Hosokawa 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
- Hajime Hosokawa (1901-1970), Japanese doctor who discovered Minamata disease
- Morihiro Hosokawa (born 1938), 79th Prime Minister of Japan
- Naomi Hosokawa (born 1974), Japanese actress
- Shigeki Hosokawa (born 1971), Japanese actor and former model
The Hosokawa clan The Hosokawa clan was a Japanese samurai clan, descended from Emperor Seiwa (850-880) and a branch of the Minamoto clan, by the Ashikaga clan. It produced many prominent officials in the Ashikaga shogunate's administration. In the Edo period, the Hosokawa clan was one of the largest landholding daimyo families in Japan. In the present day, were a powerful shugo daimyo in Japan.
- Hosokawa Akiuji, samurai general in the service of the Ashikaga Northern Court, during Nanboku-cho period
- Hosokawa Fujitaka (1534 - 1610), member of the Ashikaga court
- Hosokawa Gracia Hosokawa Tama , usually referred to as Hosokawa Garasha (細川ガラシャ?), (1563 - August 25 (17th day of the 7th month by the Japanese calendar), 1600) was a Japanese noblewoman, daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide. She was named Tama at birth; Garasha, the name she is known by in history, is taken from her baptismal name, Gracia. She married (1563 - 1600), childhood name Tama, Japanese noblewoman and wife of Hosokawa Tadaoki
- Hosokawa Harumoto (1514 - 1563), head of Hosokawa clan at the end of the Muromachi period
- Hosokawa Katsumoto Hosokawa Katsumoto (1430-1473) was one of the Kanrei, the Deputies to the Shogun, 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, which sparked the 130-year Sengoku period (1430 - 1473), one of the Kanrei during Japan's Muromachi Period
- Hosokawa Masamoto Hosokawa Masamoto (1466-1507) a notable Deputy-Shogun of the Hosokawa clan of Japan, and son of Hosokawa Katsumoto. Masamoto was appointed to this very high rank during the year of 1486. However, for a brief period this title was lost by Hatakeyama Masanaga but was regained in time. When Ashikaga Yoshihisa died childless during the year of 1489, (1466 - 1507) a Deputy-Shogun, sun of Katsumoto
- Hosokawa Mitsunao (1619 - 1650), a daimyo of the early Edo period.
- Hosokawa Sumimoto (1489 - 1520), military commander in the Muromachi period
- Hosokawa Sumiyuki (1489 - 1520), a notable Daimyo of the Awa province
- Hosokawa Tadaoki Hosokawa Tadaoki (November 28, 1563-January 18, 1646) was the eldest son of Hosokawa Fujitaka. He fought in his first battle at the age of 15. In that battle, he was in the service of Oda Nobunaga. He was given the Province of Tango in 1580. Soon after that, he married the daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide. In 1582, Akechi Mitsuhide rebelled against (1563 - 1645), lord of Tango province, son of Hosokawa Fujitaka
- Hosokawa Tadatoshi (1586 - 1641), daimyo of the early Edo period
- Hosokawa Takakuni (1484 - 1531), military commander in the Muromachi period
- Hosokawa Ujitsuna (1514 - 1564) was a military commander at the end of the Muromachi period
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