Tsukasa Hōjō

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.

Tsukasa Hōjō studied at Kyushu Sangyo University. Takehiko Inoue and Haruto Umezawa are recorded as having studied under Tsukasa Hōjō. The recorded working language is Japanese. The field of work recorded is mangaka. Works named in the authority record are Cat's Eye, City Hunter, Angel Heart and F.COMPO. Distinctions recorded are Romics d'Oro.

• Born — 5 March 1959 • Birthplace — Kokura, Kitakyushu, Japan • Area — Manga artist • Notable Works — * Cat's Eye • City Hunter • Manga Artist — yes

• Title — Publication — Date • Space Angel — Weekly Shōnen Jump — 1979 • Ore wa Otoko Da! — Weekly Shōnen Jump — August 1980 • 三級刑事 — Weekly Shōnen Jump — January 1981 • Weekly Shōnen Jump — 1981 Issue 29 • Cat's Eye — Weekly Shōnen Jump — 1981 Issue 40 – 1984 Issue 44 • Space Angel — Weekly Shōnen Jump — 1982 Issue 16 • City Hunter XYZ — Weekly Shōnen Jump — 1983 Issue 18 • City Hunter Double Edge — Weekly Shōnen Jump — 1984 Issue 2 • Cat's Eye — Weekly Shōnen Jump — 1985 Issue 6 • City Hunter — Weekly Shōnen Jump — 1985 Issue 13 • ねこまんまお変わり♡ — Weekly Shōnen Jump — 1986 Issue 6 • Splash! — Weekly Shōnen Jump — April 1987 • Splash! 2 — Weekly Shōnen Jump — June 1987 • Tenshi no Okurimono — Weekly Shōnen Jump — 1988 Issue 34 • Splash! 3 — Super Jump — November 1988 • Splash! 4 — Super Jump — April 1989 • Taxi Driver — Weekly Shōnen Jump — 1990 Issue 6 • Weekly Shōnen Jump — 1993–1994 • Rash!! — Weekly Shōnen Jump — 1994–1995 • Family Compo — Manga Allman — 1996–2000 • Angel Heart — Weekly Comic Bunch — 2001–2010 • Angel Heart 2nd Season — Monthly Comic Zenon — 2010–2017