Tsukasa Hojo

Tsukasa Hojo
Tsukasa Hojo
	Tsukasa Hojo at Japan Expo 2010
Born	March 5, 1959 (age 65); Kokura, Kitakyushu, Japan
Area(s)	Manga artist
Notable works	Cat's Eye; City Hunter;

Tsukasa Hojo (Japanese: 北条司, Hepburn: Hōjō Tsukasa, born March 5, 1959, in Kokura, Kitakyushu, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist.^[1] He studied technical design while still at Kyushu Sangyo University, where he began to draw manga. He worked on several one-shot stories before releasing his serialized works: Cat's Eye, City Hunter and Angel Heart.

After the success of Cat's Eye and City Hunter, Hojo went on to work on other series such as Family Compo. His most recent series is Angel Heart, a spin–off of City Hunter set in an alternate universe. It was first serialized in the Weekly Comic Bunch from 2001 to 2010 and then from 2010 to 2017. 30 collected volumes have been published so far.

Tsukasa Hojo is Takehiko Inoue's mentor. Inoue worked as an assistant to Hojo during the production of City Hunter. Hojo is also a long-time acquaintance of Fist of the North Star illustrator Tetsuo Hara, who was also one of the founders of Coamix. Hojo contributed to the production Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior film series by designing the character of Reina.

He was honor guest of the eleventh French Japan Expo which was held in July 2010.^[2] Hojo is scheduled to be the Manga Guest of Honor at Japan Expo 2023.^[3]

Works

Title	Publication	Date
Space Angel	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1979^[4]
Ore wa Otoko Da!	Weekly Shōnen Jump	August 1980^[4]
三級刑事	Weekly Shōnen Jump	January 1981^[4]
Cat's ♡ Eye (キャッツ♡アイ)	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1981 Issue 29^[4]
Cat's Eye (キャッツアイ)	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1981 Issue 40 - 1984 Issue 44^[4]
Space Angel	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1982 Issue 16^[4]
City Hunter XYZ	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1983 Issue 18^[4]
City Hunter Double Edge	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1984 Issue 2^[4]
Cat's Eye	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1985 Issue 6^[4]
City Hunter (シティーハンター)	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1985 Issue 13^[4]
ねこまんまお変わり♡	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1986 Issue 6^[4]
Splash!	Weekly Shōnen Jump	April 1987^[4]
Splash! 2	Weekly Shōnen Jump	June 1987^[4]
Tenshi no Okurimono (天使の贈りもの)	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1988 Issue 34^[4]
Splash! 3	Super Jump	November 1988^[4]
Splash! 4	Super Jump	April 1989^[4]
Taxi Driver	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1990 Issue 6^[4]
Komorebi no Moto de (こもれ陽の下で…, Under the Dapple Shade)	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1993–1994
Rash!!	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1994–1995
Family Compo (ファミリー・コンポ)	Manga Allman	1996–2000
Angel Heart (エンジェル・ハート)	Weekly Comic Bunch	2001–2010
Angel Heart 2nd Season (エンジェル・ハート 2ndシーズン)	Monthly Comic Zenon	2010–2017

References

^ "Comic creator: Tsukasa Hôjo". lambiek.net. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
^ "Animeland - Tsukasa Hôjô à Japan Expo" (in French). Animeland. February 19, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
^ "Guest of Honor : Tsukasa HÔJÔ". www.japan-expo-paris.com. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Tsukasa Hojo Illustrations. Shueisha. March 13, 1991. p. 105. ISBN 4-08-858150-4.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)
Tsukasa Hojo at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Tsukasa Hojo at IMDb
Tsukasa Hojo manga Archived March 22, 2016, at the Wayback Machine at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)

[1] "Comic creator: Tsukasa Hôjo". lambiek.net. Retrieved April 13, 2010.

[2] "Animeland - Tsukasa Hôjô à Japan Expo" (in French). Animeland. February 19, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2021.

[3] "Guest of Honor : Tsukasa HÔJÔ". www.japan-expo-paris.com. Retrieved February 8, 2023.

[Illustrations-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Tsukasa Hojo Illustrations. Shueisha. March 13, 1991. p. 105. ISBN 4-08-858150-4.

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