Hosokawa (typically , 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

See also

  • Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems