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Born 1959In the Jump 1981–1995
北条司
Tsukasa Hōjō is the creator of City Hunter, one of the defining Weekly Shōnen Jump series of the 1980s.
He made his name with Cat's Eye (1981–1985), about three sisters who run a café by day and steal art by night, and then created Ryo Saeba, the Shinjuku 'sweeper' as deadly with a gun as he is hopeless with women. City Hunter (1985–1991) became a long-running anime and inspired live-action films from Hong Kong (with Jackie Chan, 1993) to Japan (Netflix, 2024). In 2000 he co-founded the publisher Coamix with Tetsuo Hara and editor Nobuhiko Horie.
北条司 Born 1959
4 series, from the first to the last
1981–1985Writer & Artist
Cat's Eye debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump No. 40 · 1981, on sale September 1, 1981. That same issue also carried Kochikame, Kinnikuman and Captain Tsubasa. Its last chapter in the magazine, number 157, ran in No. 6 · 1985 (January 4, 1985), after 3 and a half years of serialization.
1985–1991Writer & Artist
Ryo Saeba, Tokyo's best marksman, is a sweeper for hire who takes any job, especially if the client is beautiful.
ActionComedyRomance
City Hunter debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump No. 13 · 1985, on sale February 26, 1985. That same issue also carried Kochikame, Dragon Ball and Kinnikuman. Its last chapter in the magazine, number 336, ran in No. 50 · 1991 (November 19, 1991), after 6 and a half years of serialization.
1993–1994Writer & Artist
Under the Dapple Shade debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump No. 31 · 1993, on sale July 6, 1993. That same issue also carried Kochikame, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Dragon Ball. Its last chapter in the magazine, number 25, ran in No. 5 · 1994 (January 5, 1994), after 6 months of serialization.
1994–1995Writer & Artist
Rash!! debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump No. 43 · 1994, on sale September 27, 1994. That same issue also carried Kochikame, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Dragon Ball. Its last chapter in the magazine, number 17, ran in No. 9 · 1995 (January 31, 1995), after 4 months of serialization.
Dates are the day each issue went on sale in Japan. Open one to see the full issue: if it matches your birthday, that is your Jump.
