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Template:Nihongo 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]
Works
| Title | Publication | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Space Angel | Weekly Shōnen Jump | 1979[4] |
| Ore wa Otoko Da! | Weekly Shōnen Jump | August 1980[4] |
| 三級刑事 | Weekly Shōnen Jump | January 1981[4] |
| Template:Nihongo3 | Weekly Shōnen Jump | 1981 Issue 29[4] |
| Template:Nihongo3 | Weekly Shōnen Jump | 1981 Issue 40 - 1984 Issue 44[4] |
| Space Angel | Weekly Shōnen Jump | 1982 Issue 16[4] |
| City Hunter XYZ | Weekly Shōnen Jump | 1983 Issue 18[4] |
| City Hunter Double Edge | Weekly Shōnen Jump | 1984 Issue 2[4] |
| Cat's Eye | Weekly Shōnen Jump | 1985 Issue 6[4] |
| Template:Nihongo3 | Weekly Shōnen Jump | 1985 Issue 13[4] |
| ねこまんまお変わり♡ | Weekly Shōnen Jump | 1986 Issue 6[4] |
| Splash! | Weekly Shōnen Jump | April 1987[4] |
| Splash! 2 | Weekly Shōnen Jump | June 1987[4] |
| Template:Nihongo3 | Weekly Shōnen Jump | 1988 Issue 34[4] |
| Splash! 3 | Super Jump | November 1988[4] |
| Splash! 4 | Super Jump | April 1989[4] |
| Taxi Driver | Weekly Shōnen Jump | 1990 Issue 6[4] |
| Template:Nihongo3 | Weekly Shōnen Jump | 1993–1994 |
| Rash!! | Weekly Shōnen Jump | 1994–1995 |
| Template:Nihongo3 | Manga Allman | 1996–2000 |
| Template:Nihongo3 | Weekly Comic Bunch | 2001–2010 |
| Template:Nihongo3 | Monthly Comic Zenon | 2010–2017 |
References
External links
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