Ranking of Gen Hoshino’s Popular Songs [2026]

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Quarrel (Hoshino Gen Cover) – Solo Acoustic Performance

This is a song by Gen Hoshino, a singer-songwriter who is also popular as an actor.

It’s included on his second album, Episode, released in 2011.

Lovers are still, in a way, strangers.

Feelings often miss each other.

Even so, if I could be with you at the end of my life… That’s the tender yet heartrending message of this song.

After a fight, even when both of you have cooled down, it can be hard to apologize, right? But listening to this track might help you be honest with your feelings.

It’s nice to listen to it together, too.

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Araki Jakkan

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“Eigyō” Gen Hoshino cover

This is a track from the album “EPISODE.” As the title suggests, it’s a song about a salaried sales worker.

Working can be full of hardships.

However, there is always a reason to work, and there are results, too.

If I were a salaryman, I’d probably listen to this and head to work in tears.

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Gen Hoshino – Season (Official Video)

This is a track from Gen Hoshino’s 3rd album, “Stranger.” It’s also the theme song for the film “Tamako in Moratorium.” With this song, Hoshino in particular seems to sing in a rather melancholy way.

Isn’t it one of those songs that would make you feel like crying if you listened to it on your way home from work?

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Gen Hoshino – Future (Live at Yokohama Arena 2014)

Gen Hoshino’s song “Mirai,” which played in Docomo’s student discount commercial “Kanna and Minami’s Promise,” is included on his 2011 album Episode.

It shines with Hoshino’s signature gentle mood, and seems to portray the cycle of everyday life along with an emotional feeling that brings back memories.

It’s a song wrapped in a mysterious sensation—on one hand, as if asking how we will live the new days that are born within repetition, and on the other, simply staying by our side.

It makes you want to cherish the slightly bittersweet, ordinary days and dream of many different futures.

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KEI

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Gen Hoshino Reincarnation

A gem of a song woven by Gen Hoshino on the themes of life’s transience and farewell.

Released in May 2013, it is said to have been born from his experience of being hospitalized for a subarachnoid hemorrhage.

The lyrics, imbued with reflections on repeated meetings and partings and the passage of time, resonate deeply with listeners.

The gentle sound of the guitar and Hoshino’s soft vocals interlace into a melody that seems to add color to everyday life.

It’s a captivating piece that accompanies you in any moment of life.

A song I especially hope those who have experienced parting from someone dear, or who stand at a crossroads in life, will listen to.