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 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 (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 (1430 - 1473), one of the Kanrei during Japan's Muromachi Period
• Hosokawa Masamoto (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 (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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