Daisuke Jigen

Daisuke Jigen
Lupin III character
Jigen drawn by Monkey Punch
First appearance	Lupin III chapter 7: "Magician"
Created by	Monkey Punch
Voiced by	See Voice actors
Portrayed by	Kunie Tanaka (1974) Tetsuji Tamayama (2014)
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Aliases	Dan Dunn (Toho/Frontier dub of The Mystery of Mamo, TMS subtitled print of The Castle of Cagliostro) Jeff (Cliff Hanger)
Nationality	Japanese (original) Italian-American (some versions)

Daisuke Jigen (Japanese: 次元 大介, Hepburn: Jigen Daisuke^?) is a fictional character created by Monkey Punch for his manga series Lupin III, which debuted in Weekly Manga Action on August 10, 1967. Jigen is the trigger man, sharpshooter, aide-de-camp and close friend of Arsène Lupin III. Along with colleague Goemon Ishikawa XIII, he joins Lupin in pursuit of riches acquired typically by theft. Traveling across the globe, Jigen has garnered fame as a gunman with a wildly capable speed and accuracy.

According to Monkey Punch, the character was created as an American gangster based on actor James Coburn, especially his role in The Magnificent Seven. When the series was adapted into animation, the role was portrayed by Kiyoshi Kobayashi, the voice actor responsible for dubbing many of Coburn's roles into Japanese.

Jigen first appeared in chapter 7 of the manga "Magician" (魔術師, Majutsushi).

In the anime series, Jigen is an expert gunman who can shoot in 0.3 seconds with his Smith & Wesson Model 19. Although his M19 is his preferred weapon, he is skilled in a number of different firearms.

The character was portrayed by Kunie Tanaka in the 1974 Japanese live-action film Lupin III: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy. The 2014 feature film had Tetsuji Tamayama in the role.