When there is a spate of random shootings in Shinjuku, a sister of one of the victims wants Ryo to catch the killer and bring him to justice. But Ryo can tell that there is much more than justice tha…

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 s…

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 o…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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 leav…

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 weakn…

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 …

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 …

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.

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 decid…

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 th…

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…

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 kidna…

Ryo is recruited by a famous fashion designer's assistant after her designs were stolen by her boss.

Corrupt businessman, an incompetent assassin, and a old lady complicates Ryo's job to protect a beautiful psychic.

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 fathe…

Ryo is hired to defend a jungle princess from members of her own tribe intent in breaking their isolation from the modern world.

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.

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…

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 d…

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 …

Ryo teams up with a beautiful American agent to find out who is smuggling tanks from Japan.

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 co…

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…

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 i…

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.

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 Kao…

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 d…

When Ryo is hired by Saeko to bait a well known assassin, the assassin takes notice and issues a formal challenge to Ryo.

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…

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. Ry…

Ryo is assigned to protect a famous reporter as she tries to cover a report involving a corrupt politician and Yakuza.

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. I…

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 hon…

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 mo…

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 ov…

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 diam…

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 tactic…

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 …

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 clien…

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 si…

Ryo is requested to take care of three sisters at a ski resort.

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 cha…

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…

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 …

Ryo runs into a young beautiful nun who has lost her cross after a night in the town.

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 sha…

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 realize…

After helping to protect a young girl named Akemi from some ruthless thugs, she insists that Ryo is her future husband and that they were destined to be married. While Ryo is able to get away, Akemi d…

Ryo discovers that Akemi is being targeted by a professional assassin named the Silver Fox. Ryo must protect her while helping her get out of a career in entertainment.

Humiliated in their last encounter, the Silver Fox pledges revenge against Ryo. He issues a formal challenge to Ryo by saying that he has targeted Kaori, Ryo's "lover" for death and that Ryo must prot…

Kaori seeks hiding from the Silver Fox with Umibozu. She then catches Ryo babbling to Saeko babbling about how Kaori is just crazy about him and how he does not really care about her and that Kaori is…

While doing research for a hardcore mystery novel, the publishing company sends a bodyguard to guard Azusa while she completes her book. Her adventures include visiting friendly Yakuza, an interview w…

After stealing a supposed forgery of a masterpiece, the daughter of a famed artist requests Ryo's services to help her expose her father's former protege as a fraud.

Ryo and Kaori travel to an isolated tropical island to help a young girl protect the ecologically sensitive island from thugs looking to harvest its valuable mineral resources.

While shopping for dates, Ryo comes across a young woman who decides to parade him in front of her country-living father in order to convince her father that she is seeing someone and wants to stay in…

Ryo and Saeko's date is interrupted by the discovery of a known fraud, and the subsequent traffic stop by a beautiful traffic cop. Meanwhile, Kaori finds that she was ripped off into buying a fake des…

Ryo is hired to protect Princess Alma, an apparently bratty young but smart girl, as well as her servant, the beautiful Salina. When Ryo initially refuses to do the job, Princess Alma offers to give h…

Kaori tries to convince Ryo to find Salina (who is really Princess Alma). But when the real Salina is kidnapped by the perpetrators, Ryo, still unaware of the identity switch, must save her from the t…

Ryo is requested to find out who has targeted Kumi, a popular female wrestler. At first Ryo believes her "rival" may be responsible but learns that an unknown party is trying to manipulate Kumi.

Suffering from a toothache, Ryo reluctantly visits a dental clinic and has his cavity addressed by the dentist Sayuri. But at the same time, thieves are trying to bust into Sayuri's practice hoping to…

Ryo meets Shoko, a young girl who believes money is everything and is better than love. While Ryo tries to turn Shoko's attitude around, he has to contend with three men attempting to court her on beh…

Umibozu asks Ryo to take care of a young American girl named Kathleen Heywood. However, Ryo realizes that Kathleen is actually out to kill Umibozu in revenge for her father's death. The Arrival of kno…

Despite suffering numerous injuries, Umibozu disappears to take on Dandy Jack, who was responsible for the death of his former partner who was Kathleen's father. Kathleen goes back to Dandy Jack's cha…

An airliner is hijacked and all of the women are being held captive. After assisting in dealing with the hijackers, Ryo makes off with Misa Williams, unaware that she is the daughter of the leader of …

General Jimetil, formerly of the Pamela Republic, flies to Tokyo as an exile. At the same time, his personal guard tries to make a strike against Ryo in order to acquire Misa as a stake against her fa…

Kaori accepts a job to protect an old man and his vintage bottle of wine from an unscrupulous wine collector. Ryo however, refuses to take the old man as his client. So when Kaori decides to take on t…

When two brothers make an attempt on Ryo's Life, Kaori pushes Ryo out of the way only to suffer a head injury and amnesia as a result. Ryo realizes that he himself may be responsible for Kaori's predi…

Ryo decides to take on Saeko's request to assist a not-so-beautiful female police officer in training for an Olympic event. Ryo realizes the young officer is being targeted by a man with a grudge, whi…

Ryo meets Yoko Fuyuno, a reporter intent in writing a story about the exploits of the City Hunter. Ryo realizes that if Yoko writes her story, his cover would be blown, so he tries many ways to convin…

Yoko is furious about the drug bust and realizes that the City Hunter was involved. While on a search at the scene, she is accosted by members of the Unryu-Kai gang who have a grudge against Ryo and r…

To restore the honor of an Iga Ninja Clan, a female ninja decides to challenge Ryo, entering the duel with less then stellar skills. However, she is flanked by three ninja cohorts who plan to present …

Ryo is requested to guard Keiichi Kashiwagi, a witness in an important court case. Ryo resists until he is given a proposal to meet Keiichi's twin sister Keiko, to which Ryo gleefully accepts. But Kei…

After a Shooting Range accident, Ryo finds out that Keiichi and Keiko are in fact the same person. But Ryo decides to hide this fact from Kaori. When Ryo makes advances towards Keiko while she is in h…

Nelson, an Interpol Agent approaches Kaori over allegations that Kaori's deceased brother had smuggled drugs and hidden information regarding a drug smuggling route. The accusations against Hideyuki p…

Ryo suspects that Interpol Agent Nelson may in fact be in league with the revived Red Pegasus drug cartel. After a boat chase, the information of the drug smuggling route is revealed, the route ends a…

A girl named Maiko refuses to have a life-saving operation unless she sees the hero of her dreams, an unknown man by the name of Tetsu. In fact, Tetsu is trying to join a Yakuza group, and Ryo must sa…

When a car bomb gravely injures a young girl, Saeko is furious and vows to bring down the people responsible. In order to do so, she must secretly request Ryo's help to bring down a robbery gang. The …

Ryo's old friend Robert Harrison arrives in Tokyo for some sightseeing, but with an important job to take care of, Ryo decides to let Robert in on his mission: to protect Princess Angela of the Felida…

The Villa explodes, and while the Princess and the peace talk participants are able to escape, Robert appears to have been caught in the blast. Ryo tracks down General Marukido and is prepared to kill…

A request is made for Ryo by a woman to track down her future sister-in-law named Sakura, a girl who is involved with a biker gang. Currently, the woman's husband, Sakura's older brother has been kidn…

It is revealed that a branch of the Hong Kong mafia is interested in the plates. Ryo and Sakura is able to bust out of the mafia compound and Umibozu also walks out after realizing the men who hired h…

Ryo is hired by the daughter of a well-known tycoon so that he can train her in preparation of a mission to retrieve her kidnapped father.

Two prisoners break out of prison and end up at a Soba Noodle Shop where Ryo is eating Soba Noodles that are of poor quality. The proprietor, a young woman, accepts a request from one of the prisoners…

Kaori makes plans to throw a party for the orphans at Kusunoki house but Ryo refuses to participate. When she finds out that Kusunoki house is to be closed down by the owner of the land, Mr Ookouchi, …

It turns out that the document that Ookouchi is looking for is not the land ownership certificate, but a black leather pocketbook which is a ledger for Ookouchi's shady dealings. Also, Hitayoshi revea…

Ryo finds that he is being targeted by an unknown assassin when Umibozu clues him in on what's going on: Miki has found Umibozu and wants to marry him. However, Umibozu has set up a bet: if she can sh…

Ryo continues to evade Miki's attacks as Kaori requests Umibozu to stop the bet and marry Miki. Umibozu responds with a statement that makes Kaori believe that Ryo has a mistress (when in actuality, h…

Ryo's client is a young girl with a unique telepathic ability to read minds. However, Ryo is smitten by the girl's nanny, a woman with martial arts skills. The young girl, Sara, is entranced by Ryo an…

Sara is instantaneously jealous of Kaori's love for Ryo, but is able to come to terms with her feelings and cements a friendship with Kaori. Meanwhile, henchmen try to hire Umibozu to kill City Hunter…

Ryo runs into Kasumi Asoh, the "flying tush object" he met several years earlier. Kasumi is now 19 and is set to go into an arranged marriage in which she wants no part of. She thus masquerades Ryo as…

His mokkori "kidnapped", Ryo must try to defeat Takeshi in a showdown between thieves by stealing a magic mirror. But when Takeshi is able to obtain the mirror using another hypnotic trick, Ryo does n…

During a visit to Hideyuki's grave, Ryo comes across a woman visiting a grave being accosted by two men. It turns out that the woman, Ayako, was visiting the grave of her late husband, a Yakuza boss. …

It turns out that a rival Yakuza group is fighting Ayako's group for control over a large park. When the rival group starts a fire in the park, Ryo assists the friendly Yakuza in preventing a disaster…

Ryo notices that he is being watched by Kozue, a 12 year old girl confined to a wheelchair. When he pays her a visit, Kozue remarks that he is the second person to notice her, the first being a myster…

Kozue begins to enjoy life with Ryo and decides to try to set him up with her older sister. Meanwhile, Ryo finds out that Kozue was wounded by an unknown man who had killed another over a deal gone ba…

Kaori discovers Ryo in bed with another woman and angrily leaves him as a result. Ryo, with no recollection of the events the night before, decides to strike it up with this woman. What he does not re…

After Ryo, Saeko, and Umibozu are able to thwart an ambush set up by Sarah, her group, the Black Army, makes a ransom demand to the Japanese government with the threat of blowing up a nuclear bomb in …

Reika calls up Ryo to go on a date. At the same time, she refers Kaori to a fortune teller. There, the fortune teller informs Kaori that she may be a danger to the one she loves the most, Ryo.

A woman named Sayuri Tachiki approaches Saeko with a request to meet her long lost sister, who happens to be Kaori. Because Kaori does not know the truth of her existence, Ryo decides to take Sayuri o…

Sayuri takes Kaori shopping and gives her a complete makeover. As they are proceeding back to the apartment, they are kidnapped by unknown strangers. Ryo is able to determine that the men responsible …

Ryo has an unfortunate encounter with a schoolgirl as Kaori interviews a potential client asking the City Hunter to protect his grand-daughter, Kimiko. It turns out Kimiko is the same girl whom Ryo ha…

Three men decide to lure Kimiko to a trap by offering to tell her the truth about Kimiko's long lost father. When Kimiko goes missing, her grandfather comes out with the truth: that Kimiko is indeed t…

A dancer named Maiko rents out the apartment adjacent to Ryo and Kaori. Already she is worried not only about Ryo's advances but the fact that an unknown person appears to be in her apartment when she…

After causing destruction at the audition, Ryo and Kaori are made to stay at the show as stagehands without any compensation. Things get complicated when two men stage thefts of female underwear and p…

Ryo refuses a job request from Saeko to protect young King Nalio from assassins. Ryo and Kaori discover that Nalio is a spoiled brat who has everyone do everything for him and who also has his own per…

Ryo trains Nalio in matters of maturity and the way of being independent. They then proceed to dispose of the assassins sent by Nalio's uncle.

Kaori receives a strange job request from a female magician who requests that her protector be a woman herself. Ryo sees that this is due to her having a phobia of men in general. As a result, Ryo res…

On the day of Kasumi and Miki's birthday, Ryo finds that his former partner, Rosemary Moon, aka Bloody Mary, has arrived in Tokyo and has requested Ryo to show her around town. Immediately, Mary takes…

Kaori confronts Ryo with the knowledge of his past and reconciles with him by giving him a birthday. When Kaori is knocked out by a nasty fever, Ryo leaves with Mary to show her around town. Immediate…

On her way to take on David Clive, the terrorist who is holding her lover hostage, Bloody Mary finds out that Kaori has snuck in the vehicle with a large cache of weapons. The duo proceed to bust into…

Ryo and Kaori protect a Rubirian Embassy worker striving not only to salvage the environment of her homeland, but also to expose a smuggling ring in which a Rubirian Embassy Environmental official is …

Ryo and Kaori attempt to protect a female lawyer marked for death by a corrupt developer, after an electronic databook is accidentally left in her possession.

While Ryo has his gun taken away from creditors for failing to pay his rent, he is hired by a beautiful woman who is the owner of her own large company to appear on TV with her. It turns out that this…

Ryo receives a strange request from Aiko, a female private investigator, to teach her how to fire a gun. At one point, Aiko gets horribly drunk after one cocktail, slugs Ryo and steals his gun, only t…

Aiko's uncle is revealed to have staged his accident in order to convince his niece to quit her job as a private investigator, however it is revealed that he knows nothing about the present threats ag…

Miki and Umibozu get into an argument over Miki's desire to keep a stray kitten, knowing Umibozu's fear of cats. Miki walks out on Umibozu and is then kidnapped by a wealthy suitor looking for a poten…

Ryo is hired to protect a female assistant of a famous French Explorer from thugs. Ryo learns that she has been unable to keep a relationship because of embarrassing situations she happens to get hers…

Ryo comes across a college girl who is a fan of detective movies, and tails Ryo for a chance to see some action, not knowing Ryo's lecherous tendencies. However, it turns out the college girl has been…

Ryo is hired by a female weather reporter to protect her against a deranged fan.

Ryo and Kaori receive a strange request from the head of the Yamaoka family looking to retrieve his daughter, Tsubaki from the son of the rival Umino family, Kazuhiko. It appears that Tsubaki and Kazu…

Tsubaki and Kazuhiko attempt to flee their country to evade the wrath of their parents but are attacked by a helicopter in the process. However, they are saved by Ryo who manages to take down the heli…

On the anniversary of the death of his friend, Robert Harrison, Ryo gets royally drunk and notices a woman watching him. This woman turns out to be Sophie Silverman, who represents an international fi…

Sophie Silverman is revealed to be the fiance of Robert Harrison and reveals her intentions of avenging his death. After seriously wounding Ryo, Sophie kidnaps Kaori as bait for a future showdown. Whi…

A plane carrying drugs and a wanted woman crashes into Ryo's apartment which forces him and Kaori to sleep on the same bed.

Kaori overhears a phone conversation between Ryo and Saeko after which she realises that she has rented her room to a detective whose motive is to arrest Ryo.

Ryo comes across a stuntwoman named Yuki who is trying to get her memory back by performing dangerous stunts. She believes Yuki is being hypnotised by someone.

Ryo is chased by the police as they think he is the underwear thief. He escapes with the help of Miyuki.

Ryo stumbles upon a pretty ghost named Ami Asaka who tells him that she was murdered by a serial killer. She hires him to protect her younger sister.

Ryo comes clean about the fact that he pretended to be Ami's fiance to get close to Mami which infuriates her. She gets a letter from Ami who asks her to trust him.

Kaori befriends an Austrian orphan, Hans Zeigfried who is a professional killer and dying from a fatal disease. Kaori is abducted by Hans' enemies.