Hoshiuta

Hoshiuta
Hoshiuta original game cover.
ほしうた
Game
Developer	Front Wing
Genre	Bishōjo game, Eroge, Visual novel
Platform	PC
Released	December 26, 2008
Manga
Written by	Fumio
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Comp Ace
Original run	March 26, 2009 – present

Hoshiuta (ほしうた^?, lit."star song") is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Front Wing which was released on December 26, 2008 playable on the PC as a DVD.

Hoshiuta is Front Wing's twenty-first title and the third title of Uta series along with their previous titles Yukiuta and Sorauta.

A manga adaptation illustrated by Fumio began serialization in the May 2009 issue of Kadokawa Shoten's Comp Ace magazine.

A spin-off sequel to the visual novel entitled Hoshiuta: Starlight Serenade was released on December 25, 2009.

Hoshiuta is set in the fictional town Mihoshi (美星^?, lit."beautiful star") in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The town is in a quiet, rural area on the west of the Izu Peninsula and borders the Suruga Bay. There is a high school named Mihoshi Academy (美星学園, Mihoshi Gakuen^?) in the town. The protagonist Kazuhiko Suoh and his friends are students of the school.

Direction and planning for Hoshiuta and Hoshiuta: Starlight Serenade was done by Ryūichirō Yamakawa. Characters were designed by Fumio. Scenario was written by Noboru Yamaguchi, Takeyuki Kuzumi, and Katsuya. Music in the game was composed by Elements Garden.