Hosokawa

Hosokawa is a Japanese surname. The Hosokawa clan were powerful shugo daimyo in Japan.

People with the name include:
*Morihiro Hosokawa (born 1937), 79th Prime Minister of Japan
*Hosokawa Takakuni (1484 â€" 1531), military commander in the Muromachi period
*Hosokawa Ujitsuna (1514 â€" 1564) was a military commander at the end of the Muromachi period
*Hosokawa Katsumoto (1430-1473), one of the Kanrei during Japan's Muromachi Period
*Hosokawa Harumoto (1514 â€" 1563), head of Hosokawa clan at the end of the Muromachi period
*Hosokawa Sumimoto (1489 â€" 1520), military commander in the Muromachi period
*Hosokawa Gracia, (1563 - 1600) childhood name Tama, Japanese noblewoman and wife of Hosokawa Tadaoki
*Hosokawa Tadaoki (1563-1645), lord of Tango provice, son of Hosokawa Fujitaka
*Hosokawa Fujitaka (1534-1610), member of the Ashikaga court
*Hosokawa Akiuji, samurai general
*Hosokawa Naomi (born 1974), Japanese actress