Rikuya Hoshino

Started playing at age six. Turned pro in 2016, played in four Japan Golf Tour events and made the cut twice, T-38th at the Mynavi ABC Championship and T-18th at the Asia-Pacific Golf Championship.
2017 Japan Golf Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 23; In Money - 20; Top-10 Finishes - 5; Scoring Average - 71.32 (Rank 34th); Money - Yen33,116,035 ($302,637) (Rank 31st); Best Finish - T-6th at the SMBC Singapore Open, TOP Cup Tokai Classic and Bridgestone Open.
2018 Japan Golf Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 23; In Money - 17; Top-10 Finishes - 8; Scoring Average - 70.67 (Rank 10th); Money - Yen73,583,921 ($670,765) (Rank 6th); Best Finish - Win Fujisankei Classic.
2019 Japan Golf Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 25; In Money - 21; Top-10 Finishes - 8; Scoring Average - 70.54 (Rank 8th); Money - Yen66,313,846 ($604,607) (Rank 6th); Best Finish - Win Dunlop SRIXON Fukushima Open.
2020/21 Japan Golf Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 25; In Money - 22; Top-10 Finishes - 10; Scoring Average - 70.24 (Rank 2nd); Money - Yen107,341,089 ($848,956) (Rank 5th); Best Finish - Win 2020 Fujisankei Classic, 2021 Kansai Open Golf Championship and Asia Pacific Diamond Cup Golf.
2022 Japan Golf Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 21; In Money - 18; Top-10 Finishes - 11; Scoring Average - 69.97 (Rank 1st); Money - Yen114,404,050 ($816,379) (Rank 2nd); Best Finish - Win Heiwa PGM Championship. His money ranking got him into the 2023 Open Championship at Hoylake. Represented Japan in the 2020/21 Olympics finishing T-38th.
2023 Notes: He joined the DP World Tour. He played in 21 DP World Tour events, making 14 cuts and three top-ten finishes. He was 81st in the Race to Dubai and earned euro540,212. Was T-16th at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship. Missed the cut at the Singapore Classic and Magical Kenya Open. He was T-62nd at the PGA Championship at Oak Hill. He was T-3rd at the BMW International, two shots back of winner Thriston Lawrence. On the Japan Golf Tour, he was 2nd at the Token Homemate Cup, two shots back of winner Shugo Imahira who shot a final round 63. He was T-23rd at the ISPS Handa Championship. The next week was 2nd at The Crowns, three shots back of winner Hiroshi Iwata who shot a final round 65. Was T-3rd at the BMW International Open, two shots back of winner Thriston Lawrence. Was T-7th at the Irish Open and returned to Japan and was 2nd at the Vantelin Tokai Classic, a shot back of winner Yuta Kinoshita. He was T-26th at the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament.
2024 Notes: Was 2nd at the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship, three shots back of winner Min Woo Lee. Was 2nd at the Handa Australian Open, losing a playoff to Joaquin Niemann. Hoshino shot 69-68 over the weekend to claim his first DP World Tour title at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, winning by a shot over Ugo Coussaud. Was T-6th at the BMW International, five shots back of winner Ewen Ferguson.