Hoshi

is the Japanese word for "Star", and the Japanese word for a Buddhist "Priest" &/or "Monk" (僧, 法師 and 比丘).

Hoshi may also refer to:

People with the surname

• , Japanese badminton athlete
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese alpine skier
• or Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler
• , Japanese novelist and science fiction writer
• Shizuko Hoshi, Japanese-American actress, theatre director, dancer, and choreographer
• , Japanese voice actor and singer
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese politician and cabinet minister
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese musician
• , Japanese actress

Arts and entertainment

Anime and manga

• or Stargazing Dog, a Japanese manga series by Takashi Murakami
• , a Japanese manga series by Hidenori Hara
• , a Japanese anime series created by Shotaro Ishinomori
• , a Japanese anime series produced by Jiho Eigasha
• or Voices of a Distant Star, a Japanese OVA directed by Makoto Shinkai
• , a Japanese anime short film directed by Hayao Miyazaki
• or Twinkle Stars, a Japanese manga series by Natsuki Takaya
• , a Japanese anime series based on the movie
• , a Japanese anime series based on the Kirby series, named Kirby: Right Back at Ya! in English

Fictional characters

• Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi), a superhero in American comic books published by DC Comics
• Hoshi, a character in the Japanese manga series Arakawa Under the Bridge
• Hoshi Sato, a character in the American television series Star Trek: Enterprise
• Lieutenant Hoshi, a character in the American sci-fi media franchise Battlestar Galactica
• Ryoma Hoshi, a character in the Japanese visual novel game Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
• Ryu Hoshi, a character in the 1994 Japanese-American action film Street Fighter

Film and television

• (film), a 2011 Japanese film based on the manga of the same name
• , a 1995 Japanese television drama series
• , a 2011 Japanese film based on the manga of the same name

Games

• , a Japanese video game series published by Nintendo, named only Kirby in English
• , a 1987 Japanese video game for the Famicom home console

Music

• , a 1978 album by Japanese pop duo Pink Lady
• "", a 2011 song by Japanese pop singer Alisa Mizuki

Singers

• Hoshi (French singer), French singer, born 1996
• Hoshi (South Korean singer), South Korean singer, born 1996

Other uses

• (Go) (Template:Category handler), an intersection marked with a small dot in the board game Go
• , a traditional Japanese inn founded in 718 AD
• Hoshi University, a private Japanese university specializing in pharmaceutical sciences

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Hoshi
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• Hoshii (disambiguation)
• , historical Japanese traveling performers
• "", a 1997 song by Japanese pop singer Miho Komatsu