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Howard Johnson's Howard Johnson by Wyndham, still commonly referred to as Howard Johnson's, is an American hotel brand with over 200 hotels in 15 countries. It was also formerly a Chain store, restaurant chain, which at one time was the largest in the U.S., wit ...

, a U.S. chain of restaurants and hotels *A nickname for a number of people named Howard Johnson *A nickname for

Howard Jones (British musician) John Howard Jones (born 23 February 1955) is a British musician, singer and songwriter. He had ten top 40 hit singles in the UK between 1983 and 1986, six of which reached the top ten, including "Like to Get to Know You Well" , "What Is Love? ( ...

, an synthpop singer, musician and songwriter *A nickname for

Howard Jones (American singer) Howard Jones (born July 20, 1970) is an American heavy metal and metalcore vocalist best known as the former lead singer of Killswitch Engage and Blood Has Been Shed. He is the current vocalist of Light the Torch, formerly known as Devil You ...

, a vocalist for several metalcore bands *

MGR-1 Honest John The MGR-1 Honest John rocket was the first nuclear weapon, nuclear-capable surface-to-surface rocket in the United States arsenal.The first nuclear-authorized ''guided'' missile was the MGM-5 Corporal. Originally designated Artillery Rocket XM31 ...

, the first nuclear-capable missile and a popular airframe for hobby modelers *Hojo, a supporting character in comic strip ''

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'' * Professor Hojo, a non-playable character in the video game ''Final Fantasy VII'' Hōjō or Houjou: * Hōjō, one of the five kata of Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū * Hōjō (Inuyasha), a character in the manga and anime series ''Inuyasha'' *

Hōjō clan The was a Japanese samurai family who controlled the hereditary title of '' shikken'' (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate between 1203 and 1333. Despite the title, in practice the family wielded actual political power in Japan during this perio ...

, a family of regents of the Kamakura Shogunate * Late Hōjō clan, daimyō in the Sengoku Period * Buntarō Hōjō, a main character in the visual novel series ''

Girls Beyond the Wasteland , often abbreviated as and also known as ''Girls Beyond the Youth Koya'' in Japan, is a visual novel developed by , released for Windows on March 25, 2016 with a rating for all ages. An anime television series adaptation, produced by Projec ...

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Hōjō, Ehime was a city located in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on November 1, 1958. As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 28,292 and the density of 277.02 persons per km2. The total area was 102.13 km2. On January 1, 200 ...

, a city in Japan * Emu Hōjō, a main character in the tokusatsu series ''

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'' * Karen Hōjō, a character in the game series ''

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'' * Muraku Hōjō, a character in the anime series '' Little Battlers Experience WARS'' *

Hōjō, Tottori was a town located in Tōhaku District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 7,770 and a density of 371.41 persons per km2. The total area was 20.92 km2. On October 1, 2005, Hōjō, along with the t ...

, a town in Japan (part of Hokuei) *

Hōjō Tokiyuki (Scouting) was an educator, mathematician and politician in Meiji period Japan. He was the twelfth head of Gakushūin Peers’ School, and an early Japanese Scouting notable. Biography Hōjō was born as the second son of a samurai retainer of the Ma ...

(1858–1929), early Japanese Scouting notable * Satoko and Satoshi Houjou, from the series ''Higurashi no Naku Koro ni'' * Hōjō Tsukasa (popularly but incorrectly romanized "Hojo", born 1959), manga artist and creator of ''City Hunter'' * Reika Hōjō, from ''Goshūshō-sama Ninomiya-kun'' *

Kairi Hojo is a Japanese professional wrestler and actress. she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name . From 2012 to 2017, she wrestled for the Japanese promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom under the ring name . Em ...

(born 1988), Japanese professional wrestler * Hōjō Rin, the elder Hōjō brother from ''Initial D'' * Hōjō Gō, the younger Hōjō brother from ''Initial D''

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