, nicknamed "Hide", is a Japanese musician and songwriter. He is known as the rhythm guitarist for the rock band
Buck-Tick
Buck-Tick (stylized as BUCK-TICK) is a Japanese rock band, formed in Fujioka, Gunma in 1983. The group has consisted of lead vocalist Atsushi Sakurai, lead guitarist Hisashi Imai, rhythm guitarist Hidehiko Hoshino, bassist Yutaka Higuchi and ...
since 1983.
Life and career
Buck-Tick
In 1985, when Hide and
Yutaka Higuchi graduated from high school they moved to
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
together, where Hide started culinary school.
[''LOVE ME'', Yasue Matsuura, Takao Nakagawa; Shinko Music Publishing Company, Ltd. 1989. .] 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 compilation ''Dance 2 Noise 001''. He has also performed on Issay's ''Flowers'',
Fake?
Fake? is a Japanese rock musical project led by vocalist Ken Lloyd. Originally a duo, guitarist Inoran left in 2005. Lyrics are mainly in English and sometimes in Japanese.
History
In late 2001 Oblivion Dust vocalist Ken Lloyd joined up with ...
's ''Marilyn is a Bubble'' and
Chiaki Kuriyama
is a Japanese actress, singer, and model. She is best known in the West for her roles as Takako Chigusa in Kinji Fukasaku's 2000 film '' Battle Royale'' and Gogo Yubari in Quentin Tarantino's 2003 film '' Kill Bill: Volume 1''.
Life and career
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Circus
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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
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in N ...
peak position: #71
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References
Further reading
* ''Simply Life'', by Hidehiko Hoshino, Ongaku to Hito, 2012,
1966 births
Living people
Buck-Tick members
Visual kei musicians
Japanese rock guitarists
Musicians from Gunma Prefecture
Japanese songwriters
20th-century Japanese guitarists
21st-century Japanese guitarists
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