It peaked at number two on the Oricon Albums Chart and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).

Yellow Dancer was certified platinum by the RIAJ that same month for surpassing 250,000 physical shipments,[3] and became one of the few albums to receive a gold certification for digital downloads.

[4] On February 18, 2018, Hoshino uploaded a music video for his song "Doraemon", which was written in tribute to the Japanese franchise of the same name.

[7] It spent four consecutive weeks atop the Oricon Album Chart and was certified double platinum by the RIAJ that same month.

[12] In April 2022, Hoshino's song "Comedy" was used as the ending theme of the season one anime adaptation of Spy × Family.

[24][25][26] In 2017, Hoshino lent his voice to the main character of award-winning animated film Night Is Short, Walk On Girl.

[27] On April 30, 2018, it was announced that Hoshino will star in Samurai Shifters, the film adaptation of Akihiro Dobashi's historical novel Hikkoshi Daimyo Sanzenri, set to premier on August 30, 2019.

[28] In the movie, he plays a bookworm samurai called Harunosuke Katagiri, who receives the mission to help a daimyo move.

[32] In 2021, Hoshino married actress Yui Aragaki, his co-star in the television series The Full-Time Wife Escapist.