is a Japanese

manga artist A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist be ...

. He studied technical design while still at

Kyushu Sangyo University was founded in 1960 in Fukuoka City, and currently has twenty departments and six graduate schools. It is a private university. Undergraduate Faculties and departments *Faculty of Economics **Department of Economics *Faculty of Commerce **Depar ...

, where he began to draw manga. He worked on several one-shot stories before releasing his serialized works: '' Cat's Eye'', ''

City Hunter is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsukasa Hojo. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1985 to 1991 and collected into 35 ''tankōbon'' volumes by its publisher Shueisha. The manga was adapted int ...

'' and ''

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''. After the success of '' Cat's Eye'' and ''

'', Hojo went on to work on other series such as ''Family Compo''. His current ongoing series is ''

'', a spin–off of ''City Hunter'' set in an alternate universe. It has been serialized in the ''

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'' since 2001 and 30 collected volumes have been published so far. Tsukasa Hojo is

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'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 is a Japanese manga series written by Buronson and illustrated by Tetsuo Hara. It was serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' for 245 issues published from 1983 to 1988 and initially colle ...

'' illustrator

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, who was also one of the founders of

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. 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

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which was held in July 2010.

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at Media Arts Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Hojo, Tsukasa 1959 births Living people People from Kitakyushu Manga artists from Fukuoka Prefecture