Hoshino AI

What is Hoshino AI?

Hoshino AI is a community under MiniMax Xiyu Technology dedicated to the creation, sharing, and interaction of multimodal AI agents.

Users can customize the appearance, voice, personality, and skills of virtual characters, and together they can develop the story through dialogue.

Core functions

Agent chat and companionship

The core experience at Hoshino is to converse with AI-driven virtual characters, rather than having real-time conversations with real people.

• Agents with different themes, personalities, and story backgrounds can be found within the community.
• The characters will respond in accordance with their predefined personalities, thereby maintaining the narrative atmosphere throughout the conversation.
• Users can share their daily lives, engage in role-playing, or explore fictional stories.
• Language models are responsible for handling conversations and conveying character traits, while voice and visual models enhance the sense of immersion.
• AI may forget settings, invent facts, or exhibit contradictions.

Create a custom AI character

Users can describe characters in text, and they can also go further to detail various attributes.

• Appearance: Describes the looks, clothing, style of the visuals, and the setting of the story.
• Voice: Select or create a vocal delivery that matches the character’s personality.
• Character profile: Define identity, personality, relationships, experiences, and language habits.
• Skills: Define the areas in which a character is proficient, as well as their ways of interacting and the scope of their activities.
• Plot: Adds to the world view, conflicts, goals, and the starting point of the story.

The more specific the character profile, the easier it is to maintain consistency in that character, yet randomness in the model cannot be completely eliminated.

Starfield AI Usage Guide

1. Download and log in to Hoshino, or go to the official creation center to verify your account.
2. To create an agent, first determine the purpose of the role and the target audience.
3. Create character names, identities, personalities, backstories, and relationship dynamics.
4. Create or upload compliant avatars, and adjust the style of the images as well as the characteristics of the characters.
5. Select a voice and listen to the pace, tone, and degree of suitability for the role.
6. Set skills, dialogue boundaries, story beginnings, and example expressions.
7. Multiple rounds of testing are conducted to fix issues such as going off-topic, exceeding boundaries, and contradictions.
8. Check for copyright, portrait rights, privacy issues, age ratings, and community rules before making it public.

How to create a compelling character profile

• First, write a sentence outlining the character’s role, explaining who they are and whom they serve.
• List three to five stable personality traits that do not conflict with each other.
• Define the address, tone, sentence length, and common expressions.
• Add important experiences, relationships, knowledge boundaries, and prohibited topics.
• Example conversations for common scenarios are provided to help the model understand behavior patterns.
• For narrative characters, it is necessary to record the timeline, world rules, and key items.

Open narrative and content community

The community features a large number of intelligent agents created by users; when browsing, one can select characters and stories based on interests.

• Characters may be designed for companionship, fantasy, learning, the workplace, or fun interactions.
• The content of the conversations drives the development of the narrative, with different choices leading to various outcomes.
• Creators can share agents to help build a content ecosystem together with other users.
• User-created characters do not imply that the official authorities acknowledge their facts, opinions, or authorized status.
• In the event of encountering infringing, illegal, or inappropriate content, you should use the platform’s reporting function.

Model and technology positioning

According to the official information, Hoshino is supported by language, audio, and visual models, with the registered model being abab.

• Language models are used for character dialogue, character creation, and story generation.
• Voice models enable characters to express themselves through synthesized speech.
• Visual models are used to create character designs and story scenes.
• The product’s algorithm registration number is Shanghai-Abab-20230821.
• The content generated by the model does not represent the views of real persons or professional conclusions.

Prices and in-app purchases

As of August 30, 2026, the App Store in China has made available the following in-app purchases.

The product name does not outline all the benefits; before purchasing, it is necessary to check within the application the number of uses, the items included, the expiration date, and the scope of application.

Notes on Subscription and Payment

• The monthly card and the continuous monthly subscription are different products; it is necessary to confirm the type of purchase before making the payment.
• A recurring monthly subscription usually involves automatic renewal; it is necessary to check the payment cycle and the method for shutting it down.
• Diamonds and gift packages are virtual items; they are not equivalent to membership benefits.
• The prices for in-app promotions may vary depending on the device, account, or time period.
• Rules regarding refunds, purchases by minors, and account suspension are determined by the platform and the app store.

Prices and benefits may change; the final details are subject to the in-app purchase page, the payment confirmation page, and the current agreement.

Supported platforms

• iPhone: The official app requires iOS 15.1 or a later version.
• iPad: iPadOS 15.1 or a later version is required.
• Android: The official website provides a link for downloading the Android app.
• Mac with Apple chips: Can run the iOS version; macOS 12.0 or later is required.
• Web Creation Center: Provides options for logging in using a phone number as well as a interface for managing created roles.

The official app is designed primarily for a mobile experience, while the Mac version is labeled in the app store as not having been specifically verified.

Age and content safety

The App Store in China currently lists Hoshino as suitable for users over 18 years old; it is advisable to pay attention to the age rating before using it.

• Do not create content that violates laws and regulations, public morals, or community rules.
• Copying or infringing upon others’ copyright, trademarks, and rights of portrait is prohibited.
• Do not create fake characters using real people’s photos, voices, or identities.
• AI characters may generate inaccurate, inappropriate, or misleading responses.
• In cases involving injury, suicide, or a psychological crisis, professional help from the real world should be sought.
• Minorities’ purchases should have their guardians manage the account and payment methods.

Privacy and Data Tips

The privacy disclosures in app stores indicate that identifiers may be used for tracking across apps or websites.

• Device identifiers can also be used for analysis, but they are disclosed as not being linked to any identity.
• Chat messages may contain personal emotions, relationship details, and aspects of daily life.
• Identity cards, addresses, account details, passwords, and financial information should not be sent to characters.
• When creating a character, avoid uploading unauthorized real-person photos or voices.
• The scope of actual data collection, deletion, and sharing is governed by the current privacy policy.

API, SDK, and open-source status

• Hoshino API: As of the time of verification, no product API documentation available for the public was found.
• Hoshino SDK: No official SDK that has been made publicly available was found.
• GitHub: No official open-source repositories for the Hoshino client or community system were found.
• Open source: No source code for the Hoshino platform, model weights, or open licenses were found.
• MiniMax API: It is a service intended for independent developers, and it is not equivalent to the Hoshino role or community interfaces.

The fact that the model API is not available through MiniMax suggests that Hoshino’s role-related data, memory, or community-related capabilities can be utilized.

Which users are it suitable for

• Role-playing enthusiasts: Experience fictional characters with defined traits and open-ended storylines.
• Original character creator: Designs the appearance, voice, personality, and the world of the story.
• Interactive fiction creators: Test character dialogues and branching storylines.
• 2D and virtual content users: Discovering intelligent agents with different styles.
• Users with mild needs for companionship: for daily conversation and expressing emotions.
• Content community participants: Share roles and interact with other creators.

Usage restrictions and precautions

• Hoshino is an AI content community, not a platform for real-person social interaction or professional consulting services.
• Characters may fabricate facts in their responses; information related to education and work must be verified.
• In long-term conversations, the context may be forgotten or the original character profile may deviate.
• The quality of the content created by users varies, as does their authorization status; users should make their own judgments when using it.
• The consumption rules for continuous monthly subscriptions, virtual currencies, and gift packs should be checked separately.
• Before making a character public, it is necessary to check for risks related to infringement of rights, privacy issues, misleading content, and content safety.

Frequently Asked Questions

What can Hoshino AI do primarily?

It allows for the creation and sharing of AI agents with personalities, voices, identities, and skills, enabling narrative interactions.

Is Hoshino AI a real-person chat?

No, the characters are driven by AI models, and the responses as well as the plot may contain fictional or incorrect information.

How to create your own Hoshino character?

Set the character’s identity, personality, appearance, voice, skills, and the beginning of the storyline, followed by multiple rounds of dialogue testing.

Is Hoshino AI free?

The app can be downloaded for free, and it offers in-app purchases such as monthly subscriptions, continuous monthly plans, Diamond memberships, and level packages.

How much is the Hoshino Tsuki card?

The App Store shows a monthly subscription price of 12 yuan; there is also a monthly plan for 11 yuan. The specific benefits are indicated on the app’s internal page.

Which platforms is Hoshino AI compatible with?

It is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and Android; Mac devices powered by Apple chips can run the mobile version, and there is also a web-based creation center.

Does Hoshino AI provide APIs or open-source code?

As of the time of verification, no Starfield public API, official SDK, platform source code, or open license was found.