Yukinobu Hoshino (born 1954) is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaido. He made his debut in 1975 with "Kōtetsu no Queen" and received a Tezuka Award the same year for "Haruka Naru Asa." His work ranges from science fiction about space exploration and the evolution of life to historical mysteries drawing on Japanese mythology, archaeology, and folklore, and "Yamataika" received the Seiun Award for Best Comic. His best-known science-fiction work, "2001 Ya Monogatari," is a series of interconnected stories tracing humanity’s expansion into space, encounters with extraterrestrial life, and human lives unfolding across generations. In his "Munakata Kyōju" series, Hoshino turns myths, legends, archaeological remains, and local customs into clues for bold alternative interpretations of history.