Kanako Watanabe

Kanako Hoshino

Artist Information

  • Name: Kanako Hoshino (星野奏子)

General Information

Kanako Hoshino (born December 3rd, 1979) is a vocalist for BEMANI who joined Konami following a vocalist audition held by Konami in 2004 (the same one that Reiji Sakurai participated in). Since her debut she's sung nearly a couple of dozen songs for BEMANI, and written the lyrics to several other songs not featuring her singing. Her most common collaborator is DJ Yoshitaka, though she's also extensively worked with Keiichi Ueno and dj TAKA, among others.

Currently, Kanako is affiliated to HIGH KICK ENTERTAINMENT Inc., where she usually works with artists such as Magokoro Ikuta, Nao Harada and Yoshiyuki Kinoshita.

Trivia

  • Interestingly enough, after her debut, Sanae Shintani, who appeared in quite a few arcade IIDX titles at the time, did not appear in any new AC IIDX songs after RED (the game Kanako debuted in) until Resort Anthem six years later, the only other IIDX AC to feature new Kanako and Sana songs in the same game. The only other game to feature both new Sana and Kanako Hoshino songs in the same arcade game is GuitarFreaksXG & DrumManiaXG.
  • Kanako Hoshino provided vocals on good-cool's 2nd album ultra expander, for the track "Break Me Out." This is her only collaboration to date with good-cool.

Aliases

  • secret K

Credited Songs

Song Artist Game Genre Composition Lyrics Vocals
D.A.N.C.E.! DJ Yoshitaka feat. 星野奏子 beatmania IIDX 11 RED J-POP -
太陽 ~T・A・I・Y・O~ NAOKI feat. 星野奏子 beatmania IIDX 11 RED CYBER J-EURO -
リグレット 星野奏子 beatmania IIDX 11 RED CS EURO TRANCE -
SPARK! SILVER FOX PRODUCTIONS beatmania IIDX 12 Happy Sky DANCE POP - -
月光 Tatsh feat.星野奏子 beatmania IIDX 12 Happy Sky J-EUROBEAT - -
Endless Summer Story DJ Yoshitaka feat.星野奏子 beatmania IIDX 12 Happy Sky CS JAPANESE REGGAE -
INFERNO Caldeira feat.星野奏子 beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD BRAZILIAN HOUSE -
タシカナモノ 星野奏子 with the BAND beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD POPROCK -
never... Kanako Hoshino with dj TAKA beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD DANCE POP -
星をこの手に DJ YOSHITAKA feat.星野奏子 beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD J-POP -
Kick Out 仮面 上野圭市(aka. Babyweapon,DJ SWAMI) feat.星野奏子 beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS E-DANCE POP - -
MAX LOVE DJ YOSHITAKA feat. 星野奏子 beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS LOVELY BUCHIAGE POP -
Punch Love♡仮面 上野圭市a.k.a.Baby Weapon, DJ SWAMI feat. 星野奏子 beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS E-DANCE POP - -
まほろば HHH+H beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS J-DANCE POP -
Time to Empress dj TAKA feat. wac & secret K beatmaniaIIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST TRANCE -
beatchic☆仮面~好き、でいさせて~ 上野圭市(transforming into Masao♥Lovely) feat.星野奏子 beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS E-DANCE POP - -
DROP dj TAKA feat. Kanako Hoshino beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS WHITE SEQUENCE - -
SPARK ! -essential RMX- Remixed by dj TAKA VS PINK PONG beatmaniaIIDX 17 SIRIUS TRANCE - -
未来のプリズム 星野奏子 beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS STAR POP -
たからもの セリカ&エリカ beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS POPS - -
Answer 星野奏子 beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem STARPOP -
Eternal Tears ツガル beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem WINTER BALLADE - -
Medicine of love イロハ & リリナ beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem MAGICAL POP - -
WISE UP! 木之下慶行 feat.星野奏子 beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem RESORT HOUSE - -
Lucky Days Sota Fujimori feat. Kanako Hoshino beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle DREAM TRANCE - -
陽炎 星野奏子 beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle / jubeat copious POP
RESISTANCE セリカ beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle MYSTERIOUS ROCK - -
Day's! よしくんとホッシー☆ Guitar Freaks V3 & DrumMania V3 - -
幻想花 星野奏子 GuitarFreaksXG & DrumManiaXG DIVA METAL -
春香 -HARUKA- DJ Yoshitaka feat. 星野奏子 pop'n music 14 FEVER! CS JAPANESE REGGAE -
Medicine of love 星野奏子 REFLEC BEAT - -
夢の降る街 星野奏子 REFLEC BEAT -

Albums

  1. Eight Elements of the Star.
  2. Eight Elements of the Star. ~ANOTHER SENSE~
  3. PRISM
  4. Starry ~the way to the SIRIUS~
  5. Articulation

Related Links

Kanako Hoshino official website