Career
His debut album was Oku no Hosomichi, released in 1981. In 1984, the group name was changed to Himekami. Hoshi first came into prominence in 1971, winning the Victor Electronic Music contest.
He started his musical project in 1980 and named it Himekami Sensation.
However, in 1984 "Sensation" was dropped from the name and it became simply "Himekami". Hoshi died of a heart attack on October 1, 2004 at 1:21am.