---
title: "Hotaru"
description: "In this love simulation game for gay men, the hero (you) encounters 8 men, meeting up and breaking up with each one as the story unfolds.  [From Rainbow Shopper"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/32/8132.jpg"
---

# Hotaru

![Hotaru](https://t.vndb.org/cv/32/8132.jpg)

**Alternative Title:** 炎多留

**Developer:** Tarutaru

**Release date:** Dec 1, 2000

**Platform:** Windows

**Language:** Japanese

**Rating:** 8.0/10 (avg, 3 votes)

## Description
In this love simulation game for gay men, the hero (you) encounters 8 men, meeting up and breaking up with each one as the story unfolds.

[From [Rainbow Shoppers](http://www.rainbow-shoppers.com/en/www/list.cgi?id=G000518100010)]

## Characters
### Terasaki Yousuke (寺崎陽介)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Birthday:** 9 August
- **Role:** University Student, Nameable

### Hirano Masato (平野 将人)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Measurements:** Height: 163cm, Weight: 50kg
- **Hair:** Brown, Short
- **Body:** Teen
- **Role:** High School Student

### Ikejima Kou (池島 航)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Measurements:** Height: 185cm, Weight: 82kg
- **Hair:** Brown, Short, Beard
- **Role:** University Student

### Katsuragi Isamu (桂木 勇)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Measurements:** Height: 167cm, Weight: 55kg
- **Hair:** Brown, Short
- **Body:** Teen
- **Role:** Childhood Friend

### Mama (ママ)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Measurements:** Height: 176cm, Weight: 84kg
- **Hair:** Short, Stubble
- **Role:** Bartender

### Mizusawa Atsushi (水沢 篤志)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Measurements:** Height: 178cm, Weight: 70kg
- **Hair:** Brown, Short, Slicked Back
- **Engages in:** Cooking, Singing, Competition
- **Clothes:** Jeans, Tank Top, Pendant Necklace
- **Items:** Knife
- **Role:** Part-time Worker

### Sakatani Akira (坂谷 彬)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Measurements:** Height: 120cm, Weight: 26kg
- **Hair:** Brown, Short
- **Body:** Kid
- **Role:** Son, Elementary School Student

### Sakatani Keita (坂谷 啓太)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Measurements:** Height: 180cm, Weight: 78kg
- **Hair:** Brown, Short
- **Role:** Divorcee, Father
- **Clothes:** Swimsuit

### Yoda Takayuki (与田 隆之)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Measurements:** Height: 175cm, Weight: 68kg
- **Hair:** Brown, Short
- **Clothes:** Suit

## Shops
- [Official Website](http://www.tarutaru.com/products/hotaru_box/)
- [Getchu](http://www.getchu.com/soft.phtml?id=756021)

## Releases
### Japanese
- **2000-12-01**: Hotaru - [Official website](http://www.tarutaru.com/products/hotaru1/index.html), [ErogameScape](https://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=694), [Getchu](http://www.getchu.com/soft.phtml?id=21227)
- **2012-12-14**: Hotaru -Aizouban- - [Official website](http://www.tarutaru.com/products/hotaru_box/), [Getchu](http://www.getchu.com/soft.phtml?id=756021)

## Tags
ADV, Dating Simulation, Male on Male Sex, Boy x Boy Romance, Male Protagonist, Anal Penetration, Student Hero, Protagonist's Childhood Friend as a Hero, Bara, University Student Hero, Bartender Hero, Boy x Boy Romance Only, Muscular Hero, Muscular Protagonist, Male on Male Sex Only, Seke Protagonist

## More Games from Tarutaru
- [Hotaru](https://pinovel.net/v6493)
- [Ichi -1-](https://pinovel.net/v11380)
- [Hotaru II](https://pinovel.net/v6494)
- [Otoko no Tame no Bible The Yuujou Adventure -Hotaru Soul-](https://pinovel.net/v24326)
- [Hotaru III](https://pinovel.net/v6495)

---
*View the full details at [pinovel.net/v6493](https://pinovel.net/v6493).*

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