Gen Hoshino

Gen Hoshino 星野 源 Hoshino Gen born January 28 1981 is a Japanese singersongwriter musician actor and writer Hoshinos movie debut Lee Sangils 69 was an adaptation of the Ryū Murakami novel of the same name He previously acted in various television dramas and stage plays In 2012 he debuted as a voice actor voicing Buddha in the original video animation OVA adaptation of Hikaru Nakamuras manga Saint Young Men and also provided a theme song called Gag for its 2013 theatrical version where he reprised his role In 2013 he played the lead character in Masahide Ichiis Blindly in Love 箱入り息子の恋 Hakoiri Musuko no Koi alongside Kaho and starred in the Sion Sono film Why Dont You Play in Hell In 2016 Hoshino starred in TBSs The FullTime Wife Escapist With Yui Aragaki as his costar he portrayed a salaryman named Hiramasa Tsuzaki The drama achieved steadily rising ratings with a realtime viewership peak rating of 208 on the final episode and an overall rating of 145 Hoshinos performance earned him several Best Supporting Actor awards He also provided the theme song for the drama titled Koi In 2017 Hoshino lent his voice to the main character of awardwinning animated film Night Is Short Walk On Girl He also became the voice of the Father in Mamoru Hosodas Mirai which was released into theaters in Japan on July 20 2018 Idaten NHKs 2019 Taiga drama chosen for the theme to encourage the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Hoshino portrayed Kazushige Hirasawa who delivered the persuasive speech that helped determine the venue for the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games On April 30 2018 it was announced that Hoshino will star in Samurai Shifters the film adaptation of Akihiro Dobashis historical novel Hikkoshi Daimyo Sanzenri set to premier on August 30 2019 In the movie he plays a bookworm samurai called Harunosuke Katagiri who receives the mission to help a daimyo move It will be Hoshinos first lead role in a liveaction movie since Blindly in Love in 2013