Tsukasa Hojo

Template:Nihongo is a Japanese manga artist.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Hojo is scheduled to be the Manga Guest of Honor at Japan Expo 2023.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Works

Title	Publication	Date
Space Angel	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1979<ref name="Illustrations">Template:Cite book</ref>
Ore wa Otoko Da!	Weekly Shōnen Jump	August 1980<ref name="Illustrations"/>
三級刑事	Weekly Shōnen Jump	January 1981<ref name="Illustrations"/>
Template:Nihongo3	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1981 Issue 29<ref name="Illustrations"/>
Template:Nihongo3	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1981 Issue 40 - 1984 Issue 44<ref name="Illustrations"/>
Space Angel	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1982 Issue 16<ref name="Illustrations"/>
City Hunter XYZ	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1983 Issue 18<ref name="Illustrations"/>
City Hunter Double Edge	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1984 Issue 2<ref name="Illustrations"/>
Cat's Eye	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1985 Issue 6<ref name="Illustrations"/>
Template:Nihongo3	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1985 Issue 13<ref name="Illustrations"/>
ねこまんまお変わり♡	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1986 Issue 6<ref name="Illustrations"/>
Splash!	Weekly Shōnen Jump	April 1987<ref name="Illustrations"/>
Splash! 2	Weekly Shōnen Jump	June 1987<ref name="Illustrations"/>
Template:Nihongo3	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1988 Issue 34<ref name="Illustrations"/>
Splash! 3	Super Jump	November 1988<ref name="Illustrations"/>
Splash! 4	Super Jump	April 1989<ref name="Illustrations"/>
Taxi Driver	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1990 Issue 6<ref name="Illustrations"/>
Template:Nihongo3	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1993–1994
Rash!!	Weekly Shōnen Jump	1994–1995
Template:Nihongo3	Manga Allman	1996–2000
Template:Nihongo3	Weekly Comic Bunch	2001–2010
Template:Nihongo3	Monthly Comic Zenon	2010–2017

See also

• City Hunter (1987 TV series)
• City Hunter (2024 film)

External links

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• Tsukasa Hojo manga Template:Webarchive at Media Arts Database Template:In lang