Hosokawa Akiharu

Hosokawa Akiharu (1330–c. 1367) was a warrior of the Northern and Southern Courts era and founder of the Hosokawa Awa shugo house. A son of Hosokawa Yoriharu, he was known as Kuro in childhood and took the name Akiharu through a character granted by Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiakira.

He followed his elder brother Yoriyuki into Awa Province, and tradition credits him with building Shozui Castle in 1363. He died young around 1367, and his son Yoshiyuki succeeded him.