Used for the abstract idea of hope, but in ordinary Japanese 希望 is usually the more natural everyday word. ホープ in this sense often feels like a katakana or English-style wording.
He is now seen as the team's rising hope.
ホープ is sometimes used to mean “hope.”
promising person; rising hope; white hope
Common for a person expected to do well in the future, especially in sports, companies, schools, or other groups. Often appears as 若手ホープ or チームのホープ.
He is expected to be the team’s rising hope.
She is a promising young researcher at the institute.
He is a promising young talent in this field.
期待 refers to the expectation people place on someone, whereas ホープ names the promising person who is the object of that expectation.
No kanji spelling is given. No language of origin is specified. The katakana form conventionally represents the sound ホープ and the listed meanings.