Kanako Hoshino (星野奏子, born December 3, 1979 in Tokyo) is a Japanese Pop singer-songwritter. She was one of the winners of the Bemani Vocalist Audition in 2004, and that same year she debuted providing two songs for beatmania IIDX RED: "太陽 〜T・A・I・Y・O〜 and "D.A.N.C.E.!". In July 2006 she released her first mini-album, Eight Elements of the Star, which contained long versions of her existing songs. In early 2009 she released Prism, her first major debut album with Columbia Music Entertainment. Read more on Last.fm