album single | 2023 | [30] |
" Why Don't You Play in Hell?" (地獄でなぜ悪い) # | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Yellow Dancer | 2013 | [73] |
"Work Song" (ワークソング) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Stranger | 2013 | [26] |
"Wuhan no Onna" (ウーハンの女) | Asa-Chang & Junray | Asa-Chang & Junray Gen Hoshino‡ |
Kage no Nai Hito | 2009 | [74] |
"Yonaka Uta" (夜中唄) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino |
Baka no Uta (CD-R) Baka no Uta (album) |
2005 | [4] [23] |
"Yosō" (予想) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Episode | 2011 | [27] |
"Yoru" (夜) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Yellow Dancer | 2015 | [49] |
"Yoru no Boat" (夜のボート) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino Suzuki Matsuo‡ |
In Gratitude | 2019 | [20] [75] |
"Yuge" (湯気) | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino |
Episode " Kudaranai no Naka ni" (B-side) |
2011 | [27] [31] |
"Yume no Soto e" (夢の外へ) # | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Stranger | 2012 | [23] [26] |
Since 2010, Hoshino has performed a yearly birthday song to comedian Yūki Himura on the TBS Radio program of Bananaman, Himura's comedy duo. Parts of certain birthday songs have been incorporated into Hoshino's main discography. Hoshino released the 38th through 47th birthdays songs on Yellow Disc in 2020, as a bundle to his official yearbook Yellow Magazine 2019-2020. [76]
Song | Notes | Year | Ref. |
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"Yūki Himura's 38th Birthday Song" (日村勇紀 38歳 誕生日の歌) | 2010 | [76] | |
"Yūki Himura's 39th Birthday Song" (日村勇紀 39歳 誕生日の歌) | 2011 | ||
"Yūki Himura's 40th Birthday Song" (日村勇紀 40歳 誕生日の歌) | 2012 | ||
"Yūki Himura's 41st Birthday Song: Dōka Shiteru ze" (日村勇紀 41歳 誕生日の歌 - どうかしてるぜ) | 2013 | ||
"Yūki Himura's 42nd Birthday Song" (日村勇紀 42歳 誕生日の歌) | Part of the melody is reused in " Sun" | 2014 | [77] |
"Yūki Himura's 43rd Birthday Song" (日村勇紀 43歳 誕生日の歌) | Parts of the lyrics and melody are reused in "Family Song" | 2015 | [78] |
"Yūki Himura's 44th Birthday Song" (日村勇紀 44歳 誕生日の歌) | 2016 | [76] | |
"Yūki Himura's 45th Birthday Song: Radio" (日村勇紀 45歳 誕生日の歌 - ラジオ) | Yellow Disc includes both pre-recorded and on-air versions | 2017 | |
"Yūki Himura's 46th Birthday Song" (日村勇紀 46歳 誕生日の歌) | 2018 | ||
"Yūki Himura's 47th Birthday Song" (日村勇紀 47歳 誕生日の歌) | Performed on both TBS Radio and All Night Nippon; Yellow Disc includes both performances | 2019 | |
"Halfway" (折り合い) | Later released as a standalone single | 2020 | [57] [58] |
"Soshitara" (そしたら) | Performed for Himura's Bananaman partner Osamu Shitara | 2021 | [79] |
"Himura-san, 50th Birthday Song" (日村さん、50歳誕生日の歌) | 2022 | [80] | |
"Himura-san's 51st Birthday Song" (日村さん51歳誕生日の歌) | 2023 | [81] | |
"Iro Enpitsu" (色えんぴつ) | Written by Hoshino almost twenty years prior for the folk duo Aka Enpitsu , formed of characters played by Himura and Shitara. Shitara also performs on the track alongside Hoshino. | 2024 | [82] |
Song | Writer(s) | Notes | Ref. |
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"Henshū-sha no Uta" (編集者のうた) | Gen Hoshino Suzuki Matsuo‡ |
Composed by Hoshino with lyrics from Suzuki Matsuo for a 2006 press event celebrating Matsuo's birthday. Performed a second time at a release event for " Kudaranai no Naka ni". | [83] [84] |
"Blanco" (ブランコ) | Gen Hoshino | Performed by Hoshino at a release event for the manga of the same name. A home recording version is included on the B-side to "Kudaranai no Naka ni". | [85] |
"Pop Virus" (rap version) |
Gen Hoshino MC. Waka‡ |
Performed by Hoshino with Masayasu Wakabayashi on an episode of All Night Nippon in 2021. The audio was later released to YouTube. | [86] |
"All Night Nippon 55th Anniversary Jingle" (オールナイトニッポン55周年ジングル) | Gen Hoshino MC. Waka‡ |
A jingle by Hoshino and Wakabayashi for the 55th anniversary of All Night Nippon in 2023. | [87] |
"Isshun" (一瞬) | Gen Hoshino | Written for commercials celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Japan Racing Association in 2024. | [88] |
Song | Credits | Notes | Ref. |
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"All People Nippon" | Gen Hoshino feat. MC. Waka |
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[89] |
"Joshi yo" (女子よ) | Gen Hoshino |
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[90] |
"Wormhole" | Gen Hoshino |
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[91] |
"Yamada Ichirō no Theme" (山田一郎のテーマ) | Gen Hoshino |
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[92] |
"Yasui Polo Shirt" (安いポロシャツ) | Gen Hoshino |
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[93] |