The protagonist of City Hunter. Ryo is a combat expert, having fought as a guerrilla in numerous conflicts alluded to throughout the series, and has a long history of working in the underground. He carries a Colt Python. His mysterious past starts with him being the only survivor of a plane crash in Central America as a toddler. The crash left him an orphan in a rebel village during a civil war, prompting him to learn to fight at a young age. As a result, he has very little information on his true parentage, or even his birthdate. (Later, Kaori Makimura unilaterally declared March 26 his birthday, as that was they day they first met). After the war he ended up in the United States, where he worked as a hired gun, but eventually he found his way to Tokyo, Japan. There he formed the "City Hunter" team with Hideyuki Makimura (Kaori's brother), and it's sometime after that where the manga/TV series' timeline begins.

A young Taiwanese assassin codenamed "Glass Heart" committed suicide by jumping off a building, and her heart was pierced by metal fence. Miraculously, her life was saved by heart transplantation. During her recovery she began to experience strange dreams, which lead her to Japan looking for the donor of her heart, who happens to be Kaori Makimura, former partner of City Hunter Ryo Saeba. 
The author mentioned in the first tankoubon volume that Angel Heart only shares the same characters of City Hunter but not it's continuation. The events are all parallel universe, therefore it has nothing to do with City Hunter. (Source: Wikipedia)

**Favorites:** Role - Ryo Saeba
**Hobbies:** Computers, Driving and Photography
**Skills & Abilities:** Bass Guitar
**Non-anime roles:**
~!Akira Hibiki in "Super Robot Wars" (VG) 
Blacky in "Popful Mail" (VG) 
Bo Duke (voiceover for John Schneider) in "Bakuhatsu! Duke (The Dukes of Hazzard)" (TV) 
Chandler Jarrell (voiceover for Eddie Murphy) in "The Golden Child" (movie) 
Conrad 'Con' Jarrett (voiceover for Timothy Hutton) in "Ordinary People" (movie) Dale 'Mac' McKussic (voiceover for Mel Gibson) in "Tequila Sunrise" (movie)
David Herdeg (voiceover for Michael Paré) in "The Philadelphia Experiment" (movie) Dyhalt in "Langrisser III" (VG) 
Gren Cuts in "Tobal No. 1" (VG)
Iago in "Aladdin and the King of Thieves" (Disney animated movie)
Iago in "Aladdin" (Disney animated movie) 
Iago in "Kingdom Hearts" (VG)
Iago in "The Return of Jafar" (Disney animated movie)
James Bond (voiceover for Pierce Brosnan) in "GoldenEye" (movie) 
James Bond (voiceover for Pierce Brosnan) in "Tomorrow Never Dies" (movie) 
Joe Shimamura/009 in "Cyborg 009" (Radio Drama) 
John Neville (voiceover for Tommy Lee Jones) in "Eyes of Laura Mars" (movie)!~

Ryo Saeba works the streets of Tokyo as the City Hunter. He's a "sweeper" and with his sidekick Kaori Makimura, he keeps the city clean. People hire the City Hunter to solve their dangerous problems, which he does with a Colt Python. When Ryo's not working on a case, he's working on getting the ladies, and Kaori must keep him in check with her trusty 10 kg hammer.
 
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1988 KBS VOICE ACTOR in KOREA.

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A new island resort has been built in Tokyo bay, and it is run by one of the world's most powerful super computers. The City Hunter gang has been invited to the grand opening party, but only Miki &amp; Kaori have gotten there. Soon, they and the rest of the party goers are taken hostage by an exiled South American dictator called General Gillium. Now it's up to Ryo and Umibozu to free the hostages, and prevent Gillium's daughter from using the super computer to launch a nuclear attack on the USA.
 
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City Hunter, Saeba Ryo, after months of idleness, finally scores a client and it is none other than the beautiful Mega City TV newscaster, Sayaka, who fears for her life. What's more, the enemy are her employers who are ready to resort to any means necessary to kill her. Ryo takes on the might of a TV station in a bid to save Sayaka, but finds that all is not what it seems...

Ryo Saeba (aka the City Hunter), is a private detective in the city of Tokyo. Together with sidekick Kaori Makimura, Ryo is hired by actress Emi Makaze to find her long lost brother. The woman's brother turns out to be "The Professor", a dillusional ex-soldier who's planing to destroy the Shinjuku district of Tokyo. Kaori is assigned to guard Emi, but they both get caught up in the Professor's scheme. The City Hunter must save them, without allowing downtown Tokyo to be destroyed.
 
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Beautiful American Emily O'Hara offers the City Hunter (Ryo Saeba &amp; Kaori Makimura) one million dollars to protect her from a man named Douglas. Ryo &amp; Kaori take the job, but things are not quite what they seem. The real target just might be Ryo, but it's unclear who wants Saeba dead.
 
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James McGuire has a dream. He wants to become the president of Guinam and free his people from the military rulers who have been in power up until now. However, one thing stands in McGuire's way: his past. And it's beginning to catch up with him, endangering not only his career, but the life of his long lost daughter. McGuire hires the City Hunter, Ryo Saeba and his partner Kaori to protect his daughter Anna, who herself is a Secret Service agent assigned to bodyguard the presidential hopeful.

Ryo Saeba is a "sweeper" in the city of Tokyo. His works as a trouble shooter, cleaning the streets of vermin, and helping out desperate people. Sometimes he's a bodyguard, sometimes he's an assassin, whatever Ryo does he does it well. In fact his only flaw is his hormones - he loves the ladies and sometimes turns into an idiot when he's near them. Thankfully he's got people like his sidekick Kaori Makimura to keep him in check. 
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

A young Taiwanese assassin codenamed "Glass Heart" committed suicide by jumping off a building, and her heart was pierced by a metal fence. Miraculously, her life was saved by heart transplantation. During her recovery she began to experience strange dreams, which led her to Japan looking for the donor of her heart, who happens to be Kaori Makimura, former partner of City Hunter.


Ryo Saeba is a sniper and private eye ("sweeper") based in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, who possesses unrivaled marksmanship and an over-the-top obsession for the opposite sex. He and his partner Kaori Makimura serve as bodyguards and perform other duties for his clients. Their latest client is Ai Shindo, a model who's being attacked by mysterious people and unknowingly holds the key to a vast city-wide conspiracy.
 
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Ryo Saeba is back as the City Hunter, a "sweeper" (private detective) working on the streets of Tokyo. He and sidekick Kaori Makimura are hired to solve the problems of desperate people. When Ryo is not using his sharp shooting skills against bad guys, he's aiming his sites on pretty ladies. Kaori uses a giant anti-ecchi hammer to make sure he behaves

Brother of the voice actors [Emanuela Rossi](https://anilist.co/staff/204647) and [Massimo Rossi](https://anilist.co/staff/96185), and cousin of the voice actors [Laura Boccanera](https://anilist.co/staff/96205) and [Fabio Boccanera](https://anilist.co/staff/95779).

A beautiful pianist comes to Tokyo for a charity concert, and City Hunter is there. But music isn`t his forte; he wants lessons in the language of love. Desperation becomes the word of the day as the bodies start dropping. A foreign dignitary is assassinated in cold blood. Secret agents scour the streets for a missing microchip. Diplomatic infighting swirls around the upcoming concert, and City Hunter is the only hope! 
(Source: AnimeNfo)

Ryo Saeba is a "sweeper" know as the City Hunter. He and his sidekick Kaori Makimura are hired to solve problems that the police can't (or won't) handle. When he's not keeping the streets of Tokyo clean, Ryo is chasing the ladies, and Kaori chases after him with a giant anti-ecchi hammer.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

Ryou Saeba and his long-suffering partner Kaori are out to make the streets of Shinjuku safe for the weak, the poor, the down- trodden, the... Well, actually, Ryou’s just hoping for a little mokkori from a grateful client. And Kaori’s just hoping her 100-ton hammer is big enough to get Ryou’s mind off the girls and on his job. With a bevy of beautiful women and a host of dastardly villains hanging around, City Hunter’s got to be ready for any kind of action! 
 
(Source: Discotek)

New movie project to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the City Hunter TV anime: The Final Chapter Begins.

A DVD special bonus for those who purchase all 12 volumes of City Hunter XYZ Edition.

Volume 1: Tenshi no Okurimono (天使の贈りもの) [1988-11] 
1. Tenshi no Okurimono (天使の贈りもの ) - Weekly Shounen Jump #34, 1988 
 Masahiro and Kyouko are two childhood friends who meet again at university. After a disastrous date, Masahiro discovers that at the train station he is being chased by a girl who keeps calling him "daddy". 
2. Ore wa Otoko da! (おれは男だ!) - Weekly Shounen Jump Special Issue #8, 1980 
 Tsukasa Hojo's debut work.
 Shou is the representative of the students of an all-boys high school, a faithful follower of tradition and with great animosity towards the female sex. Iwasaki is the representative of St. Carolina Academy, open-minded and progressive. What will happen if the two are forced to live together? 
3. Neko-manma Okawari (ネコまんまおかわり♡) - Weekly Shounen Jump #34, 1986 
 A Parody of "Tsuru no Ongaeshi" (鶴の恩返し) with a cat as a main character.
 Yuuichi is a photographer who makes a living by taking scandalous photos of celebrities. One day, while photographing a couple in a hotel, he saves the life of a white cat. That's how he meets Miku, the owner, a young woman with whom he begins to spend a lot of time, but never beyond midnight.... 
4. City Hunter - XYZ (シティーハンター - XYZ -) - Weekly Shounen Jump #18, 1983 
 [City Hunter](https://anilist.co/manga/30792/City-Hunter/) pre-serialization
 Ryo Saeba will have to deal with the protection of a young girl, whose father decided to commit suicide after discovering a bacterium that causes infertility, and can be a terrible weapon in the wrong hands. 
5. City Hunter: Double Edge (シティーハンター - ダブル-エッジ -) - Fresh Jump #2, 1984 
 Ryo Saeba, a beautiful actress and... Jack the Ripper? 
 
Volume 2: Sakura no Hana Saku Koro (桜の花咲くころ) [1993-5] 
6. Sakura no Hana Saku Koro (桜の花 咲くころ) - Weekly Shounen Jump #3-4. 1993 
 A prequel/pilot to the series Komorebi no Moto de. 
7. Family Plot (ファミリー・プロット ) - Weekly Shounen Jump #11, 1992 
 Losing your memory is not only painful for themselves, but also for people who love you. Hideyuki, a photographer, tries to find the memories that bind him to his son and the woman he loved.
 Pilot of Family Compo. 
8. Taxi Driver - Weekly Shounen Jump #6, 1990 
 A story about a vampire who works as a night taxi driver. His victims are his clients…or so it should be, for his good heart often remains with dry mouth, and when a young girl asks for his help, the real trouble begins. 
9. Shoujo no Kisetsu - Summer Dream (少女の季節 -サマー ドリーム- ) - Weekly Shounen Jump #39, 1992 
 Misako was always afraid of water, a distant memory that resurfaces in her dreams, until she finds herself trapped in a strange realm, somewhere between her dream and her past…. 
 
Volume 3:The Summer the Boys Were There: Melody of Jenny (少年たちのいた夏~Melody of Jenny~) [1996-2] 
10. Aozora no Hate - Shounentachi no Senjo (蒼空の果て -少年たちの戦場- ) - Weekly Shounen Jump #16-17, 1995 
 Two brothers are pilots fighting for the Japanese during WWII. The older is an experienced ace; the younger has just finished his training. But it is the younger one who is assigned to a mission that will change his life. 
11. Shounentachi no Ita Natsu ~Melody of Jenny~ (少年たちのいた夏 〜Melody of Jenny〜 ) - Weekly Shounen Jump #28-29, 1995 
 A group of kids in an encampment, set up by the Japanese government during WWII to house and school children, escape in hopes of returning to their families in Tokyo. Along the way, they meet an American who has been living in Japan for the past ten years and agree to travel together, but... 
12. American Dream - Weekly Shounen Jump #36-37, 1995 
 In 1935 in San Francisco, the San Francisco Stars hosted a series of baseball exhibition games with a Japanese baseball team. Amid the increasingly racially tense atmosphere of that time period, ace pitcher Murakawa meets Johnny, an American scout, and Yuu, a Japanese girl living in the States. Amazed by his skills, Johnny asks Murakawa if he wants to pursue the American dream...