Daisuke Jigen

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| **Daisuke Jigen** | |
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| **Profile** | |
| Japanese name: | 次元 大介   (*Jigen Daisuke*) |
| English name: | Daisuke Jigen |
| Age: | Unknown |
| Gender: | Male |
| Height: | 178 cm |
| Weight: | 70 kg |
| Occupation: | Thief   Gangster |
| Aliases: | Kein Gejidasu (ケイン・ゲジダス ,*Kein Gejidasu*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) |
| **Statistics** | |
| First appearance: | [Lupin III vs. Detective Conan](/wiki/Lupin_III_vs._Detective_Conan "Lupin III vs. Detective Conan") |
| Appearances: | Chapters: (/wiki/Daisuke_Jigen_Appearances "Daisuke Jigen Appearances") Episodes: (/wiki/Daisuke_Jigen_Appearances "Daisuke Jigen Appearances") Movies: (/wiki/Daisuke_Jigen_Appearances "Daisuke Jigen Appearances") OVAs: (/wiki/Daisuke_Jigen_Appearances "Daisuke Jigen Appearances") Specials: (/wiki/Daisuke_Jigen_Appearances "Daisuke Jigen Appearances") Openings: (/wiki/Daisuke_Jigen_Appearances "Daisuke Jigen Appearances") Closings: (/wiki/Daisuke_Jigen_Appearances "Daisuke Jigen Appearances") |
| **Actors** | |
| Japanese voice: | [Kiyoshi Kobayashi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyoshi_Kobayashi "wikipedia:Kiyoshi Kobayashi") (Lupin III vs Detective Conan) |
| English voice: | [Richard Epcar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Epcar "wikipedia:Richard Epcar") (Lupin III vs Detective Conan) |
**Daisuke Jigen** (次元 大介 ,*Jigen Daisuke*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is a constant companion of [Lupin III](/wiki/Lupin_III "Lupin III") and the marksman of his gang.
## Contents
* [1 Character profile](#Character_profile)
* [2 Lupin III in *Detective Conan*](#Lupin_III_in_Detective_Conan)
* [3 Appellations](#Appellations)
* [4 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [5 See also](#See_also)
## Character profile[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Daisuke_Jigen&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Character profile")]
Main article: [Wikipedia:Daisuke Jigen](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke_Jigen "wikipedia:Daisuke Jigen")
In the original manga series, Jigen first appears in chapter 7, "Magician" (魔術師 Majutsushi), but with no background information provided. In the spin-off anime franchise (the "Red Jacket" series) it is revealed that he was born and grew up in the New York Bronx, where he developed his outstanding sharpshooting skills, but later relocated to Europe and joined the Italian Mafia.
However, Jigen eventually had an affair with Cicciolina, the wife of his boss. When her husband found out and tried to kill her, she accidentally ended up shooting him with his own revolver. Jigen took the gun - and thus the blame - on himself, evaded his Mafia pursuers and later joined the Chinese triads. Years later, with the aid of [Fujiko Mine](/wiki/Fujiko_Mine "Fujiko Mine"), Cicciolina arranged a meeting with Jigen and tricked him into killing her; this event sparked Jigen's disinterest in pursuing romantic interests as well as his decision to become a thief instead of a gunman. While he still uses his gun skills to kill men if he has to, he considers killing women and children a personal taboo.
Jigen eventually met and teamed up with the notorious master thief [Lupin III](/wiki/Lupin_III "Lupin III"), a coorporation which evolved into a deep mutual friendship. Jigen's weapon of choice is the Smith & Wesson Model 19 revolver - the gun which belonged to his late mob boss -, although he is skilled in any type of modern firearms.
## Lupin III in *Detective Conan*[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Daisuke_Jigen&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Lupin III in Detective Conan")]
* In the 2009 TV [crossover](/wiki/Crossover "Crossover") special ***[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan](/wiki/Lupin_III_vs._Detective_Conan "Lupin III vs. Detective Conan")***, Jigen is revealed to have been hired at one time to train the army and security forces of Vespania, which earned him a solid degree of trust in that country.
* In the 2013 ***[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie](/wiki/Lupin_III_vs._Detective_Conan:_The_Movie "Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie")***, Jigen hires his services as a bodygard to the Italian pop idol Emilio Baretti as part of an infiltration mission against Emilio's producer, Luciano Carnevale.
## Appellations[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Daisuke_Jigen&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Appellations")]
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| Picture | Name | What they call Daisuke Jigen | What Daisuke Jigen calls them |
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|  | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") | Jigen Daisuke Papa | Great Detective (*Meitantei*) |
|  | [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo") | - | Kudo Shinichi |
| Picture | Name | What they call Daisuke Jigen | What Daisuke Jigen calls them |
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|  | [Koichi Zenigata](/wiki/Koichi_Zenigata "Koichi Zenigata") | - | Zenigata |
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## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Daisuke_Jigen&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Trivia")]
* Jigen was modeled after actor James Coburn and his portrayals as a gunslinger, particularly in the movie *The Magnificent Seven*.
* Since 2021, he is voiced in the main *Lupin III* series by [Akio Otsuka](/wiki/Akio_Otsuka "Akio Otsuka"), who voices both [Yokomizo](/wiki/Yokomizo_Family "Yokomizo Family") inspectors in *Detective Conan*. His voice actor from 1987 [Banjo Ginga](/wiki/index.php?title=Banjo_Ginga&action=edit&redlink=1 "Banjo Ginga (page does not exist)") later voiced [Manabu Fujimaki](/wiki/Manabu_Fujimaki "Manabu Fujimaki") in "Detective Conan". Fujimaki appeared with Jigen in the same [crossover](/wiki/Crossover "Crossover") movie, but Fujimaki had a non-speaking appearance.