Pro Hunter

{{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
Toru Murakawa
Keiichi Ozawa
Yoichi Saietc

| starring = Masao Kusakari
Tatsuya Fuji
Kyōhei Shibata
Joe Shishido
Mayumi Ogawa

| narrated =

| theme_music_composer = Akira Ōtsu
Kazuo Takeda

| endtheme = "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.{{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 }}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}}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}} It ran for 25 episodes in 1981{{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}} and won popularity.{{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 }}{{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 }} Yoichi Sai made his debut as a director in the episode 15.