Gen Hoshino discography
Gen Hoshino at the Space Shower Music Awards in 2016.
Studio albums5
Compilation albums1
Video albums5
Music videos17
Singles15

The discography of Japanese singer-songwriter Gen Hoshino consists of five studio albums, five video albums, 15 singles and 17 music videos. Hoshino debuted as the leader and guitarist of the instrumental band Sakerock, and released his first solo album, Baka no Uta (2010), under the label Victor Entertainment. In 2015, Hoshino's fourth album, Yellow Dancer, became his first number one album in Japan. His song "Koi" (2016), the theme song for the drama The Full-Time Wife Escapist, became the most downloaded song in Japan in 2017, and was certified Million for digital downloads by the RIAJ.

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales[lower-alpha 1][1] Certifications
JPN
[2]
JPN
Comb

[upper-alpha 1][3]
JPN
Hot

[4]
TWN
EA

[lower-alpha 2][5]
Baka no Uta (ばかのうた) 3642[lower-alpha 3]4
Episode (エピソード)
  • Released: September 28, 2011
  • Label: Victor Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl
541[lower-alpha 5]11
Stranger
  • Released: May 1, 2013
  • Label: Victor Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl
222[lower-alpha 7]5
Yellow Dancer
  • Released: December 2, 2015
  • Label: Victor Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl
1911
  • JPN: 342,000
  • RIAJ: Platinum[9]
  • RIAJ (digital): Gold[10]
Pop Virus
  • Released: December 19, 2018
  • Label: Victor Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl
1111
  • RIAJ: 2× Platinum[9]
"—" denotes items which did not chart.

Extended plays

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
Comb

[upper-alpha 2][3]
JPN
Hot

[11]
Same Thing 4 12
Lighthouse
  • Released: September 8, 2023
  • Label: Speedstar Records
  • Formats: digital download
18 6

Compilation albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
[2]
JPN
Comb

[upper-alpha 3][3]
Gen Hoshino Singles Box “GRATITUDE” 4 4

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Year Peak positions Sales[1] Certifications Album
JPN
[2]
JPN
Comb

[upper-alpha 4][12]
JPN
Hot

[13]
"Kudaranai no Naka ni" (くだらないの中に) 2011 1715
  • JPN: 16,000
Episode
"Film" (フィルム) 2012 45
  • JPN: 27,000
Stranger
"Yume no Soto he" (夢の外へ) 84
  • JPN: 46,000
  • RIAJ (digital): Gold[10]
"Shiranai" (知らない) 53
  • JPN: 40,000
"Gag" (ギャグ) 2013 48
  • JPN: 35,000
non-album single
"Why Don't You Play in Hell?" (地獄でなぜ悪い) 55
  • JPN: 37,000
Yellow Dancer
"Crazy Crazy" 2014 47
  • JPN: 57,000
"Sakura no Mori" (桜の森)
"Sun" 2015 24
  • JPN: 92,000
  • RIAJ (physical): Gold[9]
  • RIAJ (digital): 3× Platinum[10]
  • RIAJ: (streaming): Gold[14]
"Koi" () 2016 21
  • JPN: 318,000
  • RIAJ (physical): Platinum[9]
  • RIAJ (digital): 2× Million[10]
  • RIAJ (streaming): Silver[14]
Pop Virus
"Family Song" 2017 11
  • JPN: 237,000
  • RIAJ (physical): Platinum[9]
  • RIAJ (digital): Platinum[10]
"Doraemon" (ドラえもん) 2018 11
  • JPN: 195,000
  • JPN: 284,000 (Dig.)
  • RIAJ (physical): Gold[9]
  • RIAJ (digital): Platinum[10]
non-album single
"Idea" (アイデア)[15] 111
  • JPN: 427,000 (Dig.)
  • RIAJ (digital): 2× Platinum[10]
Pop Virus
"Fushigi" (不思議) 2021 221
  • JPN: 150,000
  • RIAJ (physical): Gold[9]
  • RIAJ (streaming): Silver[14]
TBA
"Create" (創造) 7
  • RIAJ (physical): Gold[9]
"Comedy" 2022 114
"I Wanna Be Your Ghost" (異世界混合大舞踏会)
(featuring Ghosts)
266
"Life" (生命体) 2023 227
"Why" (光の跡) 3
"—" denotes items which did not chart.
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

List of promotional singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Year Peak positions Sales[1][lower-alpha 10] Certifications Album
JPN
Comb

[upper-alpha 5][12]
JPN
Hot

[16]
"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[10]
"Toki yo" (時よ) 21
  • RIAJ (digital): Gold[10]
"Friend Ship"
"Hada" ()[17] 2017 18 "Family Song" (single)
"Koko ni Inai Anata he"[18]
(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
"Sapiens" (サピエンス) [lower-alpha 11]
"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

List of other charted songs, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak positions Album
JPN
Comb

[upper-alpha 6][12]
JPN
Hot
"Uta wo Utau Toki ha"
(歌を歌うときは)
2011 [lower-alpha 12] "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

Title Year Album
"Rose and Beast" (薔薇と野獣)[21]
(Ren Takada & Gen Hoshino)
2006 12 Notes
"All Things Must Pass"[22]
(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)[23] 2008 Daisy Holiday Presented by Hosono Haruomi
"Setsunai no Uta" (せつないのうた)[24] 2011 Nyan demo Chui demo Utacchao: Nyanchu World Hosokyoku
"Lucky Strike" (ラッキー・ストライク)[25] 2013 Raymond Scott Songbook

Videography

Video albums

List of video albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak positions Sales[1] Certifications
JPN[2]
DVD Blu-ray
Stranger in Budoukan
  • Released: August 20, 2014
  • Label: Victor Entertainment
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
35
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
1213
Live Tour "Yellow Voyage"
  • Released: June 22, 2016
  • Label: Victor Entertainment
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
11
Music Video Tour 2010-2017
  • Released: May 17, 2017
  • Label: Victor Entertainment
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
11
  • JPN: 153,000
Live Tour "Continues"
  • Released: January 10, 2018
  • Label: Victor Entertainment
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
11
  • JPN: 118,000
Dome Tour "Pop Virus" at Tokyo Dome
  • Released: August 7, 2019
  • Label: Victor Entertainment
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
11

Music videos

Title Year Director[27]
"Kuse no Uta" 2010 Ichirou Yamada[lower-alpha 13]
"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[28]
"Comedy" 2022 MESS

Notes

  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.

See also

References

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.[6]
  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.[7]
  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.[8]
  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.[19]
  12. "Uta wo Utau Toki ha" did not enter the Japan Hot 100, but peaked at number 75 on the Top Download Songs chart.[20]
  13. Team made of Gen Hoshino, the designer Daijiro Ohara and the film director Santa Yamagishi.

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 星野源の作品 [List of Hoshino Gen's Releases]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Gen Hoshino on Oricon Combined Albums Chart" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  4. "Billboard Japan Hot Albums" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  5. G-Music J-Pop Chart positions for albums:
  6. "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales 2010/07/05 付け" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  7. "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales (October 10, 2011)" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  8. "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales (May 13, 2013)" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "ゴールドディスク認定 一般社団法人 日本レコード協会" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved April 8, 2018. Note: To retrieve all physical certifications, type 星野源 in the field "アーティスト" and select "検索"
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "有料音楽配信認定 一般社団法人 日本レコード協会" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved January 18, 2019. Note: To retrieve all digital certifications, type 星野源 in the field "アーティスト" and select "検索"
  11. "Billboard Japan Hot Albums" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  12. 1 2 3 "Gen Hoshino on Oricon Combined Singles Chart" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  13. "Billboard Japan Hot 100" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  14. 1 2 3 "有料音楽配信認定 一般社団法人 日本レコード協会" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved August 10, 2021. Note: To retrieve all streaming certifications, type 星野源 in the field "アーティスト" and select "検索"
  15. "Idea – Single by Gen Hoshino on iTunes". iTunes Stores. Japan. 20 August 2018. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
  16. "Billboard Japan Hot 100" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  17. "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.
  18. "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.
  19. "Billboard Japan Top Download Songs 2018/12/31付け" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. December 26, 2018.
  20. "Billboard Japan Top Download Songs 2019/03/11付け" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  21. "Rose and Beast by Ren Takada on Apple Music". iTunes. United States. November 2006. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  22. "りんごの子守唄 Apple of the best eye". Nippon Columbia. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  23. "デイジー・ホリデー / V.A. Presented by 細野晴臣". Nippon Columbia. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  24. "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.
  25. "Raymond Scott Songbook Disc Two Track List". Li'l Daisy. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  26. "星野源、最新ライブ映像が4作連続通算4作目「映像3部門同時1位」【オリコンランキング】" (in Japanese). Oricon. August 15, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  27. "Gen Hoshino's music video list" (in Japanese). Space Shower Networks. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  28. "KYOTARO HAYASHI — 星野源 - Pop Virus" (in Japanese). Kyotaro Hayashi Portfolio. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
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