Tsukasa Hojo Profile – Jump Multi World 1993

To celebrate Weekly Shonen Jump‘s 25^th anniversary, Shueisha decided to create a new style event to promote it’s history for the fans. The name of the event was called “Weekly Jump Multi World” and was a exhibition that was held in the Tokyo Dome Prism Hall between July 28^th through August 15^th, 1993. The event cost 700 yen for admission and guests were able to receive as special booklet which highlighted some of the items on display. The booklet was never available for sale directly. Over 48 authors provided new illustrations and congratulatory messages for this anniversary and are documented in this booklet and this is one of them. To help provide context to this profile that was captured in 1993, we have included some additional information to supplement the transcription and rough English translation.

Name	Tsukasa Hojo (北条司)
Date of Birth	March 5, 1959
Birthplace	Fukuoka Prefecture
Blood Type	A
Debut Work	“Ore wa Otoko Da!!” in 1980 (Jump Summer Special Issue) ’80 『おれは男だ!!』(ジャンプ夏の増刊号掲載)
1st Jump Serialization	“CAT’S♡EYE” 『CAT’S♡EYE』
Additional Info	“City Hunter” and “Tenshi no Okurimono” both gained popularity for Gekiga-style illustrations with a fast-paced stories. 『CITY HUNTER』『天使の贈り物』など、劇画タッチの絵と、テンポの早いストーリー展開で人気を得る。

To celebrate Weekly Shonen Jump‘s 25^th anniversary, Tsukasa Hojo provided this illustration and comment, which have been roughly translated below:

He also provided this shikishi for the event which was on display at the Jump Multi World event:

The article ends with an overview of the previous series Cat’s Eye and City Hunter.

The following is some additional context and information not included in the article:

Prior to his first published oneshot, he was a semi-finalist in the 18^th Tezuka Award for this oneshot Space Angel (スペース・エンジェル) in 1979. This oneshot has not been published yet in Japan.

The oneshot Ore wa Otoko Da! (おれは男だ!) was published in the Weekly Shonen Jump “Fresh Summer” issue in August 1980. This special magazine issue was published between issues 33 and 34 of Weekly Shonen Jump in 1980.

The Cat’s Eye series was published in Weekly Shonen Jump between issue 40 in 1981 through issue 44 in 1984 for a total of 157 chapters. The series is getting an English Omnibus volume release from Kana starting in Fall 2025. The City Hunter series was published in Weekly Shonen Jump between issue 13 in 1985 and issue 50 in 1991 for a total of 337 chapters. This series is also getting an English Omnibus volume release from Kana starting in Fall 2025.

While not directly mentioned by name in the article, Tsukasa Hojo’s serialized work at the time in 1993 was KOMOREBI: Under the Dappled Sun (こもれ陽の下で…). This series started in issue 31 of 1993 and ran for 25 chapters with a conclusion in the combined issue 5-6 in 1994 for Weekly Shonen Jump for a total of 25 chapters. Prior to this full serialization, there was a oneshot chapter in the combined issue 3-4 in 1993 for When the Cherry Blossoms Bloom (桜の花 咲くころ). Within the author comments for that issue in the table of contents, he left this note (roughly translated into English):

While the KOMOREBI: Under the Dappled Sun manga series only lasted for 25 chapters, in the author’s comment for that last issue (5-6 in 1994) he provided this note (roughly translated into English):

He would later return to the magazine in issue 43 in 1994 with the series RASH!! which would only run for 17 chapters and be his final serialization in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.