Hotaru

Hotaru (ほたる or 蛍) is "firefly" in Japanese. It could also be used for a person's name and is used for the following individuals:


 * a moniker for a legendary yet relatively unknown sharpshooter during the Warring States period whose shots were so accurate during the night that that they could snipe fireflies. Argued to have either served Magoichi Saika or could have been a "Magoichi" himself/herself. Serves the Saika clan as a woman commander in Nobunaga no Yabou Online and appears as a default name for a bodyguard in Samurai Warriors.
 * Terumoto Mōri's kunoichi and love interest in Mouri Motonari: Chikai no Sanya.
 * Default name for the protagonist of Geten no Hana.