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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.

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. Throughout Buck-Tick's long career, he has the second most songwriting credits.

Hoshino married in 2006.

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

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. 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.

Discography

With Buck-Tick

With Dropz

• Sweet Oblivion (April 4, 2007) Oricon peak position: #71

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

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