Stranger (Gen Hoshino album)

Stranger
Studio album by
Gen Hoshino
Released1 May 2013 (2013-05-01)
Genre
Length50:20
LanguageJapanese
LabelSpeedstar
ProducerGen Hoshino
Gen Hoshino chronology
Episode
(2011) 		Stranger
(2013) 		Stranger in Budokan
(2014)
Singles from Stranger
  1. "Film"
    Released: 8 February 2012
  2. "Yume no Soto e"
    Released: 4 July 2012
  3. "Shiranai"
    Released: 28 November 2012

Stranger (Japanese pronunciation: [sɯ̥toɾeꜜndʑaː]) is the third studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter and musician Gen Hoshino. It was released on 1 May 2013 in Japan on Speedstar Records.

It was the first release since Hoshino's hiatus after he suffered subarachnoid hemorrhage at the end of 2012.[2] As of May 2013, it is ranked 2nd on the Oricon music charts.[3] All three singles promoting the album reached the top 10 — "Film" placed at #4, "Yume no Soto e" at #8 and "Shiranai" at #5.[4]

  1. ^ "星野 源 / Stranger" [Gen Hoshino / Stranger]. CDJournal [ja] (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Hoshino Gen announces his hiatus due to subarachnoid hemorrhage".
  3. ^ "Stranger | 星野源".
  4. ^ "星野源のシングル売上ランキング".