is a Japanese manga artist. 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, a slice-of-life comedy with transgender themes. 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. From 2010 to 2017, the series continued under the title Angel Heart 2nd Season in Monthly Comic Zenon. 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. Hojo is scheduled to be the Manga Guest of Honor at Japan Expo 2023.
Works TitlePublicationDateSpace AngelWeekly Shōnen Jump1979Ore wa Otoko Da!Weekly Shōnen JumpAugust 1980三級刑事Weekly Shōnen JumpJanuary 1981Weekly Shōnen Jump1981 Issue 29Weekly Shōnen Jump1981 Issue 40 – 1984 Issue 44Space AngelWeekly Shōnen Jump1982 Issue 16City Hunter XYZWeekly Shōnen Jump1983 Issue 18City Hunter Double EdgeWeekly Shōnen Jump1984 Issue 2Cat's Eye Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985 Issue 6 Weekly Shōnen Jump 1985 Issue 13ねこまんまお変わり♡ Weekly Shōnen Jump 1986 Issue 6Splash! Weekly Shōnen Jump April 1987Splash! 2 Weekly Shōnen Jump June 1987 Weekly Shōnen Jump 1988 Issue 34Splash! 3 Super Jump November 1988Splash! 4 Super Jump April 1989Taxi Driver Weekly Shōnen Jump 1990 Issue 6Weekly Shōnen Jump1993–1994Rash!!Weekly Shōnen Jump1994–1995Manga Allman1996–2000Weekly Comic Bunch2001–2010Monthly Comic Zenon2010–2017
See also City Hunter (1987 TV series) City Hunter (2024 film)
References
External links
Tsukasa Hojo manga at Media Arts Database