Talk:Hoshibe Sho/@comment-131168-20150919072458/@comment-26503811-20150919204431

Yes, there is no evidence of Hoshibe Shou existing before.

If you look up 星部ショウ you mostly come up with several 2ch threads with wota asking who he or she is and speculating who they might be, and wiki.jp and music site profiles only crediting Hoshibe for their recent Hello! Project songs.

At an event in July, Miyamoto Karin said, "I asked the staff 'Who is this person?', and they told me, 'It's someone you've met'."  During recording sessions the girls must normally meet and know their songwriters and producers, so it's interesting they don't even know who Hoshibe Shou is themselves.

Also, the last name was confirmed to be pronounced as Hoshibe on the September 11th episode of MUSIC+, so I'll correct that.