Hosokawa

Hosokawa (typically 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