Hoshiuta


Hoshiuta is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Front Wing which was released on December 26, 2008 playable for Windows 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.

Setting

Hoshiuta is set in the fictional town Mihoshi 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 in the town. The protagonist Kazuhiko Suoh and his friends are students of the school.

Characters

Main characters

;Kazuhiko Suoh
;Yui Kuroda
;Nanano Suoh
;Kurara Amamiya
;Midori Kinoshita
;Renge Yamabuki

Supporting characters

;Yousuke Kasai
;Arisa Houjou
;Koume Hirose
;Kayo Kuroda
;Hina Suoh
;Seiko Morishita
;Kamejirou
;Yurika Amamiya
;Tamaki Amamiya
;Teppei Kinoshita
;Kaori Mutou
;Kyousuke Kashimura

Development

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.

Music and audio CDs

Hoshiutas opening theme is "Missing Person" sung by Lia, the insert song is "Cradle Song" by Kaori Ōmura, and the ending theme is "At the End of Summer" by Hiromi Satō. Before the game's release, a maxi-single "Tazunebito" was released by Front Wing on November 28, 2008 and contained "Missing Person" and "Cradle Song".
Hoshiuta: Starlight Serenades opening theme is "Stardust Bonds" by Lia, and the ending theme is "Twilight Sky" by Chata. Before the game's release, a maxi-single "Hoshikuzu no Kizuna" was released by Front Wing on October 2, 2009 and contained "Stardust Bonds" and "Twilight Sky".
Music of the five songs was composed by Hitoshi Fujima, who is a member of Elements Garden.
Hoshiuta's original soundtrack was released by Front Wing on January 30, 2009 and contained twenty-seven tracks.

Manga

Hoshiuta was adapted into a manga series drawn by Japanese illustrator Fumio. The manga began its serialization in the manga magazine Comp Ace's May 2009 issue, first published on March 26, 2009 by Kadokawa Shoten.

Book

An art book entitled Fumio ArtWorks Hoshiuta was released on Comiket 76 held in August 2009.