Hōjō

is a school friend of Kagome who has a very large crush on her. Kagome's school friends think that Kagome and Hojo should be together, but Kagome, while she is attracted to him, never took the dates he asked seriously even though she agreed, and every single time would either forget or bail out on the dates so that she could go back to the feudal era and be with Inuyasha.

Hojo is always under the pretense that Kagome has a fatal illness, due to the excuses Kagome's grandfather tells in order to keep Kagome out of school for long periods of time while she is in the Feudal Era. Because of this, Hojo is frequently seen giving Kagome traditional remedies and supplies for her various fictional illnesses. Sometimes her grandfather uses the gifts from Hojo on himself. When Hojo shares his family tree, they notice that one of his ancestor's name is Kagome.

In short, Kagome is attracted to Hojo, but in a friendly way. Hojo seems to be a girl magnet.

In the ending of The Final Act, Hojo is seen dating his college classmate after Kagome left for Fedual era to be with Inuyasha.

Triva

 * Hojo is a surname.
 * He renamed as Ah Ke-im in the Korean dub.