Tsukasa Hojo

Tsukasa Hojo (北条 司) is a Japanese mangaka. 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.

Hojo claims that he really did not have any inspiration for these works other than having to meet a deadline. He says he wrote down a few things, he thought about a few things, and one day the ideas just came to him, out of thin air. In reality, the process was a lot more complicated, with editors involved, but fans got the benefit of Hojo's sense of adventure and humor.

After the success of Cat's Eye and City Hunter, Hojo went on to work on other series such as Family Compo. His current ongoing series is Angel Heart, a spinoff of City Hunter set in an alternate universe. It has been serialized in the Weekly Comic Bunch since 2001 and 30 collected volumes has 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 will be the honor guest of the eleventh French Japan Expo which will be held in July 2010.

Works

 * Cat's Eye (キャッツアイ) (1981-1985, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump, Shueisha) (1995-1996 reprint, Shueisha)  (2005-2006 reprint, Tokuma Shoten)
 * City Hunter (シティーハンター) (1985 -1992, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump, Shueisha) (1996-1997 reprint Shueisha)  (2003-2005 reprint, Tokuma Shoten)
 * Under the Dapple Shade (こもれ陽の下で…) (1993-1994, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump, Shueisha)
 * Rash!! (1994-1995, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump, Shueisha)
 * Family Compo (ファミリー・コンポ) (1996-2000, serialized in Manga Allman, Shueisha)
 * Angel Heart (エンジェル・ハート) (2001-ongoing, serialized in Weekly Comic Bunch, Shinchosha)