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| Tsukasa Hojo | |
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 Tsukasa Hojo at Japan Expo 2010 | |
| Born | March 5, 1959 Kokura, Kitakyushu, Japan |
| Area(s) | Manga artist |
Notable works | |
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]
- ^ "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.