Hot-rolled steel sheet

A hot-rolled steel sheet comprising, in terms of mass %, as a chemical composition:

• C:
• 0.050% to 0.250%;
• Si:
• 0.05% to 3.00%;
• Mn:
• 1.00% to 4.00%;
• one or more of Ti, Nb, and V:
• 0.060% to 0.500% in total;
• sol. Al:
• 0.001% to 2.000%;
• P:
• 0.100% or less;
• S:
• 0.0300% or less;
• N:
• 0.1000% or less;
• O:
• 0.0100% or less;
• Cu:
• 0% to 2.00%;
• Cr:
• 0% to 2.00%;
• Mo:
• 0% to 1.00%;
• Ni:
• 0% to 2.00%;
• B:
• 0% to 0.0100%;
• Ca:
• 0% to 0.0200%;
• Mg:
• 0% to 0.0200%;
• REM:
• 0% to 0.1000%;
• Bi:
• 0% to 0.020%;
• one or more of Zr, Co, Zn, and W:
• 0% to 1.00% in total;
• Sn:
• 0% to 0.05%;
• and
• a remainder comprising Fe and impurities,
• wherein, in a microstructure,
• in terms of area %, residual austenite is less than 3.0%, ferrite is 15.0% or more and less than 60.0%, and pearlite is less than 5.0%,
• an E value that indicates periodicity of the microstructure is 10.7 or more, and an I value that indicates uniformity of the microstructure is less than 1.020,
• a standard deviation of a Mn concentration is 0.60 mass % or less, and
• a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.