Pro Hunter

Pro Hunter (プロハンター) was a Japanese comedy-action police TV series. It starred regulars Masao Kusakari, Tatsuya Fuji, Joe Shishido, Mayumi Ogawa, with Kyohei Shibata as a semi-regular.^[1][2][3] It ran for 25 episodes in 1981^[4] and won popularity.^[5][6] Yoichi Sai made his debut as a director in the episode 15.^[7]

Pro Hunter
Also known as	プロハンター
Genre	Detective Drama
Directed by	Yasuharu Hasebe Toru Murakawa Keiichi Ozawa Yoichi Saietc
Starring	Masao Kusakari Tatsuya Fuji Kyōhei Shibata Joe Shishido Mayumi Ogawa
Theme music composer	Akira Ōtsu Kazuo Takeda
Ending theme	"Lonely Heart" by Creation
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	25
Production
Running time	46 minutes (per episode)
Production company	NTV
Original release
Network	NTV
Release	April 7 (1981-04-07) – September 22, 1981 (1981-09-22)

Plot

Former detective Jun Mizuhara and former Journalist Shunsuke Ryuzaki set up office as a private detective agency " M&R Tantesha" in Yokohama.　Their cases are always dangerous but not profitable.^[7][8]

Cast

• Masao Kusakari as Shunsuke Ryuzaki (Ryu)
• Tatsuya Fuji as Jun Mizuhara (Mizusan)
• Joe Shishido as Detective Yuzo Kikushima
• Kyōhei Shibata as Goto
• Nenji Kobayashi as Detective Goro Kido
• Yuko Natori as Yumi
• Mayumi Ogawa as Reiko Tachibana