Nambu Model 60

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==Background==
The Nambu Model 60 is a double/single-action, solid-frame, swing out cylinder revolver. The Model 60 was adapted from the Smith & Wesson Model 36 to be the standard-issue handgun for Japanese police officers. Nearly 60 years on, the Model 60 is still performing this role, as regular uniformed police in Japan simply do not need a more powerful handgun. For situations when more firepower may be required, Japan's Special Assault Teams have a wide range of modern semi-automatic firearms available, such as the Smith & Wesson 3913, Heckler & Koch USP, Glock 19, SIG-Sauer P226 and Beretta 92FS Vertec.
In typical Japanese fashion, the Nambu Model 60 was produced with precision and attention to detail. This makes it very accurate for such a short-bareled revolver, being able to achieve 50-mm (2") target groupings at 25 meters in single-action operation. Its accuracy was such that a sporting model called the New Nambu Model 60 Sakura was planned. This would have had features like a weighted 153-mm (6") barrel and adjustable rear sights for more accurate target shooting, but the Sakura never progressed past the prototype stage.
When distinguishing a Model 60 from the S&W Model 36, things to look for are the distinctive Bakelite butt, which has a flare to accommodate the user's pinky, behind which is a lanyard ring. As an aside, the butts on airsoft replicas are usually made out of more modern plastics, which helps to distinguish them from genuine Model 60s. There is also the barrel, which has a very distinctive taper towards the point where it meets the frame. Compare this to the Model 36, whose barrel only has a slight taper that is constant from muzzle to frame. The Nambu's front sight is also shorter than that of the Model 36; while the snub-nose Model 36 has a front sight that goes back almost to the frame, the snub-nose Model 60's front sight is truncated around the middle of the barrel's exposed section. It should never be assumed that just because a piece of media is set or even filmed in Japan, a Model 60 is being used by Japanese police characters. Genuine Model 60s are very hard to get hold of as movie props, and thus the S&W Model 36, or even bigger six-shot revolvers like the Colt Detective Special are used as substitutes. Do note that the former has been used by Japanese law enforcement agencies to replace their old Model 60s in recent years.
==Specifications==
(1960-1999)
Type: Revolver
Caliber: .38 Special
Overall Lengths: 198 mm (7.80 in); 300 mm (11.8 in) (Sakura)
Barrel Lengths: 51 mm (2.01 in); 77 mm (3.03 in); 153 mm (6.02 in) (Sakura)
Weight: 685 g (24.2 oz); 850 g (30.0 oz) (Sakura)
Capacity: 5-round cylinder
Fire Modes: Double/Single-Action
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===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Tiger on the Beat 	Chow Yun-Fat 	Inspector Francis Li	Snub-nose 	1988
Tiger on the Beat 	Conan Lee 	Michael Tso 	Snub-nose 	1988
Sumo Vixens 	 	Police 	 	1996
Wizard of Darkness II 	Akira Otani 	Takanashi 	 	1996
Wizard of Darkness II 	Yasushi Higuchi 	Policeman #1 	 	1996
Wizard of Darkness II 	Takumi Yuda 	Policeman #2 	 	1996
Wizard of Darkness II 	Wataru Shihôdô 	Saiga 	 	1996
Cat's Eye 	uncredited 	Yan 	 	1997
Cat's Eye 	 	police officers 	 	1997
Cure 	Denden 	Oida 	 	1997
Eyes of the Spider (Kumo no hitomi) 	 	Policemen 	 	1998
Cross Fire 	Ryûji Harada 	Yasuaki Makihara 	 	2000
Cross Fire 	Kaori Momoi 	Chikako Ishizu 	 	2000
Cross Fire 	Toshiyuki Nagashima	Yoshihiro Hasegawa 	 	2000
Cross Fire 	Renji Ishibashi 	Police Sergeant 	 	2000
Cross Fire 	Hideaki Itô 	Tada Kazuki 	 	2000
Cross Fire 	 	Police officers 	 	2000
Versus 	Yukihito Tanikado 	Cop 	 	2000
Suicide Club 	Ryo Ishibashi 	Toshiharu Kuroda 	 	2001
Suicide Club 	Hideo Sako 	Hagitani 	 	2001
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack	 	police officer 	 	2001
Muscle Heat 	Ikkei Watanabe 	Asakura 	Snub-nose 	2002
Cutie Honey 	Ryo Iwamatsu 	Officer Tokimura 	Snub-nose 	2004
The Great Yokai War 	Yu Tokui 	Police Officer 	 	2005
Scrap Heaven 	Ryô Kase 	Shingo Kasuya 	 	2005
Scrap Heaven 	Jô Odagiri 	Tetsu Katsurai 	 	2005
Death Note 	 	Police 	 	2006
Death Note 2: The Last Name 	Takeshi Kaga 	Soichiro Yagami 	 	2006
Zero Woman R 	Shun Sugata 	Agent 	 	2007
Zero Woman R 	 	Police officers 	hostered 	2007
Zombie Hunter Rika 	 	Policeman 	 	2008
Heaven's Door 	Tomokazu Miura 	Insp. Hasegawa 	Seen only in holster	2008
Heaven's Door 	 	Policemen 	 	2008
When They Cry: Reshuffle 	 	Police Officers 	In holster 	2009
Blood: The Last Vampire 	Huang Yonggang 	TMPD Officer 	In holster 	2009
Helldriver 	Fujisaki Ken 	Policeman #1 	 	2010
Helldriver 	Imaniyasuhisa 	Policeman #2 	 	2010
Helldriver 	Kazuki Namioka 	Kaito 	 	2010
Yakuza Busting Girls: Final Death Ride Battle 	Rena Komine 	Junko 	 	2010
Yakuza Busting Girls: Final Death Ride Battle 	Asami Sugiura 	Asami 	 	2010
Yakuza Hunters 2: The Revenge Duel in Hell 	Porche Okite 	Murakawa 	 	2010
Lust of the Dead 4 	Shoji An 	Saori 	 	2014
Lust of the Dead 5 	Iona 	Chika 	 	2014
Lust of the Dead 5 	Meguri 	Nozomi 	 	2014
Lust of the Dead 5 	Momoha 	Akira 	 	2014
ABCs of Death 2 	Aki Morita 	Kana Miyazaki 	 	2014
As the Gods Will 	 	Police 	In holster 	2014
===Television===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode 	Date
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun	Ken Izawa 	Det. Michio Inaba 	 	2006
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun	 	police 	 	2006
Hell Girl 	 	policeman 	"The Epitaph of Lies" (E05)	2006-07
KochiKame 	Shingo Katori 	Kankichi Кyotsu 	 	2009
KochiKame 	Masatô Ibu 	Daijiro Ohara 	 	2009
KochiKame 	 	Police officers 	 	2009
Boss 	 	officers in the Metro Police Department	 	2009
Humanoid Monster Bem 	Takumi Saitoh 	Shinoyama Yutaka 	(Ep. 05) 	2011
Humanoid Monster Bem 	 	Policemen 	 	2011
Kamen Rider Wizard 	extras 	Police Officers 	Airsoft replica 	2012-
Nobunaga Concerto 	Toshiyuki Nishida	Saitō Dōsan 	 	2014
Tokyo Vampire Hotel 	 	Police 	 	2017
Kamen Rider Amazons 	Ryo Tanaka 	The officer/Amazon 	"NEO" (s02ep01) 	2017
Giri/Haji 	Hideto Katsuya 	Toshio 	third episode 	2019
24 Japan 	Toshiaki Karasawa	Genba Shido 	"Day 1: 0:00 - 1:00" 	2020-21
24 Japan 	Chizu Lee 	Kimie Yokota 	"Day 1: 3:00 - 4:00" 	2020-21
24 Japan 	Ryunosuke Azuma 	Kazuhiko Minami 	"Day 1: 3:00 - 4:00" 	2020-21
Tokyo Vice 	Ken Watanabe 	Hiroto Katagiri 	 	2022
===Video games===
Game Title 	Appears as 	Mods 	Notation 	Release Date
Siren 	".38 caliber revolver" 	 	 	2003
Forbidden Siren 2 	"New Nambu .38 Calibre Revolver"	New model	 	2006
Yakuza series 	 	 	Modelled in police officers' holsters	2006-present
Siren: Blood Curse	".38 Caliber Handgun" 	 	Incorrectly holds 6 bullets 	2009
Persona 4: Arena 	 	 	 	2012
Judgment series 	 	 	Modelled in police officers' holsters	2019-present
Cruelty Squad 	"New Safety M62" 	 	 	2021
===Anime===
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| Violence Jack: Evil Town ||Det. Kawamori, Blue Kid, Aira Mu || || 1986
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| rowspan=4 | You're Under Arrest! - Season 1||Natsumi Tsujimoto||File #1 "And So They Met"|| rowspan=4 | 1994 - 1999
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| Chie Sagamiono||rowspan=2 | File #15 "Game! Chie Sagamiono's Rematch"
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| Yoriko Nikaidou
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| Japanese Police Lieutenant || File #21 "A Bank Robbery Evaluation Manual"
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| rowspan=2 | Kochikame||Ryotsu|||| rowspan=2 | 1996 - 2005
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| Tokyo Metropolitan Police||
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|Case Closed - Season 1|| Inspector Juzo Megure || Ep. "The Mysterious Shooting Message Case" || 1996
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|Hyper Police || || || 1997
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|Psycho Diver: Soul Siren||Security Guard||||1997
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| rowspan=5 | Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target||Conan Edogawa || rowspan=4 |snub nose|| rowspan=5 | 1998
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| Kogoro Mori 
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| Jo Murakami 
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| Ninzaburo Shiratori 
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| Japanese Police officer || snub nose; holstered
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|Devil Lady || Police || "Heart" (E24) || 1998-1999
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|Case Closed - Season 5 || || Ep. "The Naniwa Serial Murder Case" || 1998 - 1999
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|Case Closed - Season 6 || Miwako Sato || Ep. "Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 2 (Part 1)" || 1999
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|Magic User's Club||Police||||1999
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|Kochikame, The Movie||Police||||1999
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| Case Closed - Season 7 || Tomoaki Okuda || Ep. "The Secret of the Moon, the Star, and the Sun (Part 2)" || 1999 - 2000
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| rowspan=3 | Case Closed - Season 8 || Wataru Takag || Ep. "Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3 (Part 2)" || rowspan=3 | 2000
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| Juzo Megure || rowspan=2 | Ep. "The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaito Kid"
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| Shinichi Kudo
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|Oni-Tensei - The Demon Collection||Detective Reiko Kure, Man, Police|| ||2000
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| rowspan=2 | Ojamajo Doremi # || Witch Mota || "Hana and Pop Both Take Exams!" (Ep.37) || rowspan=2 | 2000-2001
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| Police officers || "Onpu is Overtaken! The Road to Becoming an Idol!" (Ep.41)
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|WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3||Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department officer||||2001
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| Case Closed - Season 10 || Japanese police officers || Ep. "The Man from Chicago (Part 2)" || 2001 - 2002
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| Digimon Tamers || Police || || 2001 - 2002
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| rowspan=3 | Kochikame|| Asano |||| rowspan=3 | 2002 - 2003
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| Youko Nakajima ||
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| Japanese Police officers ||
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| rowspan=2 | Case Closed - Season 11 || Miwako Sato || Ep. "Trembling Metropolitan Police Headquarters and 12 Million Hostages" || rowspan=2 | 2002 - 2003
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| Japanese Police officers ||
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| Mermaid's Forest || Police officer || "Mermaid Forest (Part I)" (E04) || 2003
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| Heartwork: Love Guns || Kaminada || "Taboo..." (Ep. 3) || 2003
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|Burn-Up Scramble||||||2004
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|Madlax||||||2004
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|Elfen Lied||Security guard||first and tenth episode||2004
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|Bible Black: New Testament||Yamanashi||Ep.04 - "Recollection" ||2004 - 2007
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|Karas||Shinjuku Police||||2005-2007
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|Case Closed: The Private Eyes' Requiem||Police officers||||2006
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|Death Note||a few characters||||2006
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|When They Cry||Ōishi Kuraudo||||2006
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|Case Closed: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure||Assistant Inspector Miwako Sato||snub nose||2007
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|You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle|| Japanese Police officers || File "Prologue of Racing" ("Reunion") || 2007
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|Shigofumi: Letters from the Departed || Police officer || "Rocket" (E02) || 2008
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|Yozakura Quartet|| Nadeshiko Matsudaira, Police || || 2008-2014
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| rowspan=3 | Case Closed - Season 17 || Kazuma Shiroyama || rowspan=3 | Ep. "Shinichi's True Face and Ran's Tears" || rowspan=3 | 2008 - 2009
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| Fake Shinichi Kudo
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| Heiji Hattori
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|Hell Girl||Tsuzuki Kinya||||2009
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|The Skull Man||Otomo Police Department||||2009
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| Case Closed: The Raven Chaser || Assistant Inspector Miwako Sato || snub nose || 2009
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| rowspan=2 | Case Closed - Season 18 || Wataru Takagi || rowspan=2 | "The Old Scar and the Inspector's Soul" || rowspan=2 | 2009 - 2010
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| Eiki Nabei 
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| Un-Go || Japanese police officers || || 2011
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| Nichijou - My Ordinary Life || Mr. Yasuzou || || 2011
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| Shiki || Mr. Yasuzou || || 2011
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| Persona 4: The Animation || Toru Adachi || || 2011 - 2012
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| rowspan=3| Case Closed: Private Eye in the Distant Sea || Assistant Inspector Miwako Sato || rowspan=3 | snub nose || rowspan=3 | 2013
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| Sergeant Wataru Takagi
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| JMSDF sailors
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| rowspan=2 | Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie || Miwato Sato || rowspan=2 | snub nose || rowspan=2 | 2013
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| Sergeant Wataru Takagi
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| Case Closed - Season 22 || Assistant Inspector Miwako Sato || Ep. "The Jet-Black Mystery Train (Final Destination)" || 2013
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| rowspan=3 | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure || Japanese police officers || rowspan=2 | S2E1, "A Man Possessed by an Evil Spirit" || rowspan=2 | 2014
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| Jotaro Kujo
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| Ryohei Higashikata || Non-firing replica; S4E2, "Josuke Higashikata! Meets Angelo" || 2016
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| Sword Art Online II || || || 2014
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| Brynhildr in the Darkness || police officers || || 2014
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| Persona 4 Golden: The Animation || Toru Adachi || || 2014
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| Terror in Resonance || Tokyo Metropolian Police officers || || 2014
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| Tokyo ESP || Tokyo Metropolitan Police officers || || 2014
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| rowspan=3 | Magic Kaito 1412 || Inspector Ginzo Nakamori || Ep. 04 "A Great Detective Steps Into the Light" || rowspan=3 | 2014 - 2015
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| Police Inspector Juzo Megure || rowspan=2 | Ep. 06 "Black Star"
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| Shinichi Kudo 
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| rowspan=5 | Case Closed - Season 24 || Miwako Sato || rowspan=2 | Ep. 04 OP sequence "WE GO"|| rowspan=5 | 2014 - 2015
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| Ninzaburo Shiratori
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| Kazunobu Chiba || rowspan=3 | "The Manipulated Great Detective (Part 1)"
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| Juzo Megure
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| TMPD officers
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| Daily Life with a Monster Girl || Japanese Police officer || || 2015
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| Aoharu x Machinegun || Tōru || || 2015
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| Assassination Classroom || Terasaka, Hayami, Chiba || || 2015
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| Triage X || officers || || 2015
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| Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought There || Tokyo Metropolitan Police officers || || 2015
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| Ace Attorney || Reiji Mitsurugi || || 2016
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| Ajin || Japanese police officer || || 2016
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| Bungo Stray Dogs || Junsa Sugimoto || Ep. 05 "Murder on D Street" || 2016
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| Bungo Stray Dogs || Japanese Police officers || Ep. 20 "Though the Mind May Be Wrong" || 2016
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| rowspan=5 | Case Closed - Season 26 || Assistant Inspector Miwako Sato || rowspan=4 |OP sequence "Sekai wa Anata no Iro ni Naru"; snub nose|| rowspan=5 | 2016 - 2017
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| Sergeant Wataru Takagi 
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| Sergeant Kazunobu Chiba
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| Inspector Ninzaburo Shirator
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| Fune Shimao || Ep. "The Seven People in the Waiting Room"
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| Case Closed - Season 27 || Inspector Tetsuya Takajo || snub nose || 2017 - 2018
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| Zombie Land Saga || Japanese Policeman A || Ep. 01, 02, 11 || 2018
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| rowspan=4 | Case Closed - Season 28 || Assistant Inspector Miwako Sato || rowspan=4 |snub nose|| rowspan=4 | 2018 - 2019
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| Sergeant Wataru Takagi 
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| Sergeant Kazunobu Chiba
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| Japanese Police officers
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| Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka || Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department officers || || 2019
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|Jujutsu Kaisen 0 || Policeman || || 2021
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| rowspan=2 | Higurashi: When They Cry - Sotsu || Detective Ōishi Kuraudo || "Curse-Revealing Chapter, Part 5" (E11) || rowspan=2 | 2021
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| police officers || "Cotton-Revealing Chapter, Part 2" (E05)
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|Lycoris Recoil
|Japanese police officer
|Ep. 10 "Repay evil with evil"
|2022
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| Jujutsu Kaisen - Season 2 || Police officer || "Evening Festival" (S2E07) || 2023
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===Animation===
Title 	Characters 	Notation	Date
Hit-Monkey - Season 1	Hiroshi, Haruka, Shinji Yokohoma	 	2021
==See Also==
* Minebea - A list of all firearms manufactured by Minebea.
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Category:Revolver