
miHoYo Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 米哈游; pinyin: Mǐhāyóu), also known as miHoYo Network Technology Co., Ltd.(上海米哈游网络科技股份有限公司) is a Chinese video game development and publishing company. In addition to games, the company has created various products such as animated series, novels, comics, music, and merchandise. The company is the creator of the Honkai series, which consists of several games, including Honkai Impact 3rd and Honkai: Star Rail. miHoYo also developed Tears of Themis, a free-to-play adventure game. Another game that they have developed is Genshin Impact, an open-world action role-playing game, which is one of the highest-grossing mobile games of 2021. Aiming to expand its content production, technology research, and publications outside China, in February 2022, miHoYo launched its global publishing subsidiary Cognosphere Pte., Ltd. (trading as HoYoverse and stylized as COGNOSPHERE) based in Queenstown, Singapore. Since then, miHoYo has been doing business globally under the brand and has operations in Montreal, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Seoul. miHoYo also operates under the subsidiaries Shanghai miHoYo Yingtie Technology and Shanghai miHoYo Tianming Technology; the former is the publisher of Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, and Zenless Zone Zero, while the latter is the developer of Tears of Themis. The global subsidiary Cognosphere Pte., Ltd. known as HoYoverse is the co-publisher of Tears of Themis, Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, and Zenless Zone Zero.

Hurina is the femslash ship between Furina and Hu Tao from the Genshin Impact fandom. They have never interacted in the current story and most likely do not know each other since the two are from different regions. Furina originates from Fontaine, while Hu Tao resides in Liyue. Furina and Hu Tao both have a ship with a older, mature and quite serious guy in which they serve as the "extroverted and playful girlfriend". The mentioned ships being, Neuvirina and ZhongTao. Since the two ships are so similar dynamic-wise, the two couples are sometimes portrayed as a double-date in fan-works. Furina and Hu Tao are also sometimes portrayed as best friends in fan-works since their similar personalities give a good basis for a possible friendship in the future.
