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) (), 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

  • Hoshii (disambiguation)
  • , historical Japanese traveling performers
  • "", a 1997 song by Japanese pop singer Miho Komatsu