Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo

by Yum!Yum!ORANGE (eps. 325-367)
* Ending Themes
#nihongo|Smile|スマイル by Hoff Dylan (eps 1-12)
#nihongo|Ii koto aru sa|いいことあるさ by The Collectors (eps 13-38)
#nihongo|Lady no Yume wa Mangekyō|淑女（レディー）の夢は万華鏡|A Lady's Dream is a Kaleidoscope by Megumi Okina (eps 39-72)
#nihongo|Buway no Biya Biya|ブウェーのビヤビヤ by George Tokoro (eps 73-124)
#Kyun by Kanae (eps 125-145)
#nihongo|Kimi to Boku|君と僕|You and Me by The LOVE (eps 146-153)
#nihongo|Kimochi Dayo|気持ちだよ|A Feeling! by Takuro Yoshida (eps. 154-163)
#nihongo|Mainichi, No Problem|毎日、ノープロブレム|Everday, No Problem by Ono (Rieko Miura) & Naoko (Kanako Mitsuhashi) (eps. 164-176; 178-208)
#nihongo|Robo Keiji Banchou no Uta|ロボ刑事番長の歌|Robot Detective Boss' Song by Kankichi Ryotsu (LaSalle Ishii) (ep. 177)
#nihongo|Oide yo Kameari|おいでよ亀有|Come to Kameari by Kankichi Ryotsu and The Kochikame Chorus (eps. 209-247)
#nihongo|Nice na Kokoroiki|ナイスな心意気|Nice Disposition by Arashi (eps. 248-274; 282-293, 335-353)
#nihongo|Natsu ga Kita! (Diamond Head) - [Nagisa no Ojou-sama] yori|夏が来た!（Diamond Head） - 「渚の女王様」より|Summer is Here! (Diamond Head) - From [The Shores of Ojou-sama] by Ojou-sama (eps. 275-281)
#nihongo|Tetsu and Tomo's "Nandedarō" ~Ryō-san version~|テツandトモのなんでだろう～両さんバージョン～ by Tetsu and Tomo (eps. 294-305)
#nihongo|Tetsu and Tomo's "Nandedarō" ~Kochikame version~|テツandトモのなんでだろう～こち亀バージョン～ by Tetsu and Tomo (eps. 306-315)
#Hai, Irasshai ("Yes, Welcome") by Nice Guy Jin (eps. 316-325)
#nihongo|Katare! Namida!|語れ! 涙!|Speak! Cry! by Sex Machinegun (Anchang)（eps. 326-334)
#nihongo|Jugemu ~Kochikame Version~|ジュゲム～こち亀バージョン～ by Kankichi Ryotsu & Oh-Edo Typhoon (eps. 354-366)

The real-life Kochikame

Kameari Koen is an actual park in Tokyo's Katsushika ward; the police box is fictional but modeled after a real one located on the north side of Kameari railway station. The manga has brought considerable fame to the neighborhood, and draws sightseers from all over Japan to a (usually vacant) police box in a nondescript residential neighborhood. There is only a vacant lot where the police station is actually supposed to be located.

In February 2006, a life-size bronze statue of Ryo-san was erected in front of Kameari station.

eptember, 2006: Kochikame Anniversary

On the 30th anniversary of Kochikame's serialization in September, 2006, Ryo-san made a cameo in every serialized manga currently in Weekly Jump; most notably, he had a full appearance as a marine in "One Piece" (chapter 427), as a spectator of the Taiyo/Hakushuu football game in "Eyeshield 21", as a crazed citizen in "Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro", as a zombie in "Gintama" (also emphasized in the animated version of the chapter) and drinking alongside Don Patch in "Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo". At the same time, a special manga known as nihongo|Super Kochikame|超こち亀, |Chou Kochikame was published featuring the Kochikame characters in special chapters of series such as "Golgo 13", "Lupin III", "Kinnikuman" and "Dragon Ball", as well as congratulatory pics from over 80 mangaka, many from Weekly Jump authors past and present, but also from other Shueisha mangaka and even from manga artists not associated with Shueisha such as Hiromu Arakawa ("Fullmetal Alchemist") and Jyoji Morikawa ("Hajime no Ippo"). Notable congratulatory drawings include a Bankai challenge with Ichigo in "Bleach" (saying his pistol is his Bankai because of the "BANG!!" sound of his pistol), having his face on the Hokage Mountain of Leaf Village in "Naruto" and even solving the "Kira" crisis in "Death Note".

Special Chapters
*1. Golgo 13 (The Holiday Runner) - Ryo-san and Nakagawa are on vacation in France when Ryo-san's luggage gets mixed up with Golgo 13's. So they chase after him in order to retrieve it.
*2. Lupin III (Kankichi Ryotsu vs. Lupin III) - Ryo-san, Nakagawa, Reiko, and Bucho must prevent Lupin and the gang from stealing a diamond from a museum.
*3. Kinnikuman (Seigi Choujin's Great Rendezvous in Kameari) - Kinnikuman and the Idol Choujins head to Kameari in order to fight Akuma Choujins, but each end up getting arrested for various reason.
*4. Dragon Ball (Kochira Namek-Sei Dragon Kōen-mae Hashutsujo) - Ryo-san, having been reassigned to Planet Namek, runs across Freeza and tries to arrest him for parking his UFO illegally. Vegeta and Goku make appearances as well.
*5. Shinsetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Pyuu to Fuku! Jaguar, Taizo Mote King Saga, Maison de Penguin (Ryo-san vs. Don Patch!! Jump Gag All Stars' Great Panic in Katsushika) - Don Patch, jealous of the attention Ryo-san is getting during the 30th Anniversary Celebration, tries to steal Ryo-san's statue. So Bo-bobo, Jaguar, and Taizo help Ryo-san stop him.

See also

*Koban (police box), See picture that a koban modeled for this manga

External links

* [http://www.j-kochikame.com/ Japanese Kochikame website]
* [http://jump.shueisha.co.jp/kame/ Shueisha Kochikame website]
* [http://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/kotikame/index.html Fuji TV Kochikame website]