Yukinobu Hoshino (in Japanese, 星野之宣) is a Japanese manga artist. In 1975, after dropping out of Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music, he debuted with Kotetsu no Queen (鋼鉄のクイーン). In the same year, he won the Tezuka prize for an outstanding manga with Harukanaru Asa (はるかなる朝). He is known for using the gekiga style to create detailed and serious science fiction stories based on American and European SF novels but creating a completely different storyline. He had also drawn various works based on ancient and pre-historic histories. Amongst other things, he is known for his graphic novel series, 2001 Nights (2001夜物語). His work is acknowledged by the British Museum and was on display during 5 November 2009 to 3 January 2010.