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[[Image:Hoshino.jpg|thumb|Kanako Watanabe]]

= Kanako Watanabe =

== Artist Information ==
* Name: Kanako Watanabe (渡辺奏子)
* Birthdate: December 3rd, 1979
* Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
* Blood Type: A
* Website: http://www.kanakoro.com/
* Profile: [https://columbia.jp/artist-info/hoshinokanako/ NIPPON COLUMBIA official website]
* Blog: https://photozou.jp/user/top/1071133, https://profile.ameba.jp/ameba/hoshinokanako1203/
* X: https://x.com/hoshino_kanako
* YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kanakohoshino8170

== Profile ==
Kanako Watanabe, better known by her Kanako Hoshino (星野奏子) alias, is a vocalist who joined KONAMI as part of the BEMANI Vocalist Audition 2004. Since her debut in [[AC IIDX RED|beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED]], she has sung several songs and written lyrics for other artists' songs in the BEMANI series. Kanako was also involved as a campaign girl in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20050809004142fw_/http://www.konamistyle.jp/sp/campaigngirl/ KONAMI STYLE 5th anniversary campaign]. Her songs were mainly composed by [[Yoshitaka Nishimura|DJ Yoshitaka]], though she has since collaborated with other artists.

Kanako left KONAMI in 2008 and joined NIPPON COLUMBIA. She also became affiliated with [[HIGH KICK ENTERTAINMENT inc.]] and worked with artists such as [[ikutaMachine]], [[Nao Harada]], and [[Yoshiyuki Kinoshita]]. However, she continued to release songs and albums through KONAMI until 2011. She left HIGH KICK ENTERTAINMENT inc. on September 2016, and is currently working as a freelancer.

== Trivia ==
* Prior to joining KONAMI, Kanako was a finalist in the screenings to join the female girl groups ''Morning Musume.'' in 1998 and ''avex dream 2000'' in 1999, and also served as a MC of TBS TV's variety show ''Rank Oukoku'' from 2000 to 2002 [https://media.muevo.jp/articles/9283].
* Kanako has also appeared in UNLIMITED STUDiO's ''SEVEN's CODE'' and TAITO's ''テトテ×コネクト''.

== Aliases ==
* 星野奏子 / Kanako Hoshino
* ホッシー☆
* secret K
* 2021真夏のSingers (member of)

== BEMANI Songs ==

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!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" width="125px"|Genre
!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;"|Composition
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!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;"|Vocals
|-
| [[D.A.N.C.E.!]] || [[Yoshitaka Nishimura|DJ Yoshitaka]] feat.星野奏子 || [[AC IIDX RED|beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED]] || J-POP || - || ✓ || ✓
|-
| [[TAIYO|太陽～T・A・I・Y・O～]] || [[Naoki Maeda|NAOKI]] feat.星野奏子 || [[AC IIDX RED|beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED]] || CYBER J-EURO || - || ✓ || ✓
|-
| [[Regret|リグレット]] || [[Yoshitaka Nishimura|星野奏子]] || [[CS IIDX RED|beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS]] || EURO TRANCE || - || ✓ || ✓
|-
| [[SPARK !]] || [[Keiichi Ueno|SILVER]] [[Yuji Kudo|FOX]] [[Takehiro Kawabe|PRODUCTIONS]] feat.星野奏子 || [[AC HAPPY SKY|beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY]] || DANCE POP || - || - || ✓
|-
| [[Gekkou|月光]] || [[Tatsuya Shimizu|Tatsh]] feat.星野奏子 || [[AC HAPPY SKY|beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY]] || J-EUROBEAT || - || - || ✓
|-
| [[Endless Summer Story]] || [[Yoshitaka Nishimura|DJ Yoshitaka]] feat.星野奏子 || [[CS HAPPY SKY|beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY CS]] || JAPANESE REGGAE || - || ✓ || ✓
|-
| [[INFERNO]] || [[Tomosuke Funaki|Cald]][[Yoshitaka Nishimura|eira]] feat.星野奏子 || [[AC DistorteD|beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD]] || BRAZILIAN HOUSE || - || ✓ || ✓
|-
| [[Tashikanamono|タシカナモノ]] || 星野奏子 with the [[Takayuki Ishikawa|B]][[Tomoyuki Uchida|A]][[Tatsuya Shimizu|N]][[Yoshitaka Nishimura|D]] || [[AC DistorteD|beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD]] || POPROCK || - || ✓ || ✓
|-
| [[never...]] || Kanako Hoshino with [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]] || [[AC GOLD|beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD]] || DANCE POP || - || - || ✓
|-
| [[Hoshi wo kono te ni|星をこの手に]] || [[Yoshitaka Nishimura|DJ YOSHITAKA]] feat.星野奏子 || [[AC GOLD|beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD]] || J-POP || - || - || ✓
|-
| [[Kick Out Kamen|Kick Out 仮面]] || [[Keiichi Ueno|上野圭市]](aka. Babyweapon,DJ SWAMI)feat.星野奏子 || [[AC DJ TROOPERS|beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS]] || E-DANCE POP || - || - || ✓
|-
| [[MAX LOVE]] || [[Yoshitaka Nishimura|DJ YOSHITAKA]] feat.星野奏子 || [[AC DJ TROOPERS|beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS]] || LOVELY BUCHIAGE POP || - || ✓ || ✓
|-
| [[Punch Love Kamen|Punch Love♡仮面]] || [[Keiichi Ueno|上野圭市]](aka. Babyweapon,DJ SWAMI)feat.星野奏子 || [[AC EMPRESS|beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS]] || E-DANCE POP || - || - || ✓
|-
| [[Mahoroba|まほろば]] || [[Ryutaro Nakahara|HHH]]+H || [[AC EMPRESS|beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS]] || J-DANCE POP || - || ✓ || ✓
|-
| [[Time to Empress]] || [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]] feat.[[Jun Wakita|wac]] & secret K || [[CS EMPRESS|beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST]] || TRANCE || - || - || ✓
|-
| [[beatchic Kamen ~suki, deisasete~|beatchic☆仮面～好き、でいさせて～]] || [[Keiichi Ueno|上野圭市]](transforming into Masao♥Lovely)feat.星野奏子 || [[AC SIRIUS|beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS]] || E-DANCE POP || - || - || ✓
|-
| [[DROP]] || [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]] feat.Kanako Hoshino || [[AC SIRIUS|beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS]] || WHITE SEQUENCE || - || ✓ || ✓
|-
| [[SPARK ! -essential RMX-]] || Remixed by [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]] VS [[Yuuki Kuromitsu|PINK PONG]] || [[AC SIRIUS|beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS]] || TRANCE || - || - || ✓
|-
| [[Mirai no prism|未来のプリズム]] || [[ikutaMachine|星野奏子]] || [[AC SIRIUS|beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS]] || STAR POP || - || ✓ || ✓
|-
| [[Takaramono|たからもの]] || [[Yoshitaka Nishimura|セリカ&エリカ]] || [[AC SIRIUS|beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS]] || POPS || - || ✓ || -
|-
| [[Answer]] || [[ikutaMachine|星野奏子]] || [[AC Resort Anthem|beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem]] || STARPOP || - || ✓ || ✓
|-
| [[Eternal Tears]] || [[ikutaMachine|ツガル]] || [[AC Resort Anthem|beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem]] || WINTER BALLADE || - || ✓ || -
|-
| [[Medicine of love]] || [[Yoshiyuki Kinoshita|イロハ ＆ リリナ]] || [[AC Resort Anthem|beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem]] || MAGICAL POP || - || ✓ || -
|-
| [[WISE UP!]] || [[Yoshiyuki Kinoshita|木之下慶行]] feat.星野奏子 || [[AC Resort Anthem|beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem]] || RESORT HOUSE || - || - || ✓
|-
| [[Lucky Days]] || [[Sota Fujimori]] feat. Kanako Hoshino || [[AC Lincle|beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle]] || DREAM TRANCE  || - || - || ✓
|-
| [[RESISTANCE]] || セリカ || [[AC Lincle|beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle]] || MYSTERIOUS ROCK || - || ✓ || -
|-
| [[Kagerou (Kanako Hoshino)|陽炎]] || [[ikutaMachine|星野奏子]] || [[AC Lincle|beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle]] / [[AC jb copious|jubeat copious]] || POP || ✓ || ✓ || ✓
|-
| [[SYNC-ANTHEM]] || [[Tatsuya Shimizu|Tatsh]] feat. 星野奏子 || [[AC tricoro|beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro]] || LATIN EURO || - || - || ✓ 
|-
| [[To my star]] || [[ikutaMachine|星野奏子]] || [[AC tricoro|beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro]] || STARPOP || - || ✓ || ✓
|-
| [[Give Me Your Love]] || [[MEG.ME|星野奏子]] || [[AC SPADA|beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA]] || KANA-POP || - || - || ✓
|-
| [[Koi wa shiroobi, Sanshiro|恋は白帯、サンシロー]] || [[Yuji Takiage|星野奏子]] || [[AC PENDUAL|beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL]] || KANA-POP || - || - || ✓
|-
| [[Shuppatsushinkou shisakanko|シュッパツシンコウ・シサカンコ]] || [[Yuji Takiage|星野奏子]] || [[AC copula|beatmania IIDX 23 copula]] || KANA-POP || - || - || ✓
|-
| [[crew|crew -kors k mix-]] || [[Naoyuki Sato|beatnation]] [[Takayuki Ishikawa|Records]] feat.星野奏子 || [[AC SINOBUZ|beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ]] || J-CORE || - || - || ✓
|-
| [[crew|crew -original mix-]] || [[Naoyuki Sato|beatnation]] [[Takayuki Ishikawa|Records]] feat.星野奏子 || [[AC SINOBUZ|beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ]] || ANTHEM || - || - || ✓
|-
| [[Arcadia (OMOCHI feat.Kanako Hoshino)|Arcadia]] || [[OMOCHI]] feat.星野奏子 || [[AC DDR WORLD|DanceDanceRevolution WORLD]] || - || - || ? || ✓
|-
| [[Onegai disco music|オネガイ・ディスコ・ミュージック]] || 星野奏子 Prod by.[[Shohei Uno|uno]] || [[AC DRS|DANCERUSH STARDOM]] || - || - || ? || ✓
|-
| [[Day's!]] || [[Yoshitaka Nishimura|よしくん]]とホッシー☆ || [[AC_GFDM V3|GuitarFreaks V3 & DrumMania V3]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓
|-
| [[TAIYO(ANOTHER SENSE EDITION)|太陽～T・A・I・Y・O～(ANOTHER SENSE EDITION)]] || [[Yasuhiro Abe|星野奏子]] || [[AC GFDM V4|GuitarFreaks V4 & DrumMania V4 Яock×Rock]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓
|-
| [[Gensouka|幻想花]] || [[Yoshitaka Nishimura|星野奏子]] || [[AC GFDM XG|GuitarFreaksXG & DrumManiaXG]] || DIVA METAL || - || ✓ || ✓
|-
| [[NAKED SCREAM]] || [[Tomoaki Hirono|劇団レコード]]feat.星野奏子 || [[AC GD OverDrive|GITADORA OverDrive]] || - || - || - || ✓
|-
| [[COLORS]] || 星野奏子 || [[CS jb plus|jubeat plus]] || - || ✓ || - || ✓
|-
| [[Diamond snow~kitto mata aeru~|Diamond snow〜きっとまた逢える〜]] || 星野奏子 || [[CS jb plus|jubeat plus]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓
|-
| [[Hey! Boys & Girls]] || 星野奏子 || [[CS jb plus|jubeat plus]] || - || - || - || ✓
|-
| [[LOVE MAGIC]] || 星野奏子 || [[CS jb plus|jubeat plus]] || - || - || - || ✓
|-
| [[Ao no taiyou ~sono sakini aru mirai~(Vision of the Future Ver)|蒼の太陽～その先にある未来～(Vision of the Future Ver)]] || 星野奏子 || [[CS jb plus|jubeat plus]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓
|-
| [[Madonna lady|マドンナレディ]] || 星野奏子 || [[CS jb plus|jubeat plus]] || - || - || - || ✓
|-
| [[Ningyo|人魚]] || 星野奏子 || [[CS jb plus|jubeat plus]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓
|-
| [[Togenomayu|トゲノマユ]] || 星野奏子 || [[CS jb plus|jubeat plus]] || - || - || - || ✓
|-
| [[HARUKA|晴香-HARUKA-]] || [[Yoshitaka Nishimura|DJ Yoshitaka]] feat.星野奏子 || [[CS pnm 14|pop'n music 14 FEVER! CS]] || JAPANESE REGGAE || - || ✓ || ✓
|-
| [[LUVxREVO|LUV×REVO]] || 星野奏子と[[Yasuhiro Taguchi|TAG]] それと[[Daichi Watanabe|PON]] || [[AC pnm Sunny Park|pop'n music Sunny Park]] || DIVA POP || - || ✓ || ✓
|-
| [[what I wish]] || E.S.P. feat.星野奏子 || [[AC pnm UniLab|pop'n music UniLab]] || - || - || ? || ✓
|-
| [[Medicine of love]] || [[Yoshiyuki Kinoshita|星野奏子]] || [[AC RB|REFLEC BEAT]] || - || - || ✓ || ✓
|-
| [[Yume no furu machi|夢の降る街]] || [[Keigo Yo|星野奏子]] || [[AC RB|REFLEC BEAT]] || - || ✓ || ✓ || ✓
|-
| [[LIKE A VAMPIRE]] || [[koyomi]],星野奏子 by BEMANI Sound Team "[[Takayuki Ishikawa|TAKA]]" || ([[BEMANI 2021 manatsu no utagassen 5 ban shoubu|BEMANI 2021真夏の歌合戦5番勝負]]) || HEAVY METAL || - || ? || ✓
|-
| [[Renaikansoku -2021 manatsu no ending ver.-|恋愛観測 -2021真夏のエンディング ver.-]] || 2021真夏のSingers || ([[BEMANI 2021 manatsu no utagassen 5 ban shoubu|BEMANI 2021真夏の歌合戦5番勝負]]) || - || - || - || ✓ 
|}

== Discography ==
=== Albums ===
* [[EIGHT ELEMENTS OF THE STAR]] (2006)
* [[Prism (album)|Prism]] (2009)
* [[Starry~the way to the SIRIUS~|Starry〜the way to the SIRIUS〜]] (2009)
* [[Articulation]] (2011)
* Kanako's Best Selection (2013)

=== EPs ===
* トゲノマユ (2010)
* [[Kaeru kaeru tenchou|変えるカエル店長]] (2013)
* Sky Arium (2019)
* ジャパネスク (2019)
* [[Yume no furu machi/LUVxREVO|夢の降る街/LUV×REVO]] (2020)
* 君のいない世界 (2021)
* [[Day's!/To my star]] (2022)

=== Digital Releases ===
* 白幻〜HAKUGEN〜 (2006)
* [[EIGHT ELEMENTS OF THE STAR ANOTHER SENSE]] (2007)
* 星をこの手に (2007)
* うたかた (2008)
* 会いたくて... (2009)
* 愛しさよりも深い感情 (2010)
* Diamond snow〜きっとまた逢える〜 (2011)

[[Category:BEMANI Artists|Watanabe, Kanako]]
[[Category:Commission Artists|Watanabe, Kanako]]
[[Category:Ex-Konami Staff|Watanabe, Kanako]]
[[Category:Vocalists|Watanabe, Kanako]]