City Hunter - Season 1
Season 1
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DatesApr 6, 1987 - Mar 28, 1988
Episodes
Season 1Episode 130 min
粋なスイーパーＸＹＺは危険なカクテル
When the main indiscriminately kills people in Shinjuku area, Natsumi, sister of one of the victims hires Ryo Saeba to catch the killer.
Apr 6, 1987
Season 1Episode 230 min
私を殺して！！ 美女に照準は似合わない
Ryo's client is a daughter of a known scientist who developed a deadly microbe that could render humanity sterile. His client wants him to protect her at all costs while she develops a vaccine, but should she be captured, she wants him to kill her before terrorists can extract the knowledge of the microbe from her.
Apr 13, 1987
Season 1Episode 330 min
愛よ消えないで！ 明日へのテンカウント
A boxer is killed over a fight for a championship title, and Ryo must deal with the victim's rival obsessed with glory. At the same time, he must deal with the boxer's girlfriend, whose pain is not only in her heart, but also in her body as well.
Apr 20, 1987
Season 1Episode 430 min
美女蒸発！！ ブティックは闇への誘い
Ryo's partner Hideyuki is frantic over the disappearance of her sister Kaori as a spate of abductions of women have swept Shinjuku. As he is trying to find his partner's sister, he comes across a man who is not who he seems to be. Together, they must find the secret into the kidnappings.
Apr 27, 1987
Season 1Episode 530 min
グッバイ槇村雨の夜に涙のバースデー
Hideyuki is killed on Kaori's birthday as he refuses to do a request for the head of a powerful crime syndicate. Ryo must avenge his death.
May 4, 1987
Season 1Episode 630 min
恋しない女優希望へのラストショット
As Kaori takes over as Ryo's new partner, Ryo is called upon to solve a string of incidents involving actress Yumiko Sato. As he delves deep into the mystery, he comes across a powerful adversary, as well as a client who may have a deadly death wish.
May 11, 1987
Season 1Episode 730 min
心ふるえる銃声悲しきロンリーガール
Ryo's client is a man who wants to fake his own death to be free from a powerful politician so he could be reunited with his daughter. The man admits to be spineless but he is more than meets the eye. Ryo must masquerade as the hitman not only to save his client, but to ensure that the men working for the politician do not bother his client again.
May 18, 1987
Season 1Episode 830 min
美人に百発百中？！ 女刑事には手を出すな
A Police detective named Saeko Nogami hires Ryo to obtain a crown containing a microchip which has stolen top secret plans inside. While Ryo agrees to do his job, he awaits his ""payment"" which leaves Kaori confused as to how this payment would be applied.
May 25, 1987
Season 1Episode 930 min
ギャンブルクィーン華麗なる恋の賭け
Ryo must protect a lovely casino dealer as she prepares for a showdown with a rival syndicate in order to win her freedom. Meanwhile, Ryo is pitted against a powerful gambler who exploits Ryo's weaknesses to their fullest extent.
Jun 1, 1987
Season 1Episode 1030 min
危険な家庭教師? 女子高生に愛の手料理
Ryo is tricked into doing bodyguard work for the daughter of a Yakuza Boss being stalked by a biker team. Ryo realizes that the daughter is the leader of a female gang at her school, and finds there is much more than what the Yakuza boss is requesting.
Jun 8, 1987
Season 1Episode 1130 min
レオタード美女はチューリップがお好き
Ryo is requested to assist a female thief in stealing a black tulip from a fraudulent psychic. Kaori finds out that the psychic's butler has a crush on her and decides he may be helpful in obtaining the plant.
Jun 15, 1987
Season 1Episode 1230 min
子供は得だね！ 危険な国のモッコリ美人
Ryo must protect a woman and a young boy from another country from being abducted by foreign agents. Kaori soon discovers that the young boy's actions and demeanor are exactly as Ryo's.
Jun 22, 1987
Season 1Episode 1330 min
１６歳結婚宣言！ アイドルに熱いキッス
Ryo is assigned to protect young pop idol Nagisa from an unknown fanatic, however he is more interested in her female manager. However, it turns out that Nagisa is very attracted to Ryo and Ryo decides to use this to his advantage to ensure her safety.
Jun 29, 1987
Season 1Episode 1430 min
オレの敵は美女？ 史上最大の美女地獄！！
Saeko enlists the help of Ryo to solve the dissappearances of beautiful women in Shinjuku. The stakes are even higher when Kaori, mistaken for a beautiful woman, is also kidnapped. Ryo encounters the mastermind of the scheme, a supposedly beautiful woman who may not be who she seems to be.
Jul 6, 1987
Season 1Episode 1530 min
獠が女子大講師？ 麗しのお嬢サマを守れ
Ryo is requested to protect the daughter of a dead tycoon who claims that Ryo had saved her from kidnappers once before. As Ryo tries to find out who is trying to kill her, her stepmother comes up as a very likely suspect, but is being controlled by someone else.
Jul 13, 1987
Season 1Episode 1630 min
おきゃんスチュワーデス獠の教官物語☆
An old friend of Kaori's is being stalked by strange characters who are after strange looking watches that were slipped into her bag. Despite Kaori's efforts to keep her away from Ryo, Kaori is kidnapped by the men and Ryo and her friend must rescue her.
Jul 20, 1987
Season 1Episode 1730 min
夏の美人デザイナー獠の心はハイレッグ☆
Ryo is recruited by a famous fashion designer's assistant after her designs were stolen by her boss.
Jul 27, 1987
Season 1Episode 1830 min
夏の夜のお告げ？！ 祈祷師に恋の手ほどき☆
Corrupt businessman, an incompetent assassin, and a old lady complicates Ryo's job to protect a beautiful psychic.
Aug 3, 1987
Season 1Episode 1930 min
思い出の渚オーディションは危険がいっぱい
Ryo is asked to investigate threats made to women attending an audition for a film featuring a handsome actor. One of these ladies attending this audition is hoping to reunite with her long-lost father, the director of the movie.
Aug 10, 1987
Season 1Episode 2030 min
山から姫が降りてくる獠の長〜い一日☆
Ryo is hired to defend a jungle princess from members of her own tribe intent in breaking their isolation from the modern world.
Aug 17, 1987
Season 1Episode 2130 min
姿なき狙撃者！！ 獠と冴子の危険なゲーム
When Ryo finds himself in a hotel with Saeko, he is forced to accept a job to protect a former newspaper magnate from hitman that he hired himself.
Aug 24, 1987
Season 1Episode 2230 min
愛のキューピットダイヤモンドに乾杯！！
While snooping around a lingerie show, Ryo comes across a woman who stole a beautiful diamond necklace from a wealthy young man. The woman asks Ryo to be her lover, but Ryo is aware that there is more to her story than meets the eye.
Aug 31, 1987
Season 1Episode 2330 min
毒バチブンブン！！ 空から花嫁降ってきた
A bride literally falls into Ryo's lap and along with it, some goons hired by the jilted groom. While trying to sneak up on her during the middle of the night, Ryo gets stung by an experimental, but deadly bee. The bride does have the antidote, but as Kaori finds out, it has "terrible" side effects, most notably showing the feminine side of City Hunter.
Sep 7, 1987
Season 1Episode 2430 min
バラ色の入院生活？ 狙われた白衣の天使
In order to find out who is targeting a nurse who is due to be the recipient of a large inheritance, Ryo breaks his foot and ends up in the same hospital the nurse is staying. While Ryo must not tell the nurse that she is being targeted, he also finds out she does not have enough experience being a nurse.
Sep 14, 1987
Season 1Episode 2530 min
愛の国際親善？！ ライバルはブロンド美人
Ryo teams up with a beautiful American agent to find out who is smuggling tanks from Japan.
Sep 21, 1987
Season 1Episode 2630 min
愛ってなんですか？ 獠の正しい恋愛講座
When a father requests the services of City Hunter to protect his daughter from someone stalking her at work, he finds out that the stalker IS City Hunter. The father then requests that City Hunter convince her daughter to quit her job as he feels that she may be in danger of other stalkers. Ryo realizes that the young woman has lived a sheltered life and decides to teach her a few lessons in love.
Sep 28, 1987
Season 1Episode 2730 min
獠と海坊主の純情足ながおじさん伝説（前編）
Umibozu returns to ask Ryo to help him protect Maki, the daughter of his old mentor. Ryo learns of the story of Daddy Longlegs and that Umibozu has been supporting her from a distance. Ryo pretends to take Umibozu's place and then tries many opportunities to sleep with Maki.
Oct 5, 1987
Season 1Episode 2830 min
獠と海坊主の純情足ながおじさん伝説（後編）
Umibozu reveals that the man after Maki is Snake, a former comrade who betrayed Umibozu and her father. The final showdown between Umibozu and Snake takes place in a theater where Maki is performing in her concert. Ryo reveals to Maki who her "Daddy Longlegs" really is.
Oct 12, 1987
Season 1Episode 2930 min
依頼料は500円！？ メルヘン美人は獠好み
A young girl manages to convince Ryo to help her idol, a budding children's author, from corporate bullies representing a publishing firm. The price: 500 Yen.
Oct 19, 1987
Season 1Episode 3030 min
恋のライバル出現！？ 香さんをいただきます
A nephew of a missing wealthy explorer seeks Ryo's services to protect him from his aunt who seeks to obtain his uncle's fortune. However, the young nephew begins to have feelings of affection for Kaori. Kaori meanwhile, is using this opportunity to see how Ryo reacts to the presence of a "rival".
Oct 26, 1987
Season 1Episode 3130 min
バリバリラブ！ 乙女心を駈けぬけろ！
Ryo and Kaori come across two opposing jobs involving the same people. Kaori is hired by a member of a Biker Gang who wants her to pretend to be his girlfriend in order to deflect attention from the daughter of a tycoon. And Ryo is hired by the daughter to convince the biker to leave his gang and live a normal life.
Nov 2, 1987
Season 1Episode 3230 min
獠死なないで！！ ハードボイルドマグナム
When Ryo is hired by Saeko to bait a well known assassin, the assassin takes notice and issues a formal challenge to Ryo.
Nov 9, 1987
Season 1Episode 3330 min
がんばれ海坊主！！ ハードな初恋協奏曲
Umibozu is injured while protecting a female pianist with whom he has affection for. He enlists the help of Ryo to help protect the girl from a corrupt politician involved in a bribery scandal and who is trying to report the story in honour of her dead fiance.
Nov 16, 1987
Season 1Episode 3430 min
衝撃！！ 獠の父親宣言寝てる子は起こすな
A young girl comes up to Ryo claiming that he is her father. But this is all a ruse by a desperate mother to protect her from her late husband's father who intends to take her away from her mother. Ryo and Kaori both develop a bond with a little girl and Ryo realizes that the late husband's father is not as bad as portrayed.
Nov 23, 1987
Season 1Episode 3530 min
突撃美人キャスター獠の（秘）モッコリ取材
Ryo is assigned to protect a famous reporter as she tries to cover a report involving a corrupt politician and Yakuza.
Nov 30, 1987
Season 1Episode 3630 min
女子大生愛のツッパリ！ 誰かが私を狙ってる
Ryo must try to ascertain whether or not the adopted daughter of a wealthy tycoon is trying to kill herself. The daughter, however, maintains that it is her adopted father who is trying to kill her. In fact, this is part of an extortion scheme from parties unknown.
Dec 7, 1987
Season 1Episode 3730 min
新宿仁義一直線! 着流し美人は弟子志願（前編）
When Hoodlums try to harass the owner of Otora's cafe into selling her business, Ryo intervenes with the help of a young girl who claims to be a member of the Hanafubuki Gumi, a group representing honor and dignity. However, the hoodlums are members of the Hanafubuki Gumi themselves. When the daughter Kikunosuke asks Ryo to teach her about honor and the Japanese way, the Hanafubuki Gumi hoodlums return and kidnaps Otora. Ryo and Kikunosuke must rescue her and Ryo learns that Kikunosuke is the daughter of the leader of the Hanafubuki Gumi.
Dec 14, 1987
Season 1Episode 3830 min
新宿仁義一直線! 着流し美人は弟子志願（後編）
Cast away from the Hanafubuki Gumi, Kitoo and the other hoodlums plot to kill Kikunosuke's father and their former leader. Meanwhile, Kikunosuke, on orders from her father, boards with Ryo to learn more about dignity and honor. Kaori goes to Kikunosuke's father with a request to allow her daughter to live a normal life.
Dec 21, 1987
Season 1Episode 3930 min
プッツンかぐや姫！ 獠も手を焼く記憶喪失
Ryo runs into a woman who claims she has amnesia and gets notoriously drunk after one sip. Ryo deduces that the girl is not actually suffering from memory loss and is attempting to run away from an overwhelming fact.
Jan 4, 1988
Season 1Episode 4030 min
もっこりパートナー! 依頼料はシャワーの後で
Ryo is hired by a female "sweeper" who works for the insurance industry. Their goal is to recover a very expensive diamond stolen from a business tycoon. Once recovered, however, the owner of the diamond double-crosses them and kidnaps Aya. Ryo must rescue her with Kaori's help.
Jan 11, 1988
Season 1Episode 4130 min
冴子の妹は女探偵？（前編）翔んだ女の大胆秘密
A new private investigation agency opens next door and it is run by Reika Nogami, Saeko Nogami's younger sister. While Ryo makes constant advances towards her, he learns about Reika's blackmail tactics against Yakuza gangsters as well as the death of her former partner. He also learns that someone has ordered a hit on Reika herself.
Jan 18, 1988
Season 1Episode 4230 min
冴子の妹は女探偵？（後編）翔んだ女の大捕物帳
Reika explains to Ryo about how a corrupt police officer is interfering with narcotics investigations, and how her former partner was killed by the Yakuza and her desire to clear his name. This leads to a showdown against an expert marksman and also lands Ryo, Kaori, and Reika in Jail after being set up by the corrupt police officer.
Jan 25, 1988
Season 1Episode 4330 min
女心のクッキー記念日胸ボクロと初恋の唄
Ryo is requested to protect a famous poet from an increasing number of stalkers following her. When Ryo finds out that the men following her are not ordinary stalkers, he also finds out that his client is also not an ordinary girl.
Feb 1, 1988
Season 1Episode 4430 min
子供１００人に聞きました！？ 獠は僕らのヒーローだ
Two brothers have a handful as they deal with a pervert supposedly after their sister who works as a hairstylist. But when they discover a hidden stash of cash stolen in a robbery at a construction site, their sister is kidnapped by the robbers and they must turn to City Hunter for assistance. What they don't realize that the man after their sister is none other than Ryo himself.
Feb 8, 1988
Season 1Episode 4530 min
三姉妹は招くよ！ 獠ちゃんのスキー天国
Ryo is requested to take care of three sisters at a ski resort.
Feb 15, 1988
Season 1Episode 4630 min
盗ってもスリリング明日に向ってすれ！！
Ryo and Kaori run into Mariko, an old friend of Kaori's and an aspiring pickpocket. Out of concern for her friend, Kaori asks Ryo to try to convince her to give up pickpocketing. Ryo then issues a challenge: if Mariko can steal Ryo's Wallet, then Mariko can continue as a pickpocket. Otherwise she must quit the profession. Little do the three of them know that Mariko has been targeted by Yakuza after stealing a piece of jewelry containing secret files from a daughter of a Yakuza boss.
Feb 21, 1988
Season 1Episode 4730 min
モッコリが特効薬！？ 美女ハスラーと愛の球跡
Ryo is hired by Yuri, daughter of a famous pool player while she prepares for a match that may determine the fate of her father's pool club. Ryo discovers that Yuri is not a person who does well under pressure, and as such, tries to help her overcome this handicap during the match.
Feb 29, 1988
Season 1Episode 4830 min
春よこい恋未亡人! さぁ喪服をぬいで…
A Job referral from Saeko has Ryo protect the widow of a dead tycoon from an unknown extortionist. At the same time, the butler realizes that only Ryo can help the widow from letting go of her tragic loss.
Mar 7, 1988
Season 1Episode 4930 min
迷えるシスターもっこりは愛のお導き！？
Ryo runs into a young beautiful nun who has lost her cross after a night in the town.
Mar 14, 1988
Season 1Episode 5030 min
史上最強の敵!! 獠と香のラストマッチ（前編）
Kaori has a recurring nightmare regarding Ryo's impending death. Meanwhile, Umibozu narrowly escapes death at the hands of three siblings who are powerful assassins hired by the Lodos Mafia. Badly shaken and wounded, Umibozu tries to find Ryo. At the same time, Saeko and Reika hire Ryo to help them bust a smuggling ring headed by the Lodos Mafia at a large masquerade. The three assassin siblings notice and decide to use this to their advantage. Their target: to kill Ryo by using Kaori Makimura as a hostage.
Mar 21, 1988
Season 1Episode 5130 min
史上最強の敵!! 獠と香のラストマッチ（後編）
With Kaori Kidnapped by the three assassin siblings, the Lodos Mafia issues a formal challenge to Ryo. Ryo, with the help of Umibozu, infiltrates the Lodos Mafia boat in search of Kaori. Kaori realizes that her nightmares foretelling Ryo's death may be true.
Mar 28, 1988
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