Asatani, Mitsuko

浅谷光子

A special investigator dispatched from Tokyo Police HQ to assist with the Cat's Eye cases. Asatani possesses a sharp intellect and a cunning personality, earning her status as an elite officer of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. She is an expert marksman, having won the All-Japan Air Pistol Championships, and is skilled in several martial arts, holding a 4th-degree black belt in karate and a 2nd-degree black belt in judo, which makes her more than a match for Hitomi. She is also quite beautiful, even being crowned a beauty queen during one of the Cat's Eye cases. She is among the first to suspect Hitomi as the true identity of Cat's Eye, but she never manages to find definitive proof. Her main weakness is that she must wear prescription glasses at all times, as she is practically blind without them.
While this is never really elaborated on in the TV series, the manga states that she has a secret crush on Toshio, much to Hitomi's chagrin.