It is named in honor of Hiroshi Fujioka, who is known in Japan for his portrayal of the character Takeshi Hongo/Kamen Rider #1 in Kamen Rider and following series.
In 1971 Nippon TV ran a Crimson Bat (めくらのお市物語) TV series also starring Yoko Matsuyama with Hiroshi Fujioka.
From 1997-1998, Fujioka portrayed Segata Sanshiro in a series of television and print advertisements for the Sega Saturn video game console in Japan.
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Fujioka is a cultural icon in Japan, even having the minor planet 12408 Fujioka, discovered by Akimasa Nakamura, named in his honor.
The music for Lunar: The Silver Star was composed by Noriyuki Iwadare, Hiroshi Fujioka, Isao Mizoguchi, and Yoshiaki Kubodera, who utilized the Sega CD's sound capabilities to create CD-quality CD-DA.
He also sang the theme song of the fictional character Segata Sanshiro (played by Hiroshi Fujioka) who appeared in Sega's commercials between 1997 and 1998 to advertise the Sega Saturn in Japan.
Hiroshi Takahashi | Hiroshi Fujioka | Hiroshi Hamaya | Hiroshi Takahashi (manga artist) | Hiroshi Sugimoto | Hiroshi Kawashima | Hiroshi Kamayatsu | Hiroshi Yamauchi | Hiroshi Watanabe | Hiroshi Senju | Hiroshi "Monsieur" Kamayatsu | Hiroshi Kyono | Hiroshi Kobayashi | Dean Fujioka | 12408 Fujioka | Hiroshi Yanaka | Hiroshi Takashige | Hiroshi Shirai | Hiroshi Shimizu (professor) | Hiroshi Nakai | Hiroshi Matsumoto | Hiroshi Masuoka | Hiroshi Kiyotake | Hiroshi Kitadani | Hiroshi Katayama | Hiroshi Ishikawa | Hiroshi Ishiguro | Hiroshi Inoue | Hiroshi Imazu | Hiroshi Imazato |