She was also sent to Los Angeles in the United States with Miyuki as part of a foreign officer exchange program with the Los Angeles Police Department. During the Hachi-Ichi-Go crisis (Bee Number One in the dub of You're Under Arrest: The Movie), she and Miyuki proved themselves as law enforcers when they apprehended renegade police officer Tadashi Emoto as he tried to commit suicide by trying to jump from the top floors of the Tokyo Tower.
Due to her actions, Assistant Kaoruko Kinoshita moved her to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department with Miyuki as part of her specialized training program in enhancing officer's skills related to police work. Natsumi and Miyuki, later on in the series, broke the back of a car smuggling syndicate that operated by stealing luxury vehicles, leading to the group's disbanding. She was known to be infatuated with Detective Tokuno and the Kachou of the Traffic Division before meeting Shoji Tokairin, who became her rival and love interest. But for a short time, Natsumi was scouted by Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters to be part of a prototype female motorbike unit before declining an invitation to train further with them. She was partnered with Miyuki for a number of years. The two eventually met by accident when Natsumi was late for work during her first day on duty with the Bokuto Station. Not much information is revealed in the story, though she had lived in Asakusa before enrolling in the Metropolitan Police Department Academy and became classmates with Miyuki Kobayakawa before being dispatched elsewhere in the Greater Tokyo Area. HistoryĪccording to the information in the You're Under Arrest series, Natsumi was born on August 12, 1975.
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She is also the only person in this series able to consistently defeat Strikeman's fastballs and is called Home-Run Woman by Strikeman for this very reason. Her strength and her familiarity with hand-to-hand combat complement Miyuki's brilliant mind in creating devices or modifying known vehicles very well, making her and Miyuki famous throughout Bokuto Station. Natsumi is also familiar with judo and kendo, being able to defeat her opponents during training sessions. In the manga version, this car operates with double engines. She uses the wrecked motorbike's engine, modifying the car to make its operation follow closely to that of a motorbike. This car is then thoroughly renovated and heavily modified by Miyuki into a patrol car. She is subsequently tricked into buying a Subaru R-2, which is in a near-non-functioning state.
When off-duty, she operates a Yamaha RZV motorbike until it is damaged beyond repair during later part of the first season. It is prominently labeled "NATSUMI" (in the Nihon-shiki transliteration system) before her first day at Bokuto in the beginning of the first anime, later re-coloured and re-labeled "POLICE" in the later appearances and on the Bandai Model kit of the Honda Today. She keeps a mini-moped, a Honda Motocompo (JR-2) in Miyuki's Honda Today squad car and uses it when a flanking strategy is required. Despite having many bad habits, she is a very capable police officer and does her job seriously when needed. Natsumi has a prodigious appetite for food and alcohol, and has been known to show up at work with a hangover. She often demonstrates superhuman strength second only to Shoji Tokairin and is a motorcycle enthusiast, capable of high-risk maneuvers on both bikes and mopeds. She is very outgoing as well as very laid back. Natsumi is an officer stationed at the fictional Bokuto Station in Tokyo's Sumida Ward.
Natsumi showing off her superhuman strength to stop a teenage voyeur from escaping.