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Assassin

Arsene Lupin III

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The world-renowned Emperor of Thieves, who was killed just ten years prior to the war.

Action Dad: Finds he's become this when Fujiko reveals they have a daughter.
Awesome by Analysis: He can use his Eye For Art to determine the identity of any object he's looking at after a few seconds.
Back from the Dead: At the end of the war, he's able to fully resurrect.
Combat Pragmatist: He uses a lot of gadgets and heavy weapons in battle, since he has no supernatural powers beyond what's normal for a Heroic Spirit.
Faking the Dead: He has a Noble Phantasm that lets him do this once a day against an opponent. He also pulls off a more mundane version alongside Kirei when they're both targeted by Pycal.
Happily Married: He eventually marries fellow thief Rebecca Rossellini, mostly to find his daughter Riko a new mother.
Impossible Thief: Not so much in what he steals, but how he steals it. Thanks to his status as a Heroic Spirit, he's able to use his natural thieving skills to bypass supernatural security such as Bounded Fields. That said, he does have a Noble Phantasm that lets him steal other Noble Phantasms.
Living Lie Detector: Thanks to his Discernment of the Poor, Lupin can tell the true nature of any human just by looking at them.
Master of Disguise: Thanks to another of his Noble Phantasms. And since it's supernatural, there's no method to remove it.
Odd Friendship: During the Grail War, he strikes up a friendship with the gentlemanly Jonathan/Saber.
Worthy Opponent: He finally finds a challenge on his side of the law in the form of Phantom Thief Joker, a new up-and-comer with impressive talent and skill.

Avenger

Evan Pettiwhisker Tildrum

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The King of Evermore, a kingdom in an alternate realm called the Ni No Kuni.

Always a Bigger Fish: He demonstrates to Pycal that he is in way over his head and his practical illusions are not going to protect him in a world of true supernatural powers.
Armor-Piercing Response: When Kayneth mentions seeing Waver during the fight between Jonathan and Lancer and still having the nerve to call Waver a failure, Evan reminds him that if Waver summoned a Servant for the war, that means the Grail does not agree with his assessment. That actually gets Kayneth to start reevaluating his ideologies.
Foil: To Rider. Both have such loyalty from their followers, the resulting combined prana allows them to create Reality Marbles, something normally only accessible to magic users or demons. But while Rider only brings his army, Evan brings his entire kingdom into the war, giving him far more resources to pull from. In addition, both sought to Take Over the World, but Rider only did so because he wanted to and used conquest to take each region he arrived in. Evan did so in order to end all wars and create an era of peace using diplomacy to make permanent allies. And while neither truly succeeded in life, Rider died thinking he had succeeded, while Evan died knowing his son would finish what he started.
Older Than They Look: Despite having been summoned in his preteen form, he's actually closer to middle age.
Real Name as an Alias: Unlike Jonathan or Lupin, Evan can freely use his real name since he's from an alternate reality.
Relationship Upgrade: It turns out Tani had become his wife and queen during his reign.
Royals Who Actually Do Something: Up until the final chapters of the story, he does all his fighting by himself or atop Loftwind.
What Might Have Been: Evan notes that his father Leonhard had originally wanted his advisor Mausinger to be the next king of Ding Dong Dell (which would make sense since the Kingmaker system meant right to rule wasn't decided by bloodline succession), but the other ministers pushed for Evan to be the next king due to prejudice against the mousekin race. Evan can't help but wonder how different his adventures through Ni No Kuni would have been if his father's plan had gone through.

Berserker

Toshinori Yagi

Stand: One For All

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A hero from the far future going under the code name All Might.

His Stand, One For All, is named after the jazz sextet One For All, and grants Toshinori the combined physical power of the Stand's previous users, as well as copies of any Stands the previous users may have had at the time of receiving One for All.

Adaptation Expansion: He uses a couple new Smashes he didn't have in canon, such as the Orlando Smash.
Adaptational Badass: Thanks to becoming a Heroic Spirit, he's no longer weakened by his fight with All For One or passing One For All to Izuku Midoriya.
Expy: An in-universe example, as Gilgamesh compares their first battle to fighting Enkidu.
Finishing Move: Since in his current form he's at max power and a little more, his United States of Smash turns into this.
Hidden Depths: For a man his size, he is amazingly good at stealth.
Nigh-Invulnerability: As expected of the former Symbol of Peace and current Berserker, All Might laughs when Pycal's homunculus tries to slash him with her sword, only for the blade to break off against his skin.
One Hero, Hold the Weaksauce: His Mad Enhancement is at the lowest level, only giving him a minor power boost, but in exchange he keeps his sense of reason.
Real Name as an Alias: Since he's from the distant future, Toshi is free to go by his real name when not acting as Berserker.

Archer

Gilgamesh

The King of Heroes from Ancient Babylon.

Berserk Button: Stealing from him. Lupin presses it several times, just for fun.
Closest Thing We Got: He had wanted to switch to Kirei as a Master, like in canon. But when Lupin stole several of his treasure swords, he decided to settle for Tokiomi, feeling he wouldn't be able to keep his temper in check while in the same room as Lupin.
Graceful Loser: When All Might defeats him, all he says is an offer to fight again in a future war.
Groin Attack: Gets hit by this from Jonathan of all people. Needless to say, he's not happy that the royal jewels got damaged.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Delivers a harsh one to Lancer about literally every other Servant in the war being more capable than him.
Torso with a View: He dies when All Might hits him with a full force United States of Smash right through his chest.
Worthy Opponent: How he ultimately views the other Servants save for Lancer. Even Lupin earns his respect, once his rage at being stolen from comes full circle.

Lancer

Diarmuid Ua Duibhne

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A Celtic hero with a cursed mark that makes most women fall in love with him on sight.

Brainless Beauty: How Sola-Ui sees him, though she admits she wouldn't think that if his cursed mark was actually affecting her.
Dies Differently in Adaptation: His head is split when Archer launches one of his remaining weapons at him. It beats being forced to kill yourself via Command Seal, at least.
Failed a Spot Check: Despite knowing that Lupin could steal physical Noble Phantasms, he doesn't keep track of Gae Buidhe when he drops it as part of his strategy to deal with Jonathan. It results in Lupin stealing the cursed spear and plotting to have Lancer killed to use it later.
The Friend Nobody Likes: His own Master disrespects him, his fellow Servant Evan can't stand him, he doesn't even have the luxury of Sola-Ui falling for him since her being Evan's Master qualifies her as a citizen of his kingdom, and thus under the protection of his Kingmaker Loftwind.
Honor Before Reason: Deconstructed. Kayneth rips into him for needing to be ordered to do the right thing.
Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: He was a great hero in his own time, hence why he's a Heroic Spirit. But with the fact that literally every other Servant outclasses him in some way, it's amazing he lasted as long as he did.
They Just Dont Get It: No matter how often it's proven that his value of honor is a hindrance, he refuses to adopt a new lifestyle, believing his honor is more important than anything.

Rider

Iskandar

The King of Conquerors, also known as Alexander the Great.

Always Someone Better: He winds up falling short of Evan. Alexander may have brought his army to the war, but Evan turns out to have brought his whole kingdom.
Combat Pragmatist: When he learns about the potency of Stands, he doesn't just see them as frontline soldiers. He also considers the possibility of using them for support or medical.
Cultured Badass: He's not the sort to see his homeland as the only culture worth having. Instead he keeps himself well-versed in a variety of cultures. He especially finds himself enjoying Japanese culture during the Grail War.
Follow the Chaos: He and Waver are trying to track Evan at the city's warehouse district (Evan at the time was searching for the Magician Pycal, one of Lupin's oldest foes). They soon find his location when they hear Pycal crying out in pain.
Hidden Depths: He didn't simply conquer non-stop just to prove he could. Every time he had a new region under his control, he and his army relaxed for a bit to enjoy the new culture they had added to an ever-expanding empire.
Genius Bruiser: He wouldn't have conquered an entire continent otherwise. He's not above doing research on his enemies, and he's easily able to dissect Lupin's schemes once the full scope of them has been revealed.
Graceful Loser: He doesn't begrudge Evan getting the best of them in their fight. If anything, he's grateful for the chance to die on the battlefield instead of dying due to poison.
Worthy Opponent: Considers Evan to be this as a fellow king.

Caster

Gilles de Rais

The infamous Serial Killer Bluebeard, a former ally of Jeanne D'Arc.

Adaptation Origin Connection: Since Artoria didn't get summoned as Saber, there's no one in the Holy Grail War that resembles Jeanne D'Arc enough for Caster to mistake them for her. Instead he tries to focus purely on obtaining the Grail itself, intending to use the wish to retrieve Jeanne from Heaven.
All for Nothing: It's hinted that the Jeanne D'Arc Caster was working so hard to "free" wasn't even the real one, due to the presence of the Miraculous in this story (canonically Miraculous Ladybug has a bit of Alternate History where Jeanne avoided execution by hiding in England with her lover).
Birds of a Feather: He gets along really well with his Master Ryuunosuke, since the two have a similar mindset as serial killers.
*Click* Hello: Just as Caster thinks his monsters have killed Lupin during their first encounter, he feels the barrel of Lupin's signature Walther P38 pressed against the back of his head.
Didn't See That Coming: He didn't anticipate that Jonathan's Hamon would detect any traps hidden in the children he had killed and used as bait.
The Dreaded: His monstrosities are such a threat that Lupin teams up with Jonathan, All Might, and Evan just to take him down quickly.
Even Evil Has Standards: As much as he hates God for his teachings seemingly bringing about Jeanne's death, he seriously reconsiders his stance when he learns Jeanne was executed for cross-dressing (historically the only thing they could execute her for due to her ability to bypass their attempts to prove her a heretic), since he does believe that God preaches free will above all else.
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: How Jonathan kills him using the Sword of Luck and Pluck.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Jonathan hypnotizes him into seeing Jeanne, who lambasts him for his actions.
Underestimating Badassery: Despite having a good idea of the four titular Servants' abilities, he still winds up blindsided because he didn't know all the specifics, or how powerful they could be.
Wrong Genre Savvy: He thought All Might would act in the same manner as a DC Comics superhero. But anyone who's read My Hero Academia knows All Might thinks more along the lines of a rescue worker or police officer.
You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: He's completely befuddled to learn that the only thing Jeanne was executed for was cross-dressing.

Masters

Kiritsugu Emiya

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The infamous Mage Killer, who was hoping to get Arthur Pendragon using the scabbard Avalon as a catalyst. Instead, he got Jonathan Joestar.

Earn Your Happy Ending: Acting as a true hero and not just his idea of a hero, he not only technically wins the Fourth Holy Grail War thanks to Jonathan's help, he's able to have his wife and daughter become human. Also, Lupin does him a favor by getting his daughter Illya away from her grandfather (he may have won the war but he lost the Grail, which Acht was using as collateral for Illya's return), just because he feels Kiritsugu deserves it after everything he's learned and done during the war. In the end, he's able to live a long life with a happy family, and even gets an apprentice with Shiro.
Heel Realization: Jonathan lambasting him for his worldviews really helps him understand just where he was going wrong in trying to be a hero.
Humanity Ensues: His goal for his wife and daughter once he realizes his idea of a peaceful world is flawed.
The Mentor: Ultimately winds up as one to Shiro, albeit without adopting him since the boy's parents are still alive.
Spared by the Adaptation: He avoids getting cursed by Angra Mainyu, allowing him to live a much longer life.
Underestimating Badassery: In his youth, he underestimated Lupin's skill as a master thief. He's since tried his hardest not to make the same mistake twice.

Kirei Kotomine

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A member of the church and Lupin's Master in the war.

Adaptational Heroism: He's still technically evil and very much on the wrong side of the law, but now he's simply a thief and only brings suffering to the criminal element that truly deserves it.
Cannot Tell a Lie: At least not around Lupin. Because what would be the point when one of his Noble Phantasms makes him a Living Lie Detector?
Connected All Along: He's acquainted with Enrico Pucci, a fellow priest he met during a mission to America.
Doting Parent: He might not have loved his wife, but his daughter is another story.
Even Evil Has Standards: He becomes utterly disgusted upon hearing about the crest worms that form the basis of the Matou Magecraft.
Expy: His skill with his Black Keys more or less fills Goemon's role in Lupin's old gang.
Hidden Depths: The only luxury he allows himself is vinyl records, especially jazz music.
Sinister Minister: Qualifies due to becoming a master thief alongside Lupin.
Then Let Me Be Evil: He gains a major revelation about himself and his evil nature following the war, and continues to act as a thief alongside Lupin.

Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri

Kayneth's fiancée, she unexpectedly becomes an eighth Master in the war. Lacking a suitable catalyst, she performs the summoning ritual normally, gaining Evan as a Servant.

Adaptational Nice Girl: Even before the shifts in the canon events take place, she is notably less hostile towards her fiancé compared to canon, only wanting the Grail to test if the man she was arranged to be married to legitimately loved her back. She also never becomes dangerously obsessed with Lancer due to her more balanced companionship with Evan.
Babies Ever After: By the time of Phantom Thief Joker, she's born Kayneth his first son.
Birds of a Feather: Implied with Evan. Since she summoned him without a catalyst, the Grail selected a Servant that was compatible with her.
Happily Married: Once she gets to know more about Kayneth without being under any sort of mind control, she starts to realize he's worth marrying after all.
Impossibly Delicious Food: She's completely charmed by the cuisine found in Evermore, especially their omeletes.
No-Sell: Because she's Evan's Master, she counts as a citizen of his kingdom. As such, she's protected from various forms of soul magic due to the Kingmaker Loftwind. This includes Lancer's cursed mark.
Playing with Fire: She possesses at least one fire-based spell, which she uses during the initial confrontation with Caster.

Kariya Matou

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A freelance report writer who entered the war to save his adopted niece Sakura. But instead of getting Lancelot du Lac like his father intended, he gets All Might.

Adaptational Badass: All Might's lower level Mad Enhancement means he's not as draining on Kariya's prana, allowing him to show more of what his magic is capable of.
Big Creepy-Crawlies: His magic specialty is entomancy, magic manipulation of insects.
Earn Your Happy Ending: By the end of it all, he's managed to save Sakura, restore both his and her health before adopting her, and even got the chance to marry his childhood friend Aoi after Tokiomi's death.
End of an Era: He vows to completely rewrite how the Matou Magecraft works, ensuring the horror of the crest worms and the legacy of Zouken finally end.
Spared by the Adaptation: He manages to live thanks to the death of his father killing the crest worms inside him.

Tokiomi Tohsaka

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Patriarch of one of the three Magus families who started the Holy Grail War. He's the Master of Archer.

Actually Pretty Funny: He laughs at the sight of Kariya and All Might bumming a ride to the warehouse district in pursuit of Pycal.
Dies Differently in Adaptation: Here he gets impaled through the liver with a piece of wood while attacking Pycal.
Fatal Flaw: His need to have everything go to plan. He starts to break down when things go off-script for him.
Graceful Loser: After Archer's defeat at All Might's hands, Tokiomi realizes he's in no position to find a new Servant. So he decides to leave the collection of the Grail to one of his descendants.
My God, What Have I Done?: When he learns just what Zouken has been doing to his daughter Sakura, he regrets ever handing her over to him.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: He's certainly on the receiving end, but he also gives a short and sweet one to Pycal about how the Magician's family once had better magic than simple parlor tricks.
Riches to Rags: Lupin winds up stealing all his money when a local bank boasts security not even the Emperor of Thieves can break through.
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: He thought Sakura would have a horrible future, so she was put up for adoption hoping it would lead to her happiness. He very nearly brought about what he was trying to prevent. Though to be fair, it might have worked if she hadn't been adopted into the Matou family...
What You Are in the Dark: Despite losing the war and his fortune, he still joins the fight against Pycal in order to keep the city safe for his family to return. Though it is subverted in that he admits privately that he also wants to regain faith in himself, since losing the war left him feeling empty.

Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald

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The Master of Lancer in the Fourth Holy Grail War.

Adaptational Nice Guy: Kayneth in canon was an arrogant Smug Snake who was convinced of his own superiority from the beginning to the end of his life, while this Kayneth actually has enough humility to recognize that the Grail would have a reason to bring in Waver despite Kayneth's earlier dismissal of him. This has the knock-on effect of him actually reading his former student's thesis and fixing his relationship with Sola-Ui.
Everyone Has Standards: He's aware that Magecraft tends to require grizzly materials, though often there are workarounds due to Exact Words. That's why he abhors how Caster gathered his materials, since it was done for pleasure rather than necessity.
Happily Married: Once he and Sola-Ui work through their issues, they actually do settle into a happy wedded life.
It's Personal: When the Court of Owls threatens to go after his sister if he doesn't comply, he falls back to his greatest strength... Politics. A few coded phone calls later and he's had the Clocktower cleansed of all infiltrators, leaving the Court without a leg to stand on in the magic sector.
Logical Weakness: His Mystic Code, Volumen Hydragrum, is made of pure mercury. This makes it dangerous to keep active around anything incendiary, otherwise it would create a very lethal gas.
Only in It for the Money: Subverted in that he originally just wanted the prestige, but then realized that if he were to win, he wouldn't need to wish for it since he'd already have it. Instead, he decides to use the Grail to wipe away his family's debts.
Spared by the Adaptation: Though he doesn't win the war, he does survive it.
Took a Level in Kindness: When he realized that the Grail had a reason for bringing Waver, a student he'd dismissed as a failure due to being a mere third generation, into the Holy Grail War, he starts reevaluating everything he thought he knew. This includes reading a copy of Waver's thesis (something he hadn't actually done before dismissing it) and finding merit in its words.

Waver Velvet

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Kayneth's former student, who steals a catalyst he was meant to deliver to Kayneth so that he can fight in the Holy Grail War, using it to become Rider's Master.

Irony: He finally finds what he wants to wish for from the Holy Grail (restoring the Library of Alexandria) during a banquet set up by Evan and Rider. However, he never gets the chance, since Rider is defeated soon after by Evan.
Occult Detective: Presumably he's still acting in this role during Phantom Thief Joker, if his actions during the incident on the Rail Zeppelin are any indication.
Non-Action Guy: Deconstructed. He's annoyed that he never gets to do anything during the war. And when he and Rider finally get into a fight, Rider summarily loses.
Only Sane Man: He feels he's this due to how crazy the Holy Grail War turned out to be.
Passing the Torch: By the end of the war, Kayneth has realized just how much potential Waver really has, and offers him his former title.
Shout-Out: His reaction to Roland (Evan's former advisor) is a direct reference to NicoB.
You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: He's completely shocked when Sola-Ui reveals the Archibald family is in debt, something he never expected to happen to a Magus family.

Ryuunosuke Uryuu

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A serial killer who stumbles into the war thanks to a magic tome he found. He becomes the Master of Caster.

Didn't Think This Through: Since he doesn't fully understand the mechanics of the Holy Grail War, his scheme to deal with the other Masters is half-baked at best. Luckily for him, Caster is better at long-term planning, and with his help, the plan might have succeeded if Jonathan, Lupin, Evan, and All Might hadn't decided to hunt them both down.
Dies Differently in Adaptation: He winds up getting put on death row after a raid from both the four titular Servants and Interpol.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: When he learns that Evan incinerated the body of one of his victims, all he complains about is that his "artwork" was destroyed.
Genre Savvy: As half-baked as his idea to privately kidnap and kill the other Masters was, it was smart on a fundamental level. Ryuunosuke did at least know enough about the war to realize that if the Masters were gone, the Servants couldn't maintain themselves.
Laser-Guided Amnesia: While his memory of the war is erased, the memory of his crime is kept on Zenigata's orders to make sure he can't get off on an insanity plea.
Wrong Genre Savvy: When Lupin catches him trying to escape after Caster's death, Ryuunosuke tries to talk his way out by suggesting the police would go after Lupin first since he's the more famous criminal. Lupin, however, clarifies that Zenigata prefers to target the more dangerous criminal first.

Supporting Characters

Risei Kotomine

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Appointed by the Church to oversee the Fourth Holy Grail War. He's also an old friend of Tokiomi and Kirei's father.

Exact Words: Once Zouken arrives at the church to try and reclaim Sakura, Risei notes to Kirei that once Zouken enters the church, as in the building, there's nothing stopping him from claiming Sakura. So Kirei, Lupin, and Jonathan make sure Zouken never sets foot inside the church.
Friend to All Children: He takes care to remove the crest worms from Sakura's body, and let's her help out around the church until she can be properly adopted by Kariya.
I Need a Freaking Drink: He admits that Lupin's antics bring him dangerously close to breaking his vow of sobriety.
Reasonable Authority Figure: After Ryuunosuke is arrested for multiple counts of murder following the death of Caster, Risei makes sure to only erase his memories of the war so that Zenigata can nail him for First Degree Murder without the possibility of an insanity plea.
Revealing Cover Up: Defied. After Lupin steals the Laughing Peacock, Risei warns Tokiomi that having Kirei eliminate Lupin for "a stunt that could endanger the war" would only result in this.
Spared by the Adaptation: He manages to live through the Fourth Holy Grail War, and maintained his role as overseer for the Fifth Holy Grail War ten years later.
The Unmasqued World: Notes to Zenigata that the advent of technology makes this a very real possibility in the near future, and that the Church is adapting to make sure they can still survive in such a world.

Irisviel von Einzbern

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A homunculus meant to act as a vessel for the Greater Grail, but the plan was scrapped when it became clear that wouldn't be necessary. She's the wife of Kiritsugu and a decoy pretending to be the Master of Jonathan Joestar.

Damsel in Distress: Towards the end of the story, she's kidnapped by the Court of Owls hoping to use her connection to the Grail to seize it for themselves.
Healing Hands: Her speciality is healing magic, much to Jigen's relief.
Humanity Ensues: Thanks to Jonathan's efforts, she and her daughter Ilya become human.
Razor Floss: She makes use of this to deal with several of Caster's monstrosities.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Gives an epic one to Count Oscar when he holds her captive hoping to obtain the Grail.
Iris: "You think heroes are those who simply push their ideals onto others? That ignores so many legends it actually makes me laugh. What of Robin Hood, who stole from the rich and gave to the poor? He was a criminal, yes, but a hero at the same time who only sought to help others when it would have so easy to take all the gold for himself. And what of George Washington, who saw the injustice the British Empire was inflicting on the American colonies and chose to defy them and rise up to fight for freedom?"
Spared by the Adaptation: Between not getting turned into the Grail's vessel and becoming human, Iris has a lot more years in her than she ever had in canon.

Inspector Kōichi Zenigata

Stand: Badge

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Lupin's rival. An honest inspector on the force who's still going strong despite being in his later years.

His Stand, Badge, is named after a song by Cream. With this Stand, Zenigata's physical prowess and senses are enhanced tremendously, and on top of this, his Stand also highlights important pieces of evidence and information while he's on an investigation.

Antagonist in Mourning: He was downtrodden when he learned Lupin was killed prior to the story, even framing Lupin's old wanted poster to use as a memorial.
Audience Surrogate: When he learns the full scope of Tokiomi's actions, he has some choice words for the Tohsaka head that a lot of Fate series fans likely had for him.
Boring, but Practical: His Stand's abilities are quite mundane compared to the much more out-there Stand abilities that characterize most users. For an investigator getting on in his years, however, having his physical prowess restored to the prime of his youth and an aid in detecting evidence is downright invaluable.
Forgot Flanders Could Do That: In-universe example. Most fans of the series know Zenigata is an expert police officer and that he's even managed to catch Lupin on occasion (if only temporarily), but a lot of characters in the story seem to forget that.
Genre Savvy: Years of hunting down Lupin have gotten him wise to his various tricks. He's thrown off briefly when Lupin comes back as a Heroic Spirit, but after gaining a Stand, he starts to work around those powers too.
Something Only They Would Say: During the Laughing Peacock heist, he realizes Lupin's the real deal when he calls him "Pops".
Taken Off the Case: Subverted. The Fuyuki police chief temporarily transfers Zenigata to the recent string of kidnappings (masterminded by Ryuunosuke) to earn back some PR after Lupin made off with the Laughing Peacock.
Took a Level in Badass: He was past his prime at the start of the story. Gaining a Stand changed all that.
Welcomed to the Masquerade: He and his partner are given Stands so that they can more easily handle the Grail War and keep the peace.

Detective Daisuke Akimi

Stand: The Police

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Zenigata's partner during his time in Fuyuki. He later becomes a permanent part of Zenigata's team.

His Stand, The Police, is named after the British rock band The Police, and allows Akimi to summon an entire police squadron, fully armed with top-of-the-line police gear and everything.

Agent Mulder: He was willing to believe the Lupin they were chasing was the real deal and not a copycat, even before it was confirmed that Lupin had indeed resurrected.
Good Counterpart: He turns out to be this for Oscar, a previous partner of Zenigata's.
Mythology Gag: His Stand mimics the comically large amount of police that tends to follow Zenigata anytime he tries to chase down Lupin.
Old Cop, Young Cop: He's more experienced than most "young cops", which is probably why he was partnered with the older Zenigata in the first place. To chase down Lupin, you need someone competent in law enforcement.
Welcomed to the Masquerade: Much like Zenigata, Akimi is given a Stand via the Stand arrow so that he can better comprehend the nature of the Holy Grail War and better protect Fuyuki during its run.

Daisuke Jigen

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Lupin's closest friend and confidant. Though he dies during the Fourth Holy Grail War, he's resurrected as an Archer-class Servant in the Fifth Holy Grail War, partnered with Rin Tohsaka.

Death by Adaptation: He winds up dying after getting his liver shot. Subverted in that he comes back as a Heroic Spirit.
Due to the Dead: After he's killed by the Court of Owls, his friends have him buried with a simple grave marker, knowing he wouldn't want anything more than the essentials for his funeral.
Improbable Aiming Skills: His mastery of marksmanship is such that he eventually gets summoned as an Archer Class Servant.
Took a Level in Badass: Much like Zenigata, Jigen was starting to feel old and his skills were starting to drop. Dying and being resurrected as a Heroic Spirit gave him back his prime and then some.

Goemon Ishikawa XIII

Goemon Ishikawa

Stand: Concentrate

A descendant of the famous thief Ishikawa Goemon, and a former member of Lupin's gang. He currently runs a kenjutsu dojo training the next generation of sword masters.

His Stand, Concentrate, is named after a song by Xzibit, and grants Goemon omnidirectional awareness of his surroundings, as well as puts him in a state of hyper-focus.

Absurdly Sharp Blade: His trusty Zantetsukan. It can cut objects as large as a bridge, and can even cut through duralumin (something Goemon feels is worthy of being sliced by his blade due to it being nearly indestructible).
Badass Teacher: He runs a kenjutsu dojo to pass on the way of the sword to younger generations, and his own skills have remained as sharp as his sword even as the years passed.
Empowered Badass Normal: He was a potent sword master already. But Joker offered him a Stand to help give him an edge against Angelo Greco.
May–December Romance: A downplayed example, but it's implied he's started a relationship with an old flame named Belladonna, who's about a decade younger than him.
Old Master: Unlike Zenigata and Jigen, his skills have not dulled in the slightest. He's still a master swordsman even well into middle age.
There Can Be Only One: He doesn't appreciate criminals trying to profit off Lupin's image for their own gain, and is more than happy to aid the Speedwagon Foundation in eliminating them.

Fujiko Mine

Stand: Lady Marmalade

A former master thief, and on-again off-again lover of Lupin, Fujiko retired from thievery after Lupin was killed and eventually joined the Speedwagon Foundation as a security consultant.

Her Stand, Lady Marmalade, is named after a song by Labelle. This Stand is capable of emitting pheromones that can grab the attention of practically any human, outside of Stand users, causing them to focus solely on Fujiko.

Amicable Exes: Despite the fact that she and Lupin aren't really involved anymore, she still holds affection for him and is willing to help him out whenever he asks.
Head-Turning Beauty: Almost the entire world is enamored by her (Jonathan Joestar being a rare exception), and she can even weaponize this using her Stand.
Glamorous Single Mother: She's been doing alright for herself raising her daughter Riko on her own. She has a stable job, she's kept her gorgeous looks, and she's able to maintain a life of mundane luxury.
Heel–Face Turn: After years of passing through the Heel–Face Revolving Door multiple times, she finally settles on Face and joins the Speedwagon Foundation while giving up crime altogether.
Someone to Remember Him By: She was shocked that the one time she and Lupin had sex resulted in her giving birth to Lupin IV, aka Riko Mine.
Welcomed to the Masquerade: Joker offers her the chance to gain a Stand in order to have an edge fighting against Angelo Greco.

Sakura Matou

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The younger daughter of Tokiomi, set to be adopted by Zouken's son Byakuya. She's eventually freed from Zouken's influence and is instead adopted by Kariya.

Born Winner: Her high level of Magic Circuits and gift with Imaginary Numbers means that any Magus family would be lucky to have her for a daughter. Kayneth admits he would have offered to adopt her had he heard about her earlier.
Cheerful Child: Once she's freed from the crest worms, and thus free from Zouken, she turns out to be a rather happy young girl.
Happily Ever After: In an ending straight out of a fairy tale, Sakura gets saved by a puckish rogue (Lupin) from her evil grandfather (Zouken). She's then properly adopted by her uncle (Kariya) and even reunites with her sister Rin and her mom Aoi. The only downer is that her father Tokiomi died in the process, but odds are she's only slightly sad about that.
Heal the Cutie: She was a broken girl at the point when Lupin was tasked with rescuing her. After being taken from her horrible adopted family, having the crest worms removed from her body, and being given a much more loving home, Sakura is well on her way to recovery.

Villains

Zouken Matou

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The patriarch of the Matou family, intent on using the war for his own ends.

All for Nothing: By the end of the War, none of his schemes pan out. Kariya winds up with a Servant that doesn't drain him as fast as he'd hoped, he loses Sakura to Lupin's machinations, and by the time he's exorcised by Kirei, he's forgotten why he wanted the Grail in the first place.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: The fact that a thief like Lupin could have a moral code is astonishing to him.
From Bad to Worse: Zouken suffers this when Lupin makes his move to save Sakura, then revealing he'd lured the police to the Matou home under the pretense of arresting a child pornography ring. But the real Oh, Crap! moment for Zouken comes when he sees the Stardust Crusaders decided to show up as well.
Logical Weakness: He no longer has a true body, his physical form being nothing but crest worms held together by his anchored soul, so someone skilled in exorcism can easily force him to shuffle off the mortal coil.
No Ontological Inertia: With his death, the crest worms die with him, much to the relief of Kariya and Sakura.

Pycal

One of Lupin's earliest opponents, a magician who makes use of smoke and mirrors to make himself seem untouchable.

But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Lupin barely remembers the fight against him, and literally had to look up his name. For all Pycal's talk of being Lupin's greatest rival, Lupin doesn't even register him since he's gone up against dozens of people trying to kill him.
Failed a Spot Check: He never keeps track of his crew's numbers, making it easy for Lupin and Kirei to use two of his men to act as their "corpses" after a big explosion.
Killed Off for Real: Kiritsugu makes sure Pycal is dead this time by not only using an explosive shot through his lungs, but another shot through his brain just to be sure.
Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: He's certainly a dangerous criminal, and he even managed to learn some actual magic this time around. However, he's trying to break into a supernatural world with powers far beyond his comprehension.
Not Quite Dead: Lupin had thought he died after their first encounter. Turns out he managed to survive somehow.
Pretender Diss: Tokiomi chastises him for sticking with parlor tricks despite his family lineage being genuine magic users.
Tokiomi: "I seem to recall the Pycal family having much more dignified and effective Magecraft, not simple cards driven by magnets and laced with gunpowder."
Wrong Genre Savvy: He assumes that Lupin was just Faking the Dead the whole time, and tries to kill him for real. Little does he realize, Lupin really did die. He was just resurrected. As such, none of Pycal's normal tricks work on him anymore.

Count Oscar

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Zenigata's former partner from years back, now having returned and leading the Court of Owls.

An Arm and a Leg: He manages to get some Command Seals from Risei, only to learn the priest had rigged them with an explosive provided by Lupin. When Lupin hits the trigger, Oscar is left disarmed.
Ambiguous Situation: Oscar's presence in the story indicates that at least some of The Woman Called Fujiko Mine happened prior to the story, though how much is up for debate. Lupin certainly recgonizes him, that's for sure.
Canon Character All Along: He's only refered to as the Count prior to his reveal by Lupin.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: He sees concepts of good and evil as subjective... In a JOJO universe, where good and evil are very much real things.
Fatal Flaw: His obsession with Zenigata, to the point where he tries to interfere with the Holy Grail War to take it for himself and wish for a world with just the two of them.
Incompatible Orientation: He has an obvious infatuation with Zenigata, who at the very least only ever saw him as a son.
Loving a Shadow: As Jonathan points out, Oscar's not really in love with Zenigata, just lusting after what he thinks is the ultimate Interpol inspector.
Moral Myopia: He believes heroes are only about maintaining the status quo, and criminals are the real drivers of civilization with their chaos. That's ignoring that Robin Hood and George Washington were technically criminals for their actions (stealing from Prince John and betraying the British crown respectively), yet their actions helped so many people and ultimately got them labelled as heroes.
Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: The Court of Owls is a dangerous organization... When a competent leader is at the helm. Oscar, as it turns out, is too new to crime to ever be considered competent.
A Pupil of Mine Until He Turned to Evil: He used to be Zenigata's partner and student, but eventually fell to darkness in Zenigata's place.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: He's assassinated by remnants of the Court after he's arrested following the Holy Grail War.
You Meddling Kids: Claims his plans would have been perfect if not for that meddling Lupin. Lupin is so insulted, he decides to unmask Oscar Scooby-Doo style.

Angra Mainyu

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The Idea of Evil formerly summoned as an Avenger Class Servant. His corruption of the Grail is why Jonathan was sent to be Saber in Artoria's place.

Adaptational Badass: He actually got a lot farther in the Third Holy Grail War than canon, defeating five of the required six opponents before being taken out himself.
Big Bad: He's ultimately the main villain of the story.
Deal with the Devil: He offers each of the four Servants the wish they were seeking, but they're aware of this trope and recognize taking his offer is just going to allow him to be revived in some way.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: His Fatal Flaw. As the Idea of Evil, it's literally impossible for him to comprehend that humanity can have any good in it.
A Form You Are Comfortable With: He tries to do this with the four titular Servants, appearing as Izuku Midoriya to All Might, Aranella to Evan, Fujiko to Lupin, and Erina to Jonathan, in order to get them to let their guard down. It doesn't work, and all of them just admonish him for tainting the image of those they're closest to.
Orcus on His Throne: Since he can't possess Iris due to not having enough presence within the Holy Grail, he's stuck waiting until enough prana has filled it for him to act.
Rasputinian Death: He gets choked out by Lupin as he steals the Lesser Grail from his body, nearly bisected by Evan using his Dazzleslash spell, has his torso impaled by All Might's United States of Smash, and finally gets annihilated by Jonathan's Sunlight Yellow Overdrive. In the end, he winds up collapsing to his knees before crumbling to dust.

Characters / JoJo New Universe: A Gentleman, A Thief, A King, And A Hero

Servants

Arsene Lupin III

Evan Pettiwhisker Tildrum