Hoshi was born in Aizu Wakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan with a Blood Type of B. He stands 5'3" tall. He currently works for Arts Vision .
TRIVIA
He has appeared in at least 2 roles with both Akira Ishida and Takehito Koyasu whereby both of their characters are close friends/comrades.
---With Akira, the most famous of their many collaborations is in Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny , with Soichiro as Kira Yamato and Akira as Athrun Zala. A close second will be Saiyuki and its sequels, with Soichiro as Goku and Akira as Hakkai. Other Anime would be Meine Liebe , Harukanaru Toki No Naka De and Sukisho . Also of note is that in most of these animes, he plays the younger / more childish of the 2 characters. This is a reference to their ages (Akira is 5 years Soichiro's senior.)
---For Takehito, the probably most (in)famous collaboration is Get Backers , with Soichiro as Fuuchouin Kazuki and Takehito as Kakei Jubei. The others are in the Gundam Seed series, with Takehito as Mu La Flaga; and the game Sengoku Basara, with Soichiro as Sanada Yukimura and Takehito as Sarutobi Sasuke. Although Akira will be voice crediting in the sequel, Sengoku Basara 2, his role is not quite connected with Soichiro's (he'll be voicing Takenaka Hanbei)
He has at least 2 roles whereby his character is a rival of the character voiced by Seki Tomokazu : In Gundam Seed, Yzak Jule (Tomokazu) was once slashed by Kira Yamato (Soichiro); in the drama CD version of D.N Angel, Soichiro voices Niwa Daisuke while Tomokazu voices Hiwatari Satoshi.
Also, he has worked alongside , Soichiro voices Niwa Daisuke while Toshihiko voices his father, Kosuke.
In addition to playing the hero in '' Shining Tears '', he also sang the theme songs. Incidentally, the opening theme song is ALSO entitled "Shining Tears".
He shares the same birthday and bloodtype as Rie Kugimiya .
Due to his height, he likes to wear shoes with thick soles.
