Hotaru

Hotaru may refer to:

Places

 * Hotaru, in Grojdibodu Commune, Olt County, Romania
 * Hotaru, in Andreiașu de Jos Commune, Vrancea County, Romania

People

 * Hotaru Akane (1983–2016), Japanese actress
 * Hotaru Hazuki (born 1970), Japanese actress and gravure model
 * Hotaru Okamoto, manga artist of Only Yesterday
 * Hotaru Yamaguchi (born 1990), football player
 * Hotaru Yukijiro, actor, starred in Sexy Battle Girls, GARO

Fictional Characters

 * Hotaru Shidare (枝垂 ほたる, Shidare Hotaru), a character in the manga series Dagashi Kashi
 * Hotaru (.hack), a wavemaster character in the .hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet anime
 * Hotaru (Mortal Kombat), a male character in the Mortal Kombat fighting games
 * Hotaru, a character in the manga series Shugo Chara!
 * Hotaru, a character in the manga series Samurai Deeper Kyo
 * Hotaru Futaba, a character in SNK Playmore fighting games
 * Hotaru Himegi, a character in the visual novel If My Heart Had Wings
 * Hotaru Hoshikawa (星川 ほたる), a character in the manga series New Game!
 * Hotaru Ichijo, a character in the manga series Non Non Biyori
 * Hotaru Imai, a character in the anime series Alice Academy
 * Hotaru Tachibana (立花 蛍), a character in the manga series Aoharu x Machinegun
 * Hotaru Tomoe, lookalike reincarnation of Sailor Saturn in the manga of Sailor Moon