Hosokawa
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Hosokawa is a Japanese surname.
People with the name include:
- Morihiro Hosokawa (born 1938), 79th Prime Minister of Japan
- Hosokawa Naomi (born 1974), Japanese actress
- Hajime Hosokawa (1901-1970), Japanese doctor who discovered Minamata disease
The Hosokawa clan were a powerful shugo daimyo in Japan.
- 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
- Hosokawa Katsumoto (1430-1473), one of the Kanrei during Japan's Muromachi Period
- Hosokawa Harumoto (1514 – 1563), head of Hosokawa clan at the end of the Muromachi period
- Hosokawa Sumimoto (1489 – 1520), military commander in the Muromachi period
- Hosokawa Gracia, (1563 - 1600) childhood name Tama, Japanese noblewoman and wife of Hosokawa Tadaoki
- Hosokawa Tadaoki (1563-1645), lord of Tango province, son of Hosokawa Fujitaka
- Hosokawa Fujitaka (1534-1610), member of the Ashikaga court
- Hosokawa Akiuji, samurai general