Arsene Lupin III

Arsène Lupin III
Lupin III character
Lupin drawn by Monkey Punch
First appearance	Lupin III chapter 1: "Dashing Appearance of Lupin III"
Created by	Monkey Punch
Voiced by	See Voice actors
Portrayed by	Yūki Meguro (1974) Shun Oguri (2014)
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Aliases	Cliff (Cliff Hanger) The Wolf (Streamline dub of The Castle of Cagliostro) Rupan III (AnimEigo dub of The Fuma Conspiracy and subtitled print of Legend of the Gold of Babylon) Wolf III (Manga UK dubs of The Mystery of Mamo and Goodbye Lady Liberty)
Relatives	Arsène Lupin (grandfather) Arsène Lupin II (father)
Nationality	French-Japanese (original) French (some versions)

Arsène Lupin III (Japanese: ルパン三世, Hepburn: Rupan Sansei^?) (pronounced /luːpɨn/ or /luˈpɑːn/) is a fictional character created by Monkey Punch as the protagonist for his manga series Lupin III, which debuted in Weekly Manga Action on August 10, 1967. According to his creator, Lupin is the grandson of Maurice Leblanc's Arsène Lupin.

Acknowledged across the globe as the world's number one thief, Lupin is a master of disguise, marksman, prime mover, mission engineer, and inventor of numerous handy gadgets. His fun-loving, foolhardy incongruity covers a brilliant mind always extemporizing and re-evaluating. As such, he has been responsible for heists no right-minded individual would believe possible. While occasionally arrested and jailed, typically by his ICPO nemesis Inspector Zenigata, he always succeeds in escaping unharmed. The original manga differs significantly compared to the family-friendly anime incarnations through its explicit depictions of sex and violence, with Lupin's character also differing as a result. Additionally, he and his famous gang, beautiful Fujiko Mine, cool triggerman Daisuke Jigen and uber-samurai Goemon Ishikawa XIII, while they rarely work together in the manga version, are none the less an inseparable team in the TV anime and the various films and OVAs.