Hosokawa

Hosokawa (typically {{langx|ja|細川}}, 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
• Daisuke Hosokawa (born 1982), Japanese swimmer
• Fumie Hosokawa (born 1971), Japanese actress
• Hajime Hosokawa (1901–1970), Japanese doctor who discovered Minamata disease
• Junya Hosokawa (born 1984), Japanese footballer
• Kazuhiko Hosokawa (born 1970), Japanese golfer
• Kozo Hosokawa (born 1971), Japanese footballer
• Naomi Hosokawa (born 1974), Japanese actress
• Ritsuo Hosokawa (born 1943), Japanese politician
• Sachio Hosokawa (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 (born 1960), Japanese judoka
• Takahiro Hosokawa (born 1967), Japanese rugby union player
• Takashi Hosokawa (born 1950), Japanese singer
• Toru Hosokawa (born 1980), Japanese baseball player
• Toshio Hosokawa (born 1955), Japanese composer of contemporary classical music
• Toshiyuki Hosokawa (1940–2011), Japanese actor

The Hosokawa clan were a powerful shugo daimyō 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-Shōgun, sun of Katsumoto
• Hosokawa Mitsunao (1619–1650), a daimyō of the early Edo period.
• Morihiro Hosokawa (born 1938), 79th Prime Minister of Japan
• Morimitsu Hosokawa (born 1972), Japanese potter
• Hosokawa Narishige (1755–1810), daimyō of the Edo period
• Hosokawa Sumimoto (1489–1520), military commander in the Muromachi period
• Hosokawa Sumiyuki (1489–1507), a notable daimyō 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 Tatsutaka (1615–1645), samurai of the early Edo period
• Hosokawa Ujitsuna (1514–1564) was a military commander at the end of the Muromachi period