Stranger () 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. As of May 2013, it is ranked 2nd on the Oricon music charts. All three singles promoting the album reached the top 10 — "Film" placed at #4, "Yume no Soto e" at #8 and "Shiranai" at #5.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts + Chart (2013) Peakposition Japanese Albums (Oricon)2 Japanese Top Albums Sales (Billboard Japan)2
+ Chart (2017) Peakposition Japanese Albums (Oricon)33 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)22 Taiwanese J-Pop Albums (G-Music)5
Year-end charts + Chart (2013) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon)87 Japanese Top Albums Sales (Billboard Japan)76
+ Chart (2017) Position Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)100
Certifications
Release history +Release dates and formats for StrangerRegionDateFormatLabelCatalogue codeJapan1 May 2013CDSpeedstar RecordsVICL-6399618 May 2013rental CDVICL-63996RTaiwan31 May 2013CDRock RecordsGUT2422Japan5 February 2014VinylSpeedstar RecordsVIJL-60132VariousJune 23, 2015Digital download Citations regarding the digital release of Stranger:August 30, 2019StreamingSouth KoreaJ-Box Entertainment
References
External links on Gen Hoshino's official website