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