Hosokawa (typically , meaning "narrow river" or "little river") is a Japanese surname. People with the name include: *

Bill Hosokawa William Kunpei Hosokawa (, January 30, 1915 – November 9, 2007) was an American writer and journalist. Of Japanese descent, while internment of Japanese Americans, interned at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, he was the editor of the ...

(1915–2007), Japanese American author and journalist * Chieko Hosokawa (born 1929), a Japanese manga artist *

Daisuke Hosokawa (born April 18, 1982, in Amagasaki, Hyōgo) is a Japanese freestyle swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water ( ...

(born 1982), Japanese swimmer * Fumie Hosokawa (born 1971), Japanese actress * Hajime Hosokawa (1901–1970), Japanese doctor who discovered

Minamata disease is a neurological disease caused by severe mercury poisoning. Signs and symptoms include ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weakness, loss of peripheral vision, and damage to hearing and speech. In extreme cases, insanity, ...

* Junya Hosokawa (born 1984), Japanese footballer *

Kazuhiko Hosokawa Kazuhiko Hosokawa (, born 28 December 1970) is a Japanese professional golfer. Career Hosokawa has won eight tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings. He has also played in The Open Champ ...

(born 1970), Japanese golfer * Kozo Hosokawa (born 1971), Japanese footballer *

Naomi Hosokawa Naomi Hosokawa (細川直美 ''Hosokawa Naomi''; real name: Chiho Katsurayama (葛山知保 ''Katsurayama Chiho''; born 18 June 1974 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actress and singer. Filmography Films *''Shigure no Ki ...

(born 1974), Japanese actress * Ritsuo Hosokawa (born 1943), Japanese politician *

Sachio Hosokawa is a Japanese sports shooter. He competed in the men's 50 metre rifle, prone event at the 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), ...

(born 1940), Japanese sport shooter * Seika Hosokawa (born 1979), Japanese voice actress * Seiya Hosokawa (born 1988), Japanese baseball player * Shigeki Hosokawa (born 1971), Japanese actor and former model *

Shinji Hosokawa is a Japanese retired judoka who won two Olympic medals during the 1980s. Biography Hosokawa began judo in junior-high school, and won the Japanese inter-high school judo competition in 1977. He entered Tenri University in 1978, and continued ...

(born 1960), Japanese judoka * Takahiro Hosokawa (born 1967), Japanese rugby union player *

Takashi Hosokawa , born 細川貴志 (Hosokawa Takashi) on 15 June 1950, Makkari, Abuta District, Hokkaidō, Japan) is a Japanese ''enka'' singer. In 1975, he debuted with the song "Kokoro Nokori". Hosokawa immediately became one of the most popular ''enka'' ...

(born 1950), Japanese singer * Toru Hosokawa (born 1980), Japanese baseball player *

Toshio Hosokawa is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music. He studied in Germany but returned to Japan, finding a personal style inspired by classical Japanese music and culture. He has composed operas, the oratorio '' Voiceless Voice in Hiroshima' ...

(born 1955), Japanese composer of contemporary classical music * Toshiyuki Hosokawa (1940–2011), Japanese actor The

Hosokawa clan The is a Japanese samurai kin group or Japanese clan, clan. The clan descends from the Seiwa Genji, a branch of the Minamoto clan, and ultimately from Emperor Seiwa, through the Ashikaga clan. It produced many prominent officials in the Ashikaga ...

were a powerful shugo daimyō in Japan. *

Hosokawa Akiuji was a ''samurai'' general in the service of the Ashikaga Northern Court, during Japan's Nanboku-chō period. Life In 1338, he was sent by Ashikaga Takauji to assist in the defence of the Kuromaru, a fortress belonging to ''Kanrei'' Shiba Tak ...

, samurai general in the service of the Ashikaga Northern Court, during Nanboku-cho period *

Hosokawa Fujitaka , also known as , was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and prominent samurai lord of the Sengoku period. A former senior retainer of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the fifteenth and final Ashikaga shōgun, Fujitaka later aligned with Oda Nobunaga. As a reward fo ...

(1534–1610), member of the Ashikaga court *

Hosokawa Gracia , usually referred to as , (1563 – 25 August 1600) was a member of the aristocratic Akechi family from the Sengoku period. Gracia is best known for her role in the Battle of Sekigahara; Ishida Mitsunari attempted to take her hostage to s ...

(1563–1600), childhood name Tama, Japanese noblewoman and wife of Hosokawa Tadaoki *

Hosokawa Harumoto was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Muromachi and Sengoku periods, and the head of the Hosokawa clan. Harumoto's childhood name was Sōmei-maru (聡明丸). He was born to Hosokawa Sumimoto, another renowned samurai of the Muromachi era. Early ...

(1514–1563), head of Hosokawa clan at the end of the Muromachi period *

Hosokawa Katsumoto was one of the Kanrei, the deputies to the Ashikaga shogunate, Shōgun, during Japan's Muromachi period. He is famous for his involvement in the creation of Ryōan-ji, a temple famous for its rock garden, and for his involvement in the Ōnin War ...

(1430–1473), one of the

Kanrei or, more rarely, ''kanryō'', was a high political post in feudal Japan; it is usually translated as ''shōguns deputy''. After 1349, there were actually two ''Kanrei'', the ''Kyoto Kanrei'' and the ''Kantō Kanrei''. But originally from 1219 unt ...

during Japan's Muromachi Period *

Hosokawa Masamoto was a deputy-'' shōgun,'' daimyo and shugo of the Hosokawa clan of Japan, and son of Hosokawa Katsumoto. Masamoto was appointed to the rank of deputy-shogun in 1486, but lost this status to his rival Hatakeyama Masanaga. His childhood name ...

(1466–1507) a Deputy-Shōgun, sun of Katsumoto *

Hosokawa Mitsunao was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period. He was the grandson of the famous Christian convert (Kirishitan), Hosokawa Gracia. His great-grandfather was Hosokawa Fujitaka. His childhood name was Rokumaru (六丸). Mitsunao was born in ...

(1619–1650), a daimyō of the early Edo period. *

Morihiro Hosokawa is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan, prime minister of Japan from 1993 to 1994. He led an eight-party coalition government which was the first Japanese government not headed by a Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Libera ...

(born 1938), 79th Prime Minister of Japan * Morimitsu Hosokawa (born 1972), Japanese potter *

Hosokawa Narishige , also known as , was a Japanese samurai ''daimyō'' in the Edo period. 細川立禮
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(1755–1810), daimyō of the Edo period *

Hosokawa Sumimoto was a samurai commander in the Muromachi period during the 16th century of Japan. Sumimoto was one of the few sons of Hosokawa Yoshiharu and an adopted son of Hosokawa Masamoto, who was the Kanrei of the Ashikaga shogunate. His roots was the ...

(1489–1520), military commander in the Muromachi period *

Hosokawa Sumiyuki Hosokawa (typically , meaning "narrow river" or "little river") is a Japanese surname. People with the name include: * Bill Hosokawa (1915–2007), Japanese American author and journalist * Chieko Hosokawa (born 1929), a Japanese manga artist * D ...

(1489–1507), a notable daimyō of the Awa province *

Hosokawa Tadaoki was a Japanese samurai lord and daimyo of the late Sengoku period and early Edo period. He was the son of Hosokawa Fujitaka and Numata Jakō, and the husband of the famous Christian convert Hosokawa Gracia. For most of his life, he went b ...

(1563–1645), lord of Tango province, son of Hosokawa Fujitaka *

Hosokawa Tadatoshi was a Japanese samurai ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Hosokawa Tadatoshi"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 359 細川忠利at ''Nihon jinmei daijiten''; retrieved 2013-5-29. He was the head of Kumamoto Domai ...

(1586–1641), daimyo of the early Edo period *

Hosokawa Takakuni Hosokawa Takakuni (, 1484 – 17 July 1531) was the most powerful military commander in the Muromachi period under Ashikaga Yoshiharu, the twelfth ''shōgun''. His father was Hosokawa Masaharu, a member of the branch of the Hosokawa clan. His ch ...

(1484–1531), military commander in the Muromachi period * Hosokawa Tatsutaka (1615–1645), samurai of the early Edo period * Hosokawa Ujitsuna (1514–1564) was a military commander at the end of the Muromachi period

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