Kwon Soon-young (Korean: 권순영; born June 15, 1996), professionally known as Hoshi (Korean: 호시), is a South Korean singer. Managed by Pledis Entertainment, he is a member of the boy group Seventeen, the leader of its performance team,^[2] and part of its subunit BSS.^[3][4] Hoshi released his first solo mixtape, Spider, on April 2, 2021.^[5]

Kwon Soon-young was born in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Hoshi attended Maseok High School and then enrolled in Hanyang University.^{[6][unreliable source?]}

In March 2020, it was known that Hoshi personally donated ₩50 million (US$42,694) to the Hope Bridge National Disaster Relief Association. The donation will be used to purchase quarantine supplies for the underprivileged affected by COVID-19 and to support medical staff and volunteers.^[14] In April 2020, Hoshi's father Kwon Hyuk-doo visited on his behalf the administrative welfare center in Hwado-dong, Namyangju, and delivered ₩1.54 million worth of eco-friendly sterilized water to the Gyeonggi Community Chest of Korea.^[15] On October 29, 2020, Maseok High School in Gyeonggi Province announced that Hoshi had donated ₩23.1 million in scholarships for enrolled students in need.^[16]

According to the Gyeonggi Northern Social Welfare Community Chest, Hoshi donated ₩100 million to the Namyangju Welfare Foundation on June 10, 2021, and joined the Honor Society, a club of high-value donors of love. Hoshi's donation was held to commemorate his 26th birthday and he joined the sponsorship activities after hearing that more and more neighbors were in need of help in the community. The amount will be used for underprivileged such as abused children, single-parent families, disabled and more, through care centers in Namyangju.^[17]

In December 2021, Namyangju City delivered a plaque of appreciation to Hoshi for his contribution to revitalizing the donation culture. "I sincerely thank Hoshi, a donation angel who does not forget the community and spreads good influence through various methods and continuous donations," said Choi Dae-jip, head of the Hwado Sudong Administrative Welfare Center, who delivered a plaque of appreciation on behalf of Namyangju Mayor Cho Kwang-han.^[18]