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'''Hojo''' (北条 ''Hōjō'') is a character in the [[anime]] and [[manga]] series ''[[InuYasha]]''.
 
Hojo is a classmate of [[Kagome Higurashi]]. He likes Kagome and often tries to [[courtship|date]] her. Yuka, Eri and Ayumi have often conspired towards this end, firmly believing that Hojo is the most eligible boy in school, and far better for Kagome than her 'two-timer', InuyashaInuYasha.
 
Hojo is portrayed as a sweet, albeit naïve young man who completely believes Kagome's grandfather's false explanations that she misses school due to her many "strange illnesses". As a result, he often brings Kagome items from his family's store, such as therapeutic [[sandal (footwear)|sandal]]s or seat [[cushion]]s to help her feel better. He also helps Kagome with her studies; in Episode 89, "Nursing Battle of the Rival Lovers", Kagome prevailed upon the visiting Hojo to teach her everything she had missed in her math course in her efforts to pass a major impending exam. She begged him to do so because he had already taken that course, which indicates that Hojo is either older than Kagome and her friends, or that he is in a more advanced course of study.
 
Early in the [[InuYasha media and release information|series]], Kagome decides to go on a date with Hojo after a dispute with [[InuYasha (character)|InuYasha]]. However, she is so concerned about wounds that InuYasha sustained earlier that she ends the date early and returns to the Feudal Era to check on him. Kagome tried to give Hojo a chance early in the series, but by Episode 48, "Return to the Place Where We First Met", Kagome has realized that she loves InuyashaInuYasha and begins to resist her friends' urgings to date Hojo.
 
*''Hojo'' in this context is a [[Japan]]ese family name. Hojo's [[given name]] is never revealed.
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==Hojo Akitoki==
Akitoki Hojo Akitoki is an ancestor of Hojo and, due to the remarkable similarities between the two characters, is likely intended to be a previous incarnation of present-day Hojo. He is a clumsy, sweet, naïve young man who first appears in [[Inuyasha the Movie Two2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass]], as the keeper of a celestial robe which ishis onefamily ofhas thecommanded itemshim Kaguyato needscast tointo returnMount fromFuji, beyondlest theit fall into a demon's mirrorhands. He is quite taken with Kagome, but returns to his family without her after the robe is destroyed, which was his quest when he met Inuyasha and Kagome.
 
Akitoki appears once more in the series: in a story arc from Episodes 137 through 140. Similar to [[Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass|Castle Beyond the Looking Glass]], Akitoki has a demonic sword that belongedbelongs to his family, which he is on a quest to purify when he encounters InuyashaInuYasha and the others. By the end of the adventure, he encounters a beautiful young woman who looks quite similar to Kagome (not Kikyo, who is a past incarnation of Kagome and a clay reanimation of a dead woman). He proposes marriage to her on the spot and suggests that she change her name from Suzume to Kagome. It is this encounter, of which Kagome never learns, which leads to present-day Hojo's discovery of an ancestor named Kagome in his family tree. This discovery, revealed in Episode 137, sparks the idea that Kagome is meant to become Hojo's wife, but a spilled drink near the end of Episode 140 blurs the ink on the ancient document and forever erases the entry, which may be construed as Fate putting an end to that particular track for Yuka, Eri and Ayumi's campaign to get Kagome and Hojo together.
 
 
''This article is not a stub; there is very little information about this character available from the creators of the series.''
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