Hokuto Explained

Hokuto may refer to:

• Hokuto Shichisei or the Big Dipper, the Japanese name for the asterism
• Hokuto (train) the name of train services operating in Hokkaido, Japan
• Hokuto Corporation, a Tokyo-based Japanese adult video company
• Hokuto (Street Fighter), a character in the Street Fighter EX video game series
• Hokuto no Ken or Fist of the North Star, the title refers primarily to "Hokuto Shinken", a deadly martial art school
• Hokuto Bank, a Japanese bank headquartered in Akita
• Hokuto (apple), The Hokuto apple is a variety of apple that originated in Aomori, Japan.

Places

Hokuto means "northern city" in Japanese. It may refer to:

• Hokuto, Yamanashi, a city in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
• Hokuto, Hokkaido, a city in Hokkaido, Japan
• Japanese name of Beitou, Taiwan
• Nickname for Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
• Heian-kyō, a former capital of Japan, now Kyoto. Described as the northern capital in contrast to Heijō-kyō, the southern capital.
• Kyoto, a nickname derived from its former status as capital of Japan

People

• , Japanese retired professional wrestler
• , Ainu waka poet and social activist
• Hokuto Konishi (born 1984), contestant on So You Think You Can Dance and a band member
• , Japanese actor and singer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese singer, performer and actor

Characters

• Hokuto, a character from B'TX
• Hokuto Sumeragi, a character in Tokyo Babylon and X/1999
• Hokuto Dan, or Dyna Red, a character from Kagaku Sentai Dynaman
• Seiji Hokuto, Ultraman Aces alter ego alongside Yuko Minami from the 1972 namesake tokusatsu
• Hokuto Kaneshiro, a character from Rosario + Vampire
• Hokuto, a character from Street Fighter EX
• Hokuto Furukizu, a character in the video game Yandere Simulator
• Hokuto Hidaka, a character from the Mobile Game Ensemble Stars!
• Hokuto Ijuuin, a character from the Game The Idolmaster 2 and The Idolmaster SideM