Tsukasa Hojo

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.

Born (1959-03-05) March 5, 1959 (age 67)

Kokura, Kitakyushu, Japan

AreaManga artist

Notable works

• Cat's Eye
• City Hunter

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Tsukasa Hojo
Tsukasa Hojo at Japan Expo 2010
Born	(1959-03-05) March 5, 1959 (age 67) Kokura, Kitakyushu, Japan
Area	Manga artist
Notable works	Cat's Eye City Hunter

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After the success of Cat's Eye and City Hunter, Hojo went on to work on other series such as Family Compo, a slice-of-life comedy with transgender themes.^[2] His most recent series is Angel Heart, a spin–off of City Hunter set in an alternate universe. It was serialized in Weekly Comic Bunch from 2001 to 2010, when the magazine ceased publication.^[3][4] From 2010 to 2017, the series continued under the title Angel Heart 2nd Season in Monthly Comic Zenon.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[6] Hojo is scheduled to be the Manga Guest of Honor at Japan Expo 2023.^[7]