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Tsukasa Hōjō

Japanese manga artist

Tsukasa Hojo (Japanese: 北条司, Hepburn: Hōjō Tsukasa; born March 5, 1959, in Kokura, Kitakyushu, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. He studied technical design while still at Kyushu Sangyo University, where he began to draw manga.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Tsukasa Hōjō (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Mar 5, 1959.¹

About

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.

From Wikipedia’s article on Tsukasa Hōjō, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

CoamixFounder¹⁵

Early life and education

Date not recordedKyushu Sangyo University³

Career

Occupation: television writer, screenwriter, film director, mangaka.⁵

Date not recordedFounded Coamix⁴

Known for: F.COMPO, City Hunter, Cat's Eye, Angel Heart.⁶

Personal life

BornMar 5, 1959, Kokura^{7 8}
CitizenshipJapan⁹

Awards

2018Romics d'Oro^{10 11}

Sources

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WikidataTsukasa Hōjō: Founded Coamix, on Wikidata
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WikidataTsukasa Hōjō: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataTsukasa Hōjō: Official website, on Wikidata
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WikidataTsukasa Hōjō: IMDb, on Wikidata
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Wikimedia CommonsTsukasa Hōjō photo by Georges Seguin ( Okki ), CC BY-SA 3.0