{{short description|Japanese TV-series}} {{Infobox television | image = | alt_name = {{noitalic|{{lang|ja|プロハンター}}}} | genre = Detective Drama | runtime = 46 minutes (per episode) | country = Japan | language = Japanese | num_series = | num_episodes = 25 | company = NTV | network = NTV | director = Yasuharu Hasebe <br>Toru Murakawa<br>Keiichi Ozawa<br>Yoichi Saietc | starring = Masao Kusakari<br>Tatsuya Fuji<br>Kyōhei Shibata<br>Joe Shishido<br>Mayumi Ogawa | narrator = | theme_music_composer = Akira Ōtsu<br>Kazuo Takeda | end_theme = "Lonely Heart" by Creation | first_aired = {{start date|1981|4|7}} | last_aired = {{end date|1981|9|22}} }} {{nihongo|'''''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.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://thetv.jp/program/0000962637/ |publisher=ザテレビジョン|title=プロハンター| access-date= March 19, 2017 }}</ref><ref>NTV火曜9時 アクションドラマの世界 『大都会』から『プロハンター』まで P.432 {{ISBN|4907583346}}</ref><ref>映画監督 村川透 和製ハードボイルドを作った男 p,101-115 {{ISBN|9784907583705}}</ref> It ran for 25 episodes in 1981<ref>{{cite web|title=プロハンターとは|work=kotobank|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC-1709213|access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref> and won popularity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC-DVD-Collection-%E8%8D%89%E5%88%88%E6%AD%A3%E9%9B%84/dp/B074W4YTGC |publisher=アマゾン|title=プロハンター| access-date= March 19, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.toeich.jp/program/1TT000004902/201912 |publisher=東映チャンネル|title=プロハンター| access-date= March 19, 2017 }}</ref> Yoichi Sai made his debut as a director in the episode 15.<ref name="Dra"/>
==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.<ref name="Dra">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-18588 |publisher=DDB|title=プロハンター| access-date= March 19, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.toei-video.co.jp/catalog/dstd02403/|publisher=東映ビデオ|title=プロハンター| access-date= October 19, 2020 }}</ref>
==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
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Category:Japanese drama television series Category:Japanese police procedural television series Category:Detective television series Category:Japanese detective television drama series