VS Sentai
- Contrasting Sequel Main Character: The VS Sentai, consists of the Lupinrangers and Patrangers, are contrasts to the Kyurangers. The Lupinrangers and Patrangers are two Sentai teams who are in conflict with each other, with the former are chosen by Kogure to retrieve their loved ones and collect the Lupin Collection from the Ganglers and the latter recieved their powers to take down both the Lupinrangers and the Ganglers, while the Kyurangers are a united team chosen by the Kyutama to defend and protect the planets from Jack Matter.
Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger

General Tropes
- Animal Motifs: The team commonly uses a symbol designed as lizard wearing a top hat, emblazoned as an accessory on their outfits and patterned on their calling cards.
- Badass Cape: Like the Gorangers and Magirangers, the Lupinrangers gain stylish capes when transformed.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: Both transformed and untransformed.
- Badass in Distress: In VS Kyuranger, the Lupinrangers were kidnapped by Hoshi Minato and Jerataro, who are stranded in this universe and needed the ransom money to survive. Subverted soon enough, as they easily break free from their restraints before striking a deal with them and the BN Thieves (who were after Hoshi's missing guitar) to get the money, guitar AND Lupin Collection from the police as ransom for the false kidnapping.
- Bond One-Liner: "Forevermore... adieu."
- Can't Kill You, Still Need You: They can't destroy Ganglers until they steal back the Lupin Collection item they possess lest their deal with Kogure be rendered moot, which usually puts them at odds with the Patrangers who aim to either apprehend or execute the alien criminals on sight.
- Contrasting Sequel Main Character: They also serve as one ot the Gokaigers as a Sentai based on a criminal group searching for a fantastic treasure. The Gokaigers were aliens who were after the Greatest Treasure in the Universe for their own selfish reasons, before giving it up when they decided saving the Earth was more important. In contrast, the Lupinrangers are a group of humans who want the Lupin Collection to save their seemingly deceased loved ones, and remain committed to obtaining it over the safety of civilians or the fate of the world until the end.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Each of the Lupinrangers lost a loved one in a traumatic fashion to the Ganglers. They are seeking the power of the Lupin Collection to bring them back.
- Doppelgänger Attack: By using Good Striker, one Lupinranger can split themselves into three, each using a different weapon (the VS Changer and the Lupin Sword in sword mode and claw mode respectively). This can be taken one step further by disguising the clones.
- Escape Artist: The Patrangers would have a much easier time chasing them down if the Lupinrangers' vehicles weren't all capable of flight, a trait that their own vehicles sorely lack.
- Experienced Protagonist: All of the have been fighting as Phantom Theifs for 2 years prior to the start of their series.
- Fragile Speedster: The Lupinrangers are a lot more maneuverable than the Patrangers and employ a lot more Confusion Fu.
- Gun Fu: Employ this liberally.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: They are so focused on collecting the Lupin collection,have no problem breaking the law, and can be a bit of a dick at times when dealing with their methods especially to Patrangers but their are times where they shown genuine concern to the safety of civilians and Patranger and are willing to help them if needed.
- Pet the Dog: There will be moments where they will let the Patrangers have their victory by assisting them or letting them take out the Gangler, usually by passing Goodie to them. Justified in that it doesn't matter who takes out the Gangler, as long as they have the collection piece at the end of it.
- Phantom Thief: It's right there in the title. Their M.O. is to get in, take the treasure, defeat the Gangler and get out as fast as possible. Preferably, before anyone else (like Patranger) appear.
- Poor Communication Kills: If they would just explain to the Patrangers what the hell is going on they might get valuable allies who could help them beat the Ganglers. Of course, considering the Patranger's slightly Black-and-White Morality that might not work.
- Pragmatic Villainy: The three have a promise that each one wouldn't hesitate to sacrifice the others if needed; so long as one of them can successfully recover the entire Collection, the Dream will come true.
- This primarily extends to the situation. If there is no other way out, then they will not hesitate to sacrifice one another. They will not allow the other to sacrifice themselves due to recklessness.
- This ends up being a subversion by the end. There are plenty of moments where they just sacrifice themselves to save the others, sometimes even risk their lives for the Patrangers. By the end, they say screw the promise, they can only achieve their goals together.
- The Promise: Between all three, and between them and their benefactor Kogure.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here!: Their primary goal is robbing the Ganglers of the purloined Lupin Collection artefacts. As such, they're willing to leave the Patrangers to finish off the villains after they've gotten what they were after.
- Secret Identity: They are phantom thieves so keeping their identities unknown to the public is important, especially with three cops on their tail at all times. This is justified further that since they opened up a small restaurant (Jurer) that happens to be close range with GSPO base (either coincidence or they did not notice it) and of all people, the three cops who were their rivals become regular customers at Jurer. In addition, during battles, they addressed each other with their colour code while the cops refers each other by names.
- Sole Survivor: Each member was present, but conspicuously spared, at the scene of a mass-murdering Gangler's attacks.
- Suicide Mission: They're treating the thieving business as this, prepared to sacrifice each other or themselves if necessary as long as the others finish the mission without them.
- Superpowers for a Day: In VS Kyuranger, a Spanner in the Works situation during the ransom deal for their "kidnapping" forces them to use the police's Lupin Collection to transform into the Patrangers instead to defend themselves. They soon realise they're rather incompatible and not used to the Mighty Glacier fighting style of the Patrangers' powers.
- You Are Worth Hell: THE defining trait of the Lupinrangers as by the end of the show sacrifice everything in order to save the people they lost to the Ganglers. And their loved ones more than repay them by taking on the mantle of phantom thief in order to save them in return.
Kairi Yano/Lupin Red
Portrayed by: Asahi Itou (live), Kosuke Asai (suit)

- Catchphrase:
- After transforming, he tells a foe "You've been warned".
- He also had a habit of saying 'arigachu' (thanks muchly) instead of proper 'arigatou' (thank you very much).
- Combat Pragmatist: Isn't above using the Patrangers as a decoy against the monsters.
- Contrasting Sequel Main Character: Both Kairi and Lucky had Dark and Troubled Past and lost people dear to them. While Lucky was a Hot-Blooded Idiot Hero, Kairi is level-headed and cautious most of the time. Lucky was a Human Alien who hails from a Royal family, while Kairi is a earthling and a normal human being. In terms of combat wise Lucky was a Rookie Red Ranger while Kairi is a Experienced Protagonist.
- Dramatic Irony: Unlike Touma and Umika, Kairi wears his heart on his sleeve, which makes him the worst possible choice to lead a Gentleman Thief double life. The payoff comes when Keiichirou is unknowingly on to him.
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: In a rare heroic case, he seems genuinely confused to why the Patrangers, specifically Keiichiro, would be willing to put their lives on the line for a job.
- Forced into Evil: Sort of. He didn't become a Lupinranger by choice, but it was the only way to reach for his dream of undoing his brother's death. But on the other hand, he's not that impressed at how terms like 'justice' won't do anything about it, so he came to embrace his Gentleman Thief way instead of getting a more legit job. Despite the below quote, Kairi eventually decides he's not being forced at all: he enjoys being a thief for its own sake, and would enjoy it even if he wasn't trying to revive his brother.It's not like we became thieves because we wanted to! Who cares about your "justice"!?
- Former Teen Rebel: Was once a typical yankii before adopting the mannerisms of a Gentleman Thief.
- Gratuitous French: He tends to spice his speech up like this, e.g saying Adieu when escaping.
- Image Song: Ice World
- Irony: Despite his platitudes of sacrificing the others and his notions of being the bad guy, Kairi is far more heroic and self sacrificing than he lets on.
- It's All My Fault: He blames himself for his brother's death at the hands of a Gangler as he wouldn't have been in the alley the monster was passing through if Kairi hadn't pushed him down there.
- The Leader: Of the Lupinrangers.
- Meaningful Name: Aside from having kanji in his surname meaning “night”, the first kanji in “Kairi” means "charging ahead of others".
- The Resenter: Kairi's deeply aware of his own personal and moral failings compared to his brother and Keiichiro, having spent much of his life trying in vain to emulate the former and seeing his reflection in the latter. This eventually culminates in Kairi's decision that he likes being a phantom thief much better than trying to measure up to them.
- Sanity Slippage: Throughout the 20s and 30s, more and more of Kairi's victories start to come at the cost of his own mental well-being. While it allows him to claim two of the Patranger's Trigger Machines for himself, along with the Lupin Magnum, and even No-Sell some Gangler attacks that rely on normal human behavior to work, every victory Kairi earns this way leaves him even more bitter and angry than before. Eventually even his own teammates start to notice that there's something deeply wrong with Kairi.
- The Unfettered: As of episode 34, where he had to shoot his fetter to claim the Lupin Magnum.
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: Has this in regards to his older brother. The fact that he acted so similarly to Keiichiro causes him no small amount of conflict.
- You Remind Me of X: Though he never outright says so, he has begun to notice some similarities between his older brother and his police rival Keiichiro, and his issues as The Resenter towards the former has led to a fair bit of friction with the latter, not to mention his mental state.
Touma Yoimachi/Lupin Blue
Portrayed by: Shogou Hama (live), Yasuhiro Takeuchi (suit)

- Berserk Button: Episode #27. Touma absolutely does not like being reminded about the time he was dancing in skin-tight leotard. Unfortunately, the characters around have a tendency to not let him forget.
- Catchphrase: He often says "That's the rule".
- The Comically Serious: Even when involved in funny scenes, Touma rarely leaves his serious and stoic demeanor, making his scenes even funnier.
- Contrasting Sequel Main Character: Both Touma and Garu are The Lancer of their team with Dark and Troubled Past who lost their beloved ones in the hands of Jack Matter and Gangler respectively. While Garu was a wolf, Touma is a human. Garu similar to Lucky is a Rookie Red Ranger while Touma is an Experienced Protagonist. In terms of personality wise, Garu was goofy, impulsive and short-tempered while Touma is serious, analytical, calm and collected.
- Gentleman Thief: He is gentlemanly at heart.
- Image Song: Oath
- The Lancer: Touma's the calm and analytical to Kairi's impulsive and unpredictable nature. However, he's even more impulsive and reckless when it comes to collecting the Lupin Collection and almost compromised the Lupinrangers by trying to steal the Patrangers VS Changers while the Police Sentai was eating at the Bistro they use as a front. He can be forgiven though because unlike Kairi and Umika, who are trying to revive their brother and best friend respectively, he's trying to revive his fiancée. Of course he's desperate to get her back.
- He's also the one Lupinranger that didn't have much closer contact to the Patrangers, while Kairi and Keiichirou has at least interacted cordially before, and Umika was on quite good terms with Sakuya and Tsukasa. Their interactions are minimal, only when the Patrangers ate at the Bistro. Because of this, Touma stays as the most cynical of the team, and combined with his own recklessness and impulsiveness towards getting the Lupin Collection, this might not make him feel that conflicted or sympathetic of the Patrangers as compared to his two teammates that has learned bits of the Patrangers' side of story.
- The Lost Lenore: His fiancée was murdered by a Gangler and he hopes to use the power of the Lupin Collection to wish her back to life.
- Not So Stoic: After spending the whole series as The Stoic, he spends his whole reuinion with his fiancée looking like he's trying his hardest not to cry in joy.
- Once Done, Never Forgotten:
- As shown in #42, Tsukasa hasn’t let go of “Touma” (actually a Gangler in his body) faking sick and skipping work to flirt with ladies. During the stage show Touma even asks her to let go of it.
- Kairi and Umika will never let him live down the dance he did with Sakuya in #27.
- Team Chef: Seems to be quite good at cooking. Unlike Umika, apparently. He learned it from his beloved fiancée, Aya. Before that he hadn't even held a knife in the kitchen. Crosses into Supreme Chef when it's revealed that he was good enough to work in a famous and very difficult to get into French restaurant.
- The Smart Guy: He's the intelligent and methodical member of the Lupinrangers. Also, the responsible one to Kairi and smart one to Umika, who doesn't seem to be always onto everything.
Umika Hayami/Lupin Yellow
Portrayed by: Haruka Kudo (live), Ayumi Shimozono (suit)

- Action Girl: She fights well and can kick ass just like her male teammates.
- Borrowed Catchphrase: Borrows Kairi's "Mr. Policeman" nickname for Keiichiro to bid farewell to Sakuya in episode 45, but she calls Sakuya "Mr. Kind Policeman"note instead.
- Catchphrase: She had "Safe, safe" when bad things almost happened.
- Contrasting Sequel Main Character: Both Umika and Spada are Experienced Protagonist. While Spada was the oldest and most matured member of his team who acted as the Team Dad and older brother figure towards his teammates, Umika is the The Baby of the Bunch and the youngest member of her team.
- Cryptic Conversation: Invokes this in Episode 4 to aid the Patrangers in a missing person case.
- Damsel in Distress: More often than not, she has to be bailed out of a dangerous situation by her fellow Lupins. This gets a bit darker in #7 when it turns out she has a complex about being the one who gets saved due to her Survivor Guilt over her best friend Taking the Bullet for her when Zamigo tried to kill her.
- The Ditz: She's not the brightest on the team.
- Episode 4 starts to subvert this, as she takes a slightly pragmatic approach to informing the Patrangers about the Lupin Collection piece the Monster of the Week possesses so that they can save their victims. And in turn she does get the collection piece at the end.
- The Fashionista: #46 reveals she has a knack for styling, which helps the Lupinragers complete one of the Gangler's challenges.
- Gendered Outfit: Gets this twofold. One is the usual Proper Tights with a Skirt in her ranger form. The other is her thief attire which also includes a skirt and lacks the hat her male members have; instead donning a cocktail headband with hat ornament.
- Genki Girl: Umika may get tired out as a waitress during a lunch rush, but when she's on a mission, her energy and enthusiasm are boundless.
- Guile Hero: In episode 13, she uses Tsukasa as a shield against Naiyo Kapaja. While this looks like a case of Pragmatic Villainy, it's revealed that she put her mask in Tsukasa's clothes to serve as a protection, just to catch Kapaja off guard
- Guilt-Ridden Accomplice: Of her team, she shows the most desire to comply with the authorities.
- The Heart: Episode 4 shows she cares about the victims of the Ganglers to the point that she'll pass info onto the Patrangers to help save them.
- Image Song: Dear My Friends
- Meaningful Name: Ironically the lack of one. She’s the only Lupinranger without kanji relating to “night” in her surname, which connects to her being the most sympathetic to the rival Patrangers.
- Shipper on Deck: For Keiichiro and Mana, in episode 17.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: Girly Girl to Tsukasa's Tomboy.
- Tragic Dropout: It's revealed that she had to drop out of high school due to becoming a Lupinranger, which caused some friction with her parents.
- Why Did It Have To Be Spiders?: Just seeing one of these creepy crawlies can blow her cover.
Keisatsu Sentai Patranger

General Tropes
- Can't Catch Up: Subverted. Relative to the Lupinrangers, who as the show goes on start to take more and more of the power-ups for themselves. All of the Patrangers manage to keep up even without any upgrades, but Keiichiro stands out for actually beating Noel, who had a better suit than his and even more motivation to win, in a one-on-one duel. This becomes averted in the final episode, where Keiichiro finally uses the Siren Striker to become Super Patren 1gou as an 11th-Hour Superpower.
- Contrasting Sequel Main Character: Both the Patrangers and the Dekarangers are a police-based Sentai team that protects the innocent from the otherworldly threats. While the Dekarangers got their powers from their organization prior to their story, the Patrangers got their powers connected to the Lupinrangers and Ganglers during the beginning of their show's story.
- The Everyman: Of Super Sentai in general. If the Patranger's didn't get their VS Changers in the beginning of the series, they would still be three ordinary policemen in a world where superhumans, monsters, and gods walk among men.
- Fusion Dance: With the power of the Good Striker, the Patrangers can fuse into one powerful Patranger known as Patren U-gou, which is a pun of "Yuugou" (the Japanese word for Fusion).
- Gender Bender: All of them get subject to this in #11.
- Jurisdiction Friction: As the Sentai team of the Global Police they are the ones expected to handle threats like the Ganglers and cannot condone or officially support the actions of any other Sentai team because they're essentially vigilantes. As the Lupinrangers are criminals that actively thumb their nose at the law anyway this is basically a moot point in the series itself, but it comes up in crossovers where they are just as wary of the Kyurangers and Ryusoulgers at first as well even though both teams are far more affable and trustworthy than the Lupinrangers.
- Locked Out of the Loop: They aren't aware of the intricacies of the Lupin Collection or the Ganglers, and don't seem to be in any hurry to learn. Even when they do learn more about the collection it doesn't go beyond "They have the potential to destroy the world when gathered."
- Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Their shoulders are heavily armoured and can deflect enemy attacks.
- Mighty Glacier: As the bulkier armor-like design implies, they can take much more punishment from attacks than the Lupinrangers.
- No-Respect Guy: Due to coming onto the scene as rangers quite a while after the Lupinrangers' debut, they are significantly less popular than their rivals and their attempt to rectify that through a propaganda film promoting their organization ended disastrously.
- By the end of the series though they finally gain the respect of the public as they are the ones who end up saving the day while the Lupinrangers' end up mostly sidelined during the finale. Between that and the Lupinrangers' having their idenitites revealed, and losing most of their mystique as a result and by the end of the show the Patrangers end up beloved heroes of the world and more popular than the Lupinrangers' ever were while the latter slink back into the shadows mostly forgotten about. But both teams prefer this outcome.
- Older Hero vs. Younger Villain: An heroic example. The Patrangers are the older heroes to the Lupinrangers' younger antiheroes.
- Plucky Comic Relief: Combined with their Iron Butt-Monkey status, the various abuses they suffer and the lighter tone of their Police Procedural portion of any episode provide the lion's share of the show's levity.
- Super Cop: Like the Dekarangers before them, they're super-powered police officers.
- The Unchosen One: It turns out that when Noel had modified the collection pieces the GSPO had at the time, they were sent over to deal with the rising Gangler threat in Japan without his consultation and they were not supposed to have been given that kind of power to begin with.
Keiichiro Asaka/Patren 1gou
Portrayed by: Kousei Yuuki (live), Masashi Takada (suit)

- Ascended Fanboy: When he was young, he had a field trip suspended due to a criminal loose and he wanted to protect his classmates by defeating him. He was confronted by a police officer to allow him to take care of the bad guy for him. The criminal was apprehended by the cops and from then on, he was inspired to become the ideal policeman that could protect others.
- Bad "Bad Acting": Due to his super-seriousness, if he's acting for a film, he's sounding like a stiffed robot. Strangely, he's 'convinced' that he's pretty good once the final product is out, much to the surprise of Tsukasa, Hilltop and Jim.
- Black-and-White Morality: To Keiichiro there are good people and then there are those who commit crimes and there is no middle ground. This is why he always tries to get the Patrangers to pursue the Lupinrangers whenever they run into each other, in spite of the latter being antivillains at worst. After his Character Development though, it starts turning more gray as he's willing to bend the rules more for the sake of defending the city. He temporarily dips into Black-and-White Insanity when he was beaten by Lupin Red, but after a slap, he remembers why he became a police officer and his duty for the people.
- Character Development: Over the course of the series he mellows out considerably, to the point where after discovering the true identities of the Lupins, he's willing to throw away his badge and help them if it means keeping Kairi from marching to his death.
- The Comically Serious: He takes his job very seriously and doesn't crack a smile, not even when given candy. Not even when he enjoys it. As a result, when he attempts to smile... it's awkward.
- Determinator: When it comes to the Phantom Thieves, while he's passionate, he knew when to stop at times (like if they indirectly helped him). But about serving and protecting the common people and making sure they're safe and able to do their daily activities in peace? Not even being heavily poisoned will stop his willpower to go through his mission and destroy the culprit. And don't tell him to stay in the hospital when there's a Gangler on the loose either, he's still entering the battle despite all the wounds he got, until the Gangler is dead.
- Friend to All Children: His intense passion for the job stems from his desire to keep the public safe, especially children. Too bad they don't seem to return the favor.
- Hidden Depths: Keiichiro is actually quite perceptive, sometimes picking up small, subtle hints and he does go out of his way for a friend. Now if only he wasn't so Hot-Blooded all the time...
- Hot-Blooded: He is very passionate about his job and defending his ideas.
- Image Song: Keepin'Faith
- In-Series Nickname: As LupinRed, Kairi "affectionately" calls him "Mr. Hot-Blooded Policeman"note , often shortened to simply "Mr. Policeman"note . As a civilian he refers to him as “Kei-chan”.
- Inspector Javert: Despite the Lupinrangers being "thieves stealing from thieves", he is unflappingly stalwart in his ideals and believes that a thief is always a thief, thus he will arrest the Lupinrangers as well because they are still stealing, even if they are protecting the Lupin Collection. He can't stand the fact that his teammates don't think the same way.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Keiichirou's uptight, berating Inspector Javert tendencies may rub his friends or rivals the wrong way, but he's completely genuine about his job, striving to work harder and fulfil his promise to protect the people, despite already being thanked, he still claimed that he could've done better, thus still at fault. It was after seeing this side of his that Kairi decided to not treat him like a complete enemy and lets him off whenever possible.
- Future episodes have toned down Keiichiro's zealotry slightly, focusing more on his awkward social skills and giving him a few Pet the Dog moments. It helps that Tsukasa gave him a much needed reality check in episode 6.
- The Leader: Of the Patrangers.
- Married to the Job: One episode showed him dismissing a potential love interest to focus on defeating the Gangler of the week, and a later episode reveals that he actually lives in the police station dormitories. This makes his willingness to quit the force to aid the Lupinrangers in #49 extremely shocking, and also makes Kairi deny his offer.
- Meaningful Name: Keiichiro’s surname contains kanji for “day”, but his first name also contains the kanji for “first son”.
- NO INDOOR VOICE: Mild case all time round. Major case when he gets fired up to defends his ideas or tear into someone for going against them.
- Odd Friendship: He develops one with Kairi of all people over the course of the series, though it's mostly one-sided as Kairi only really tolerates him to keep his cover. It positively influences Keiichirou however, to the point where after the Lupinrangers have their cover blown he still tries to offer help to Kairi to keep him from going on a suicide mission alone to save his teammates, even offering to sacrifice his dream and turn in his badge to help him.
- Pride: Most of his antagonism and hypocrisy towards the Lupinrangers stem from the fact that he took pride on his job of protecting the innocents and think they, especially Lupin Red, are smearing it. He calms down a bit and managed to put that aside after getting slapped by Tsukasa.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: In an inversion of the usual dynamic, he's the Blue to Sakuya's more energetic Red.
- On the surface, he's also the Blue to his Lupinranger counterpart Kairi's Red. In practice though, he seems to lean more toward being the Red while Kairi's the Blue one.
- Based on their character interactions, it depends on how they are interacting. In civilian forms, Keiichiro is the Blue to Kairi's red. In battle, Patren 1gou is the Red to Lupinred's blue.
- The Stoic: So far, he appears to be a man very dedicated to his job as a police officer.
- Not So Stoic: Until he gets fired up, that is.
- The Un-Smile: Keiichirou is actually genuine when he tried to smile for children. But due to being... himself, it's looking like this trope and every attempts to smile generates a weird sound effect.
Sakuya Hikawa/Patren 2gou
Portrayed by: Ryo Yokoyama (live), Masaru Ōbayashi (suit)

- Ascended Fanboy: He's been a big fan of the Global Police Organisation ever since Keiichiro and Tsukasa encouraged him to keep working hard during his time at the academy although his seniors confess to not remembering the meeting in question.
- Boob-Based Gag: Despite not being that big, they are treated this way in-universe and a good portion of the Gender Bender based gags in episode 11 revolved around his(her?) breasts, this includes knocking out a Porderman by squeezing his face on them.
- Friendly Sniper: The most skilled with guns of the Patrangers, his vehicle’s weapon is a cannon, and he’s more sociable compared to his seniors.
- Image Song: Hero Never Cries
- Kid-Appeal Character: His bumbling and general boyishness as the team's kohai puts him firmly in this position. He also has much better luck with children compared to Keiichirou.
- Ladykiller in Love: Before meeting Umika, he was a shameless flirt who just wanted to date as many cute girls as he could. After seeing how hardworking and nice she was, he started to fall for her specifically.
- Man, I Feel Like a Woman: In episode 11, while every Patrangers had this feeling, Sakuya is the only one who goes along with his womanhood with as much energy he had before.
- Naïve Newcomer: Is the newest member of the team and still beaming with optimism and perkiness. A speical mini-series reveals this is because he replaced the original candidate for the roll.
- New Meat: The newest member of the team who's idealistic and positive nature contrast with Keiichiro's and Tsukasa's seriousness and dedication to the team.
- Nice Guy: He is very polite and treats his friends with respect.
- Oh, Crap!: When Keiichiro walks in on him praising Lupinranger.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Red to Keiichiro's Blue, ironically enough.
- Skilled, but Naive: Though he is the best sharpshooter of the team, he can be easily deceived.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: Although how this will go on is not yet justified, he actually likes Umika, not knowing she is Lupin Yellow even though he was initially flirting with girls like how he did to others.
Tsukasa Myojin/Patren 3gou
Portrayed by: Kazusa Okuyama (live), Ryoko Gomi (suit)

- Action Girl: A given job for her as a police officer and a female sentai ranger. Like Umika she is also good at kicking ass.
- Big Sister Instinct: Towards her male members.
- Carry a Big Stick: Her vehicle's main weapon is an enormous telescopic nightstick.
- Consummate Professional: She is very involved and skilled at her job, the only thing that hinders this is...
- Cuteness Proximity: She's a well-adjusted professional, but if within the proximity of cute plushies, she melts down obsessing over their cuteness. She'd rather not show it in public though.
- Gender-Blender Name: Her given name "Tsukasa" is a common one for Japanese boys and girls alike making her the only member who doesn't need to change hers after having her gender changed in episode 11.
- Gendered Outfit: Like Umika, beside the standard skirt in her ranger form, she wears tights under her shorts in her regular uniform.
- Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!: After seeing Keiichirou getting overly obsessed in beating the Lupinrangers, she just slaps and drags him away to remind him about a good lecture he gave her.
- Girls Love Stuffed Animals: Her room is full of cute stuffed toys.
- Image Song: Jagaton's Song
- The Lancer: Despite being the only girl among the Patrangers, she's the second most experienced cop after Keiichiro. She is also not hesitant to call Keiichiro out of his Inspector Javert habits whenever they have to cooperate with the Lupinrangers.
- Nerves of Steel: She has a knack for remaining calm in tough or surprising situations, with a few exceptions. One notable moment was when her team met Goodie for the first time, while her teammates jolted back in shock she immediately reached for her VS Changer and trained it on him.
- Not So Above It All: As hinted at in the intro, she's obsessed with stuffed toys.
- A scene in Episode 4 has her angsting over whether she wanting to hug a toy shark, or composing herself. In the end, she gave into her obsession.
- Why does she go on a "holiday" in #13? There's a raffle at a carnival and the grand prize is a stuffed animal.
- In #46, Tsukasa gets extremely embarrassed when she realizes the boy she was cuddling back in #33 might not just be LupinRed, but also Kairi from Jurer.
- Only in It for the Money: Originally, she only wanted to be part of the Global Police because the job paid extremely well and had a very sublime retirement package. Keiichiro reminded her that this reason is all well and good, but protecting the public and enforcing the law should be her primary concerns so long as she wears the badge.
- Only Sane Man: Double-subverted. She is between Keiichiro and Sakuya as neither a newbie cop or Inspector Javert experienced cop. She even seems to be the one to handle Keiichiro's attitude, judging by her giving him a candy to stop him from tearing into Sakuya in #1. That's all on the surface, that is. When no one is looking, she tends to obsess and hug cute plushies while begging for it to 'heal her', so she actually does have a unique, not-so-normal quirk comparable to her teammates. On the other hand, she has much better self-control about hiding her quirk.
- Raised by Grandparents: Her parents died when she was young so she was raised by her strict grandfather, a former cop, who also taught her martial arts. She resisted his strictness growing up until an incident where a man tried a grope her friend, only for her to grab him and throw him to the ground. The police were apparently called and her grandfather came running, only to hug her, afraid something had happened to her. She realized then he only acted like he did because he cared and wanted to raise her as well as her parents would have.
- The Smart Guy: She's definitely the most insightful member of the Patrangers being the one to correctly deduce the Lupinrangers' identities through their actions, though the Lupinrangers manage to cover that up, and is the only one of the Patrangers to really question what's going on with the Lupin Collection and their connections to the Lupinrangers and the Gangler.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: Tomboy to Umika's Girly Girl.
- Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Tsukasa is a highly skilled cop and, though she doesn't like showing it, an instant sucker for cute things (mainly stuffed animals).
Additional Ranger
Noël Takao/Lupin X/Patren X
Portrayed by: Seiya Motoki (live), Shigeki Ito (suit)



- The solitairy, sterling phantom thief! Lupin X!— Noël's roll call as Lupin XThe proudly glittering police officer. Patren X!— Noël's roll call as Patren X
A mysterious officer from the French headquarters of GSPO and the inventor of the VS Changers and Vehicles. Despite officially being a GSPO officer, he is also a servant of the Lupin Family and thus, he aids both the Lupinrangers and the Patrangers, for reasons currently unknown. He is able to transform into two entirely separate forms, one for each team. While flying high as a Lupinranger, he is the silver Lupin X. And when speeding along as a Patranger, he is the golden Patren X.
- The Ace: Whether it's as Lupin X or Patren X, Noël is ridiculously skilled and a few notches above the others. His mecha is also more powerful, being capable of taking down two enemies single-handedly. Eventually the usual sixth ranger slippage happens, and both reds catch up to or even surpass him.
- Bling of War: No matter the form, X is decked out in shining style.
- Brought To You By The Letter X: It's literally in the name.
- Chrome Champion: Silver as Lupin X and Gold as Patren X.
- Combining Mecha: The X Trains Gold and Silver, along with the X Train Fire (shaped like a Dial Fighter) and X Train Thunder (shaped like a Trigger Machine) combine to form the X Emperor. Like its pilot it too can change color and teams, depending on who they're with at the moment, and which train between Gold or Silver is the main component. For Silver, it's X Emperor Slash, and Gold is X Emperor Gunner. That being said, he still needs someone with a VS Changer to launch Fire and Thunder.
- The Confidant: Being a member of the Lupin Family, he already knows the identity of the Lupinrangers as well as the Lupin Family's operation. What helps is that being an undercover cop means that he is in an entirely different chain of command than the Patrangers, and thus does not have to reveal any information about them, so he does not have to tell the GSPO of their identities.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Noel was an homeless orphan on the street when Arsene Lupin adopted him and showed him the Lupin Collection and integrated him within his ranks. But when the Gangler attacked and stole the Lupin Collection, they also killed Arsene, the man who gave him a reason to live. Thus why he insists on fighting in the front lines.
- Dark Secret: Noël's hiding something so terrible that the sight of Gauche's binoculars, which can see everything about a person, sends him into a panicked retreat. Whatever said secret is, it gave even Kogure a small panic as well after he and Kairi were defeated by Destra. As it turns out, neither of them are human, they come from the same world as the Gangler, with Gauche confirming that he's not human much later as the show enters its endgame.
- Disappointed by the Motive: He isn't happy to learn that the only reason Dogranio stole the Lupin Collection and killed Arsene Lupin was because he saw something interesting and took it.
- Foil: His suit designs and battle styles to both teams. Lupin X's design is bulkier and simpler, reminiscent of the Patrangers. Patren X's design has a long trenchcoat reminiscent of the Lupins' capes. Lupin X's combat style is more measured and tactical like the Patrens, but Patren X's style is flashier and acrobatic like the Lupins.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: From the way he acts in his first appearance, it's easy to understand why. Both teams have their own issues with him, and not just with whose side he's on.
- With the Patrangers, they definitely do not enjoy the fact that he sides with the Lupinrangers, and the fact that he only responds to HQ as an undercover cop means that he can withhold information from them, the Lupinrangers' identities are the big ones here. While their much simpler objective and worldview allow him to convince them that he is on their side easier, and the Patrangers can rationalize his objectives, they still make efforts to go behind his back in order to acquire Collection pieces without his knowledge since they're fairly certain he's hiding something about them.
- The Lupinrangers have a tough time believing him for one second. Their much more cynical approach means that they have a tougher time trusting him, despite being confirmed as one of the assistants to the Lupin Family by Kogure and Goodie, since him showing out of nowhere seems too convenient. That being said, they can at least be comfortable with the fact that he will not endanger the Lupin Collection or their identities, and as long as they have the same objective, they will work together as a convenience. Once he does convince them that he is willing to throw down his life for the mission like them, they accept him as one of their own though they still keep them at arms length as they do with one another.
- Gadgeteer Genius: Taking over Arséne Lupin's role of modifying Collection Pieces for human use, he's the one who created the Trigger Machines and the newer VS Vehicles, most of them having fallen into GSPO hands, against his wishes, for their use. In addition, he is able to repair any collection piece that gets damaged.
- Human Aliens: He and Kogure were descendants of a race of humans who were originally from the Ganglers' home world that fled to Earth a thousand years ago after being chased out by the Ganglers themselves, bringing with them artifacts which Arsène later sought out as the Lupin Collection.
- Image Song: Oui!
- In-Series Nickname: The Ganglers refer to him as just X, due to being unable to decide on whether to call him Lupin or Patren X. It is actually quite fitting, given that there are a lot more unknown factors to his true nature than he lets on.
- Multiform Balance: Because he can switch between both sides at any moment, it becomes a matter of what he needs at the time, especially if he wants to use Lupin X's safe cracker. Combat-wise, it's actually backwards with how the forms work based on how they've been so far, Lupin X is the much bulkier and tougher of his suits and Patren X is the more nimble and stylish one. Of course he's not necesserily limited to the form of whatever side he happens to be fighting alongside at the moment either, and he's used his Patren form while helping the thieves and vice versa. That said, to match with their role calls, he will start with the team he's on before making any changes.
- No-Sell: Lupin X's more armored features, especially compared to the Patrangers armor, appears to make him seem this way as he seems to deflect every hit.
- Not So Stoic: Noel is normally easygoing if not outright smug, but during his duel with Keiichiro on episode 32 he loses his cool, blurting out part of his and the Lupinranger's motives.
- Running Both Sides: A heroic version, he is officially a GSPO officer from their French branch, but is also a servant of the Lupin family, which is why he knows about Goodie and Kogure. As such, he aids both the Lupinrangers and the Patrangers. As it turns out it's because he supports both their goals, wanting the Lupin collection to help the Lupinrangers get their wish but he also whole heartedly wants to protect the world and defeat the Ganglers for good (while the rest of the Lupinrangers while not completely heartless to civilians in danger, protect people as a secondary happenstance)
- Secret Identity: Averted. The very second he is shown in public as a civilian, he publicly announces that he is Lupin X (And gets arrested for it!). Of course being Patren X complicates things a bit. Although, that secret's much different from the fact that he isn't even human.
- Shipper on Deck: He tries to play Cupid for Umika and Sakuya by pickpocketing Sakuya's phone and asking Umika to give it back. It does not turn out well due to a Gangler ruining their day and the fact that girls call him nice when they reject him.
- Sixth Ranger: The 7th VS Sentai Ranger to appear later in the show, serves as the fourth member to both the Lupinrangers and Patrangers.
- Super Mode: Notably thanks to his dual modes he can use both team's Super modes but because his suit is the opposite design of how each team usually is (Having a Patranger style armored torso in his Lupin form, and a light armored with cloth like the Lupinranger in Patren form) he can only use each team's Striker machine in the other team's suit. Meaning he can't use the Lupinranger's Victory Striker as Lupin X because his armored chest piece is too wide to fit the Victory Striker's chest piece but is sturdy enough to mount the Siren Striker's chest piece. This means that despite being the primary user of the Patranger's Super Form he can only use it as Lupin X.
- Swiss-Army Weapon: The X Rod Sword, which seems to be a cross between a sword, and a Jitte. Fitting for someone who's both a Phantom Thief and a Policeman.
- Transformation Trinket: The X Changer, pronounced "X" like the letter made up of the X Train Gold, and X Train Silver. It can change modes to switch which team the user is allied with, based on which of the two trains X is drawing power from. However it also doubles as the core machine(s) for Patren/Lupin X. That said, it apparently can't fire Trigger Machines or Dial fighters, requiring help from two other rangers to form the full mech.
- Wild Card: Neither team trusts him as both are fully aware he's playing both sides. The Lupinrangers see him as competition and a liability due to knowing their identities without being informed despite being cop. The Patrangers see him as a possible mole and criminal they can't do anything about (He's in a different chain of command). Doesn't help he shows off both forms in front of both teams, swapping between them mid-combat and publicly announces his identity.
- At the end of the day Noel is an unwitting Deconstruction of the French detective. As his lies and manipulations nearly get him killed multiple times. And once the truth came out both teams quickly accepted Noel as one of their own making it all a big waste of time.
- Notably despite this, he only ever directly turns on the Lupinrangers, mostly in situations where he needs to get the Patrangers to trust him. The only time he takes up arms against one of the Patrangers is an agreed duel with Keiichiro. The one time he planned to attack the Patrangers as part of a plan to allow the Lupinrangers to claim the Victory Striker from them, the Gangler attack him first and the Patrangers end up having to rescue him from them instead.
Allies
Allies of the Lupinrangers
Portrayed by: Yoichi Nukumizu

- Big Good: Played with, his loyalties and mission are all for the sake of the Lupin Family and he is willing to assist the Lupinrangers in small capacities like offering VS Changer enhancements. However, he's not the one on the suicide mission and he's not willing to get his hands too dirty. All that matters in the retrieval of the Lupin Collection and nothing else. By Episode 35, it's clear that he's playing this much straighter than he wants to. For the most part, he does care about the fact that he is sending three youths through life threatening situations, and actually witnessing them fight proves this to be the case. He wants to stay as detached as possible to maintain a sense of authority to make sure they accomplish the mission since they can easily lose their life and he doesn't want to stay emotionally attached in case it happens.
- The Chooser of the One: Kogure scouted Yano, Yoimachi, and Hayami to become the Lupinrangers for a currently unknown reason while promising the three a reward in return.
- The Dreaded: Downplayed. Goodie is afraid of him, but only because of his fear of being locked up with the rest of the Lupin Collection for his mischievousness and minor misdeeds. He soon gets over it after Kogure relents and grants him freedom for his usefulness towards the Lupinrangers.
- Hidden Depths: When he was split into "Good", "Bad" and "Normal" versions of himself, the "Bad" split looked and acted like an old man in stereotypical Bōsōzoku gear, which leads Kairi to assume he's a Former Teen Rebel. The truth is that he's always been a gentleman, he just has an admiration for Roughnecks.
- Human Aliens: He and Noël were both decendants of a race of humans that came from the Ganglers' home world.
- The Jeeves: Is a butler.
- Master of Disguise: Is quite good at this, to the point that he was able to make himself look exactly like Kairi to fool the Global Police. However, it's been a while since he's done it so he's a bit rusty.
- Mysterious Benefactor: He operates on a highly secretive need-to-know basis regrading the information he gives out regarding his goals, his employer, and the Lupin Collection itself, to the point that Kairi doesn't even know the number of pieces they have to recover. He also likes to show up out of nowhere and leave the same way.
- Stealth Hi/Bye: Any time he has to appear outside of that limo of his. It's not till episode 7 that we learn that he actually can use doors.
Portrayed by: Ikuya Sawaki
The legendary thief himself and the Lupinrangers' namesake. A hundred years ago, he discovered the existence of the Ganglers' home world as well as its race of Human Aliens who fled to Earth a thousand years prior, bringing with them mysterious artifacts they invented that were spread and scattered across the globe through the centuries. Acting on this, he became a Phantom Thief to gather these artifacts, which eventually came to be known as the Lupin Collection, in order to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands and to grant his wish. He died in an attempt to stop the Ganglers when they raided his hideout to steal the completed Lupin Collection.- The Ageless: He began acting as a Phantom Thief in the 1900s, yet he's shown to look the same from when he adopted Noël, till his death after the latter grew up, and as he did over a hundred years ago. Kogure points out that his constant travels between the worlds may have affected his physiology to allow him to live this long, and even he has no idea how old Arsène actually is.
- Posthumous Character: He's deceased long before the events of the show ever began, having been killed by the Ganglers while trying to stop them from stealing his collection. However, the collection he left behind plays a vital role in the story, and Nöel intends to revive him using the collection.
Allies of the Patrangers
Portrayed by: Ike Nwala

- Benevolent Boss:
- After Sakuya messes up badly to the point his VS Changer almost got stolen by LupinBlue, Hilltop doesn't chew him out. Instead he encourages Sakuya to make up for his mistakes by continuing to work.
- When the Patrangers are hospitalized, he went down to Bistro himself to buy snacks for the Patrangers.
- When Sakuya is suspended for attacking the other Patrangers, Hilltop and Hilltop's boss, Hilltop goes against orders to let Sakuya go against orders and join the other Patrangers, risking not only Sakuya getting fired, but himself as well. Unlike his boss, Hilltop believed him that it was (rightfully) the work of a Gangler.
- Celebrity Resemblance: The show has made a couple of jokes about him resembling Eddie Murphy.
- Da Chief: Commander of the Patranger.
- Token Minority: The only black character in a cast full of Japanese characters (and not just in this season; Super Sentai can go more than a decade without showing anyone non-Japanese humans, outside the occasional traveller.)
Portrayed by: Mizuho Nogawa (suit)
Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya

- Armless Biped: Only when his arms are folded into their standby position.
- The Dog Bites Back: When he's forced to impersonate a Gangler to lure the Lupinrangers into a trap, he decides to make the most out of the situation and beat several of the disguised Global Police agents up with wrestling moves for making him work so hard back at the office.
- Expy He looks like what would happen if Mint and Colon had a baby.
- Named After Somebody Famous: Named after the British actor who plays the butler from Downton Abbey. With the police motif, it could also be Chris Tucker's character from Rush Hour.
- Robot Buddy: For the Patrangers.
- Voice with an Internet Connection: Literally, with data cables and everything.
Strikers
Voiced by: Yūji Mitsuya

The sentient being that inhabits the machine, nicknamed Goodie by Lupin Yellow. A piece of the Lupin Collection, he gives his help to whichever team impresses him more at a moment. As there is only one of him, only one Kaiser can be active at a time. Goodie states to the Lupin that his specific ability is to boost the power of other Collection items. It is later revealed that Arsène Lupin had modified him from his original form so that he could easily be used by humans and, as the Good Striker, he was tasked with the duty of protecting the rest of the Collection.
- Anthropomorphic Personification: While teamed with the Lupin, and while combined into LupinKaiser, Goodie takes the form of a tiny imp that looks like a carrot with a top hat while in the cockpit with the team. When formed into PatKaiser, he wears a police hat. When going for Good Cool Kaiser VSX, he will have a king's crown on as a hat.
- The Big Guy: Once enlarged and combined into PatKaiser, Goodie has greater striking force.
- Catchphrase:
- When he shows up to help the heroes:"Good Striker! Appearing out of nowhere!"
- He has a pair for combining into the Kaisers.LupinKaiser: Let's steal victory!PatKaiser: Let's reach out for justice!
- When he shows up to help the heroes:
- The Confidant: While he does ally with the Patrangers at times, he does not go out of his way to reveal the identities of the Lupinrangers to them. And because the Lupinrangers are the ones holding onto the Lupin Collection, he will prioritize them if they are in trouble of being compromised.
- Fragile Speedster: LupinKaiser lacks power, but makes up for it by being much faster.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: His propensity for changing sides (sometimes mid-combat) and ditching his allies once the fight is over has failed to endear him to either team. They grow to regard him as a necessary annoyance to call forth either Kaiser.
- That said between the two, he grows closer to the Lupinrangers, willing to spend time with them outside of when they need his help and being a Secret-Keeper. Likewise while both teams are guilty of ignoring his feelings and using him against his will, more often then not it's Patrangers who does so, with Lupinrangers usually being respectful enough to ask. (Not that it stops him from ignoring them). It helps that the Lupinrangers treat him as a person, even if one they don't always like, compared to the Patrangers who treat him as a mere object.
- Inverted with Noël, he absolutely adores Noel (who himself falls into this trope with the other teams) and vice versa. It also helps that Noël does not need Goodie to form the X Emperor.
- The Keet: Very much so. He's constantly twitching with excitement during his first fight as Lupin Kaiser, even chanting enthusiastically about Rapid-Fire as the Lupinrangers are gunning a Gangler down with a finisher and declaring that he feels fantastic afterwards.
- Kryptonite Factor: The Bad Boys collection piece, which cancels out the powers of the other collection pieces, can easily negate his powers as he's also a part of that collection.
- Oh, Crap!:
- Has a big one upon hearing Kogure's name.
- Has another in #31 upon realizing Gauche's Chimera Gangler has the Bad Boys collection piece equipped in one of its safes. note
- Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: Since he is both sentient and makes up the main body of LupinKaiser and PatKaiser, neither team has control of when the Mecha will disengage. As such if he's in a losing battle or the team of his choice does something that kills his motivation, or both, he will eject and run off to save himself.
- Finally, if the Patrangers ever put him in a situation where he is forced to attack a collection piece or a Gangler with one, he will forcefully eject them out as soon as he gains control.
- Super Mode:
- Can combine with each team's VS Changers to either fuse the Patrangers into Patren Ugou or triplicate one of the Lupinrangers.
- He himself has one in the form of Good Cool Kaiser VSX combining the primary VS Vehicles on both sides as well as all of the X Trains. A total of 11 pieces counting the Good Striker.
- Wild Card: He has no loyalty to either Sentai Team and goes back and forth between them depending on which one he's more impressed with at the moment. This can even change mid-fight ejecting the current combination and forming the other. Kogure states that he is a collection piece who can be a bit difficult to deal with.
- It's gotten to the point where most of the time, they don't even consider his choice and the team closest to him when he shows up will simply snatch him to form their respective Kaiser.
- How much of a Wild Card he is depends on which team he's dealing with. Despite being generally unreliable he is a confident and Secret Keeper to the Lupinrangers, who in return treat him like a person they can't always depend on but trust. The Patrangers in comparison, treat him like an object and ignore his objections to being used against his will, which once leads to him abandoning them in a critical moment because it would endanger a piece of the collection.
- Once Noel shows up, Goodie just sticks with him and lets Noel hand him over the the team that needs him at the time. Though Noel falls into this trope as well so nothing much has changed.
- Eventually, when both teams were fighting over who gets to use him, Goodie calls an audible and has both teams with Noel combine for a much stronger formation.
Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara
Another sentient Lupin Collection piece with the power to control the Gangler members by entering their safe. He was stuck in Back World after an unsuccessful escape from the Gangler, but eventually made it to Earth after meeting Kairi and Keichiro. He's also fond of praise, as seen as agreeing with the Lupinrangers deeming him better than Goodie.- Back for the Finale: After his debut film, he doesn't show up again until the final episode, where he enters Dogranio's safe through Kogure's book and forces Dogranio to free the Lupinrangers, having been caught by the Lupinrangers' loved ones.
- Fusion Dance: When used as a Kaitou Boost by Kairi, he causes him and his fellow Lupinrangers to merge into Lupin Tricolor.
Ganglers
The Interdimensional Crime Syndicate, known as the Gangler, who exist in their own dimension, invading Earth to cause crime and trouble using the Lupin Collection Pieces that they stole from Arsène Lupin.- Aliens Among Us: Members of the Gangler can disguise themselves as humans, even the foot soldiers. Zamigo's mass abduction is revealed to be the cause of this.
- Aliens Are Bastards: The Ganglers are a gang of extra-dimensional criminals who've set their sights on the Earth and the Lupin Collection. And just for "bonus points", they are not even natives of the dimension they inhabit, they killed or displaced the natives, including Noel.
- Animal Motifs: The Gangler are the first Sentai villains who are outright themed after prehistoric animals.
- Bizarre Alien Biology: All of the Ganglers have safes built into their bodies that can harness the power of any Lupin Collection item kept inside, though it's not clear if they're a biological growth or Cybernetic in nature. Some (like Zaldan or Zamigo) have two, allowing the use of two pieces simultaneously, X refers to this as "Status Double" while Zamigo, Dongranio and Gauche all have gold safes, referred to as "Status Gold". Status Gold is especially dangerous as the Dial Fighters have trouble opening them. It turns out that Status Gold safes are six digits long and the Dial Fighters only read three digits at a time requiring two Dial Fighters to open it. Attempting to do it with one will cause the safe to discharge whatever it is that tried to hack it.
- Bullying a Dragon: Dogranio and his various cohorts had very lucrative and comfortable criminal careers as multidimensional outlaws, but after breaking into the Lupin family vault and stealing many of its artifacts, their numbers have dwindled one-by-one as the theft has made them assassination targets for Kogure's rangers who have been commissioned to retrieve the Lupin Collection no matter the cost, not helped by Zamigo's "killing" spree leading to the creation of said rangers.
- Combo Platter Powers: As a rule, a Gangler has two superpowers; one from their treasure and one innate.
- Cut Lex Luthor a Check: While quite a few of them quality, Envy Childer from #33 takes the cake; his innate power is the ability to make people younger. He uses this power to go on crime sprees when he could become obscenely rich by selling the service to aging billionaires. Of course, many Lupin Collection piece powers stop working once removed, so there might be that.
- Dem Bones: Many of the Ganglers incorporate bones into their designs.
- Giant Mooks: Golams, this season's obligatory "the monster got away but we still need a robot fight" enemies.
- Law of Chromatic Superiority: Normal Ganglers have steel colored safes on their bodies, while the leaders have gold safes, hence they're called "Status Gold" by X.
- Mooks: Pordermen, which unlike some other Sentai footsoldiers, are actually sentient members of the Ganglers and are capable of speech.
- Mundane Utility: Possibly out of ignorance as to the Lupin Collection's true nature, the Ganglers use the items individually to commit lesser crimes such as racketeering or simple theft rather than combine their powers together to harness their apocalyptic potential. It could also be chalked up to pragmatism, as a destroyed world wouldn't be good for the crime business.
- The Syndicate: The Gangler have their members committing all sorts of crime from illegal casinos to jewelry heists. They also have elements of The Mafia and Yakuza.
- Technicolor Death: Their human-sized forms die with much flashier, more stylized explosions than most Super Sentai monsters. Their giant forms just die with the standard pyrotechnics, however.
Portrayed by: Naoko Kamio (suit)
Voiced by: Mitsuru Miyamoto
The Tyrannosaurus-themed crime boss of the Ganglers. His plan is to conquer Earth to commemorate his 999th birthday by using the power that is held within the Lupin Collection and in doing so find his Successor.- Affably Evil: Speaks in a formal, almost grandfatherly tone and is pretty laid back despite being the Big Bad. That said, he will not hesitate to attack any Gangler who wastes his time, as shown in episode 14.
- Animal Motifs: Dogranio's motif is the one of a Tyrannosaurus.
- Be Careful What You Wish For: Dogranio wanted to retire. After trying to use the Lupinrangers as hostages and failing, Keiichiro gave him his wish - retirement in maximum security prison.
- Berserk Button: He is not as young or patient as he used to be, so wasting him time is a very bad idea.
- Big Bad: He is the main antagonist and the leader of the Ganglers.
- Bigger on the Inside: His safe is unique in which it is infinitely larger inside and can house any number of collection pieces he chooses to put inside. He can even put living beings inside.
- But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Played with in regards to Arsène. He obviously remembers killing him and taking his collection as nobody could forget if they killed the most famous thief in history and he's been using the Lupin Collection to buff his criminal empire for years. However to Noel's rage it was not part of some large and complicated plan Dogranio had, nor did he covet the Collection and set up a grand assassination to take Lupin out. Dogranio just happened to stumble upon Lupin's hideout completely by chance one night and decided on a whim to kill him and take the Collection because it looked like something valuable, and he only found out about the Collection's great power after the fact. Meaning the death of the World's Greatest Thief was essentially just a spur of the moment mugging by a guy who ran into him by dumb luck.
- Chained by Fashion: He is covered with them, which only add more security to his safe.
- Chain Pain: Can use his chains as weapons, and by his account, they're unbreakable even to him. Which becomes a problem when he is shackled by them.
- Combo Platter Powers: Despite only possessing one safe, Dogranio can store multiple collection pieces inside of it. This allows him to access all of their powers at once.
- Deadly Disc: He has a number of buzzsaws on his shoulders which can be fired so quickly that they're invisible to the naked eye.
- Evil Old Folks: He is 999 years old. It is also the reason he is offering up the role of "successor" to whoever can take over Earth. He's getting too old for this shit.
- Fate Worse than Death: Instead of being killed off, Dogranio ends up being arrested by the Patrangers, who would later put him in a maximum security confinement."Let me out! Or just kill me! If I have to live powerless in this decrepit body... I'd rather die!"
- Final Boss: He is the final major opponent of the Patrangers and X.
- He's Back!: A villainous example. After spending most of the series being Orcus on His Throne and only showing mild interest in the activities of his subordinates, Destra’s death causes him to start taking a more personal role, with Zamigo noted that he’s going back to the way he used to be.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: He boasts having indestructible chains on himself and his safe that even he can't break. Said chains are used to lock him down in the maximum-security prison he gets imprisoned in for life after his defeat.
- Honor Among Thieves: For all the love and respect he gets, Dogranio is still a mobster. Once he goes down, the surviving Ganglers abandon him to his fate and continue business as usual presumably because they know that Dograino can't be trapped forever, or it makes taking his spot all the easier.
- It Amused Me: His reason for stealing the gathered Lupin Collection and killing Arsène Lupin while doing so.
- It's Personal: Takes both teams more seriously after they killed Destra.
- Meaningful Name: His name evokes the terms "Don" and "Oyabun". Fitting for the leader of a crime syndicate of monsters.
- No-Sell: His safe is identified as a Status Gold: Physical Protection, which include his iconic chains that surround his safe which are so strong, even Dogranio himself cannot break them. That last detail comes back to bite him.
- Orcus on His Throne: The escalation of Gangler attacks on Earth is a result of him holding a contest to see who the next boss of his organization will be. His underling who manages to conquer the planet will get his spot so Dogranio himself cannot intervene nor can his bodyguard, Destra. When one of his underlings asks him to come in person and then fails, he shows why it is a VERY good thing this trope is in play for him. It takes Destra's death to get him off the throne. Then this trope becomes deconstructed. Turns out all those years of sitting on his throne and letting his Collection powers do all the work has left him aged and out of practice. Once all his Collection pieces are removed, his remaining might, while still nothing to sneeze at, is not enough to stave off defeat from the much more springly Patrangers.
- Pet the Dog: He does care for his fellow henchmen including Destra, who he mourns after his death while praising him for being "one hell of a right-hand man". The same cannot be said for Gauche however.
- Rank Scales with Asskicking: The leader of the Gangler and a very powerful being.
- Retired Monster: Dogranio is planning to retire after he succeeds in finding his replacement. Not that he has any intention of changing his ways of course. In an ironic twist, he winds up being given this retirement by way of being imprisoned in a Tailor-Made Prison underground bound in his own chains for the rest of his, presumably very long, lifespan.
- Slouch of Villainy: He is often seen doing this in his chair, watching his Ganglers raise havoc with a glass of wine.
- Sword Cane: His waking stick is just a sheath for his sword, as revealed in the finale. He doesn't really need the sword part by default, however.
Portrayed by: Youhei Fujita (suit)
Voiced by: Yuji Ueda
Dogranio Yabun's right hand man. A Dilophosaurus-themed warrior who has a grenade like armor and his body is said to hold several weapons. He has the distinction of being one of the only two shown Ganglers so far to be both "Status Double" and "Status Gold", the other being Zamigo. This enables him to wield multiple pieces of the Lupin Collection, some of which he's given away to other Ganglers.- Animal Motifs: His motif is the one of a Dilophosaurus.
- Badass Normal: As much as one can be when an alien monster, Destra manages to take on both teams and not only survive but almost win, without any pieces of the Lupin Collection.
- The Brute: While also acting as The Dragon, Destra is the muscle and the powerhouse of Gangler.
- Cyclops: Has a single big red eye on his face, which is located inside the mouth of his dinosaur head.
- Enemy Summoner: Carries special grenades that grow into giant monsters called "Goram" after being thrown.
- Killed Off for Real: Destra is finally killed in Episode 42, causing Dograino to swear vengeance.
- Meaningful Name: His name is one letter away from mano destra, Italian for "right hand". Three guesses to what is his role among Ganglers.
- Morality Chain: He seems to be Dogranio's. Prior to his death, Dogranio was an Affably Evil (though with limits to his patience) mob boss who was impersonal in his plans (to name a successor in his place due to old age). But when Destra is killed off, is leads to Dogranio not only taking a more active, personal role, but becoming a lot more hostile to his own allies, as Gauche can attest to.
- Pragmatic Villainy: He is the first Gangler to point out that the Lupin Collection items the Ganglers own and the ones the rangers use seem strangely different despite coming from the same source and spends two episodes trying to obtain the latter sort to try and get to the bottom of what ought to be a pressing mystery for his cohorts. It is because the ones used by the rangers were modified and/or created by humans as to be usable from their original forms, which were made on the Gangler Homeworld. He also gives up one of his collection pieces, with the power to redirect projectiles in flight, to an underling as part of an experiment considering it an acceptable loss when the Lupin take it, to the confusion of Mad Scientist Gauche. This theory was slightly jossed by #44 and #48 through Noel's expertise in the matter to Destra's claim, supposedly implied that only the Ganglers can used the Lupin Collections since none of the Ganglers including Destra himself had been physically shown to use the power of those Collections without putting those things in their safes.
- Undying Loyalty: To Dogranio. He was perfectly fine with helping him find a successor and doesn't seek becoming the next boss himself unless Dogranio asks him to.
Portrayed by: Yuichi Hachisuka (suit)
Voiced by: Ayana Taketatsu
An Oviraptor-themed Gangler scientist and Dogranio's "secretary". She uses the power of the Lupin Collection to amplify the abilities and enlarge their warriors.- Awesome by Analysis: One of her two Collection Pieces, the binoculars specifically, gives her the ability to study her opponent's movements in fine detail.
- Bizarre Alien Biology: She seems to have biological ammo drums growing out of her shoulders. This extends to the belts growing out of them and all around Gauche's body, which when combined with the Gros Caliber allow her to revive and enlarge defeated Ganglers. Her fight with Lupin Red during Episode 8 shows that they can function as regular guns too. And of course, like other Ganagler she has a safe sticking out of her body but her safe is golden rather than sliver, or "The Rare Status Gold" as X puts it. As revealed by #23, this means that her safe can't be hacked by a single Dial Fighter.
- Blade Below the Shoulder: With the Coupe de Gâteau Lupin piece, she can turn her hand into a blade.
- Break the Haughty: Gauche does not take it well when Dogranio finally gets tired of her crap and abandons her to die to put it lightly.
- Catchphrase: "Now my darling little treasure, make [X] feel better."
- Cthulhumanoid: Despite being based on an oviraptor, her head gives off this vibe.
- The Dreaded: Gauche herself doesn't have anything too threatening other than her Status Gold safe and ability to grow fallen Ganglers, but Noel and especially Kogure are deathly afraid of her Gueris le Monde collection piece.
- Eyeless Face: Doesn't have any visible eyes. Ironically, the other Lupin Collection piece in her possession, the Guéris le monde, gives her enhanced vision.
- Faux Affably Evil: She keeps a cheery and giggling demeanor even as she's sadistically experimenting on and dissecting whoever she pleases. Despite this, her affability and loyalty towards her boss Dogranio does appear to be genuine if her reaction to him betraying her is anything to go by.
- For the Evulz: This is basically her prime motivation for experimenting on others, human and Gangler alike.
- Giggling Villain: The first time we actually see her fight, she's got a sinister sounding giggle the whole time.
- Hidden Badass: Despite her seemingly support role in the syndicate, she is also an excellent fighter on her own. She always gets to stay next to Dogranio, a thing that other monsters tend to dislike her for, but so far, no one is able to actually usurp her from her position (though one has tried to), meanwhile, she has put Lupin Red through quite a pinch, a testament of her fighting skills.
- This is especially true when she pulls out her third collection piece Coupe le Gateau. With which she proceeds to surgically dissect all seven rangers with mocking ease.
- Horrifying the Horror: Her experiments are apparently so brutal that she caused at least one Gangler to try to defect.
- Human Resources: She harvests the safes for her experiments from still-living Ganglers. Their survival is optional.
- Killed Off for Real: She is finally killed by the Lupinrangers in Episode 48.
- Leitmotif: Has one that pops up any time she shows up to revive of monster, consisting of a "Sexy" sounding woman chanting to the music.
- Mad Scientist: She experiments on human victims for no reason other than "fun", and then later even on her fellow Ganglers. The first few attempts are goofy-looking Pordermen with an enlarged hand and safes for heads, but the eventual product of her research is a monstrous chimera with five safes on its body.
- Make My Monster Grow: When the Gros calibernote is in her safe, Gauche can enlarge a defeated Gangler by releasing an energy orb into the remains of the defeated Gangler's safe. In a pinch, she can spam it to mass grow Pordermen, who don't have safes, or use it on a still living Gangler.
- Meaningful Name: In contrast to Destra, her name comes from gauche, French for "left". It can also mean "tactless", which, given her personality towards anybody who isn't Dogranio, certainly also applies.
- Non-Mammal Mammaries: Has two bone covered bulges on her chest that resemble breasts.
- Sexy Backless Outfit: It is up in the air if one would consider Gauche "sexy", but she is wearing one. It'd be Stripperific if the hole in the stomach of it was exposing actual skin and not Gauche's organic ammo belts.
- Villainous Breakdown: Has one during Episode 48 after Dogranio stole her Lupin Collection pieces along with her Experimental Body.
Voiced by: Jingi Irie
The sea angel-themed Gangler that committed the freezing serial murders, whose victims include the loved ones of the Lupinrangers. A powerful being with ice-based abilities, he freely goes between the back dimension and the human world and does as he please. Like Destra, Zamigo is a "Status Double" Gangler with two safes classified as "Status Gold".- Achilles' Heel: Zamigo's guns are some of the most dangerous weapons in all of Sentai as all he needs is one clean hit to trap his victim in ice. Not only that, despite his guns being single-shot only, he can infinitely respawn them via his Gold Safes. That ends up being the key to defeating him as the Trigger Machines can reset his safes' combinations and lock them shut, preventing him from reloading.
- Badass Normal: Relatively speaking. Unlike the other Ganglers, he doesn't rely on the power of a Collection piece, largely because he doesn't have to.
- Be Careful What You Wish For: Ticked off that his fight with the Lupinrangers is interrupted by Dogranio and the Patrangers, he requests Dogranio to let him continue the fight in his infinite safe, locked and free from further interruptions. This backfires horribly for him as [[spoiler: not only are his gun-generating safes locked out of his control by the Lupinrangers in the ensuing fight, but he is also unable to escape to recover himself for another rematch. Not that he minds.
- But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Upon being confronted by Kairi for the first time, the Lupinranger fiercely asked him what he did a year ago.note . Zamigo joked back that "he was breathing". Though the way he retorted was more in that he wanted Kairi to specify which person he was angry about.
- Character Tics: Usually seen chewing on candy in the shape of ice cubes and/or whistling whenever he appears.
- Cowboy: His human disguise is a flashy Gunslinger, while his real form is basically an ice-powered tentacle monster cowboy.
- Enigmatic Minion: Despite being a Gangler higher-up, he doesn't take orders from Dogranio or anyone else and does as he pleases. Also, despite being very powerful, he never competes in Dogranio's successor contest. Dogranio himself admit how interesting it would be if Zamigo does so, showing the old man has high regards for him. The only person in the Gangler world he keeps regular contact with is Destra, who Zamigo often gives information regarding the goings-on in the human world. He only returns to the Gangler world during the final arc of the series, and even then, it's for his own benefit and couldn't care less about his cohorts' machinations.
- Evil Laugh: Befitting his rather cheerful personality, he often does this. Most notable when fighting Kairi for the first time.
- Face Death with Dignity: When finally killed, he merely says to Lupin Red "It's been fun... Adios.", suggesting that he is glad to go down in a blaze of glory.
- Faux Affably Evil: He is calm, cheerful, and has a sick sense of humor all of the time. To say it mitigates his criminal for fun style and sociopathic personality would be just as false as calling either Basco or Enter nice guys.
- Final Boss: He's the last opponent the Lupinrangers fought.
- For the Evulz: His crimes are committed for no rhyme or reason. He's not even interested in becoming Dogranio's successor. He does what he does for the fun of it.
- Genuine Human Hide: The true purpose of freezing his victims in ice: To hold them in his hideout until it's time for him to skin them to give to any monster who wants to pass themselves off as humans.
- Gratuitous English: Lapses into this on occasion, like when he remarks Nice joke, when Kairi proclaims he'll defeat him.
- Gratuitous Spanish: In contrast to the Lupinrangers' French 'Adieu', he says "Adios" before landing a final shot.
- Guns Akimbo: Much like an Old West cowboy, he wields his ice guns in both hands.
- Harmless Freezing: His freezing ability doesn't actually kill his victims but merely sends them to an unknown location. This doesn't mean they're safe, as it's harmless for completely different reasons..
- An Ice Person: His element of choice which he
uses to frightening effect. - It's Personal with the Dragon: He is the arch enemy of the Lupinrangers having frozen their loved ones and is the main reason they became thieves in the first place. The Lupinrangers seemingly sacrifice themselves to destroy him in episode 50, accomplishing their goal and freeing their loved ones and entrusting taking down the actual Big Bad Dogranio to the Patrangers as they were the ones who's goal was actively saving the world by ending the Gangler threat for good.
- Killed Off for Real: Is finally put down by the Lupinrangers in Ep 50.
- Lack of Empathy: His only reaction to being confronted by Kairi about his mass abduction spree is to make a literally cold joke that he was breathing that day and then say that getting rid of people is so easy he doesn't even need a piece of the Lupin Collection to do it. Even outside of that, it's clear he isn't the least bit ashamed of the humans he has skinned alive in order to make human guises or the casualties of any innocents as a result of his dealings. Even the way he reacted to his own spy's death is disappointment in losing an asset rather than a sincere moment of sympathy (Unlike Dogranio's genuine mourning of Destra's death).
- Literally Shattered Lives: His victims are frozen so solidly that any external stimuli leads to this. When Lupin Red kills him, he shatters himself, before exploding.
- Master of Disguise: He provides the Human Disguises the Gangler all use. And the implications are just as horrifying as can be imagined. The disguises are made from the victims of his rampage.
- Meaningful Name: His name is just a few letters away from saying Amigo Del Mal (Friend of the evil). While "friends" isn't really the best way to describe the other Ganglers, he is a big help to the villains in their criminal goals.
- More Despicable Minion: His boss Dogranio Yaboon was at least an Affably Evil mob boss who is willing to retire as long as he gets a successor first and shows some care for others like Destra. Zamigo on the other hand, has never genuinely cared about anyone except as toys he can play with and has no motive for his actions other than because he likes it.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!:
- While the theft of the Lupin Collection would've led to the Ganglers downfall no matter what due to the two survivors of the raid, Zamigo's own attack made it easier since three humans who lost their loved ones to this would be recruited by Kogre to take the Lupin Collection from the Ganglers in an attempt to get them back. Not that it matters to him since creating the Lupinrangers gave him fun opponents to fight, but it ends up costing him and the others later.
- By unfreezing Iselob and sending him out again when he was thought to have been killed by the freezing process, the Lupinrangers were able to discover that their loved ones are not truly dead yet, and thus they have a chance to rescue them before they became skinned alive, and thus the Lupin Collection is not the only way to restore them, which sets up the chain of events that led up to his death.
- No Ontological Inertia: Kairi believes that defeating him will restore all of his victims. Come episode 50, his faith is rewarded, at least for the ones who weren't made into human disguises for the monsters.
- Pragmatic Villainy:
- He doesn't actually care about his enemies, but he does let the Patrangers escape the Gangler's homeworld since he still wants to toy with them as much as he does the Lupinrangers.
- He doesn't dispose of any allies that have some use to him, hence why he didn't like when the Patrangers killed Narizma. He quickly gets over it.
- Psycho for Hire: He doesn't mind getting paid for his services to the Gangler higher ups, but his primary reason for working for them is the joyful thrill of it.
- Sadist: He is obviously in the crime business for fun and treats his fights against his opponents with as much of an absolute blast as a child playing with life sized toys.
- Serial Killer: Freezes his victims to the point that the simplest touch causes them to shatter to pieces, something he's done to many victims including the Lupinrangers' loved ones and Patren 2's predecessor. Even though he actually just teleported them somewhere only he knows about, he's still considered this because all of the Ganglers with human forms got theirs from his after he's skinned some of them and would've done so to the rest (the Lupinrangers' loved ones included) if he wasn't stopped.
- The Sociopath: He has committed crimes for his own gain and fun, even without permission of the higher up Ganglers, remorselessly claims getting rid of people is easy, is shamelessly responsible for killing many humans just to create the Gangler Monsters human disguises, even if his mass abduction didn't actually kill them as once thought, and his sadism surpasses even others of his group. The only time he was down about another monster's death, Narizuma, was because he was, in his own words, "a handy tipster".
- Spanner in the Works: He thwarts Destra's plan to bring the Patarangers and Lupinrangers to the Gangler world by opening a portal for them back to the human world. His reasoning? He doesn't like anyone else playing with his "toys".
- Throw-Away Guns: Justified. His guns are single shot only and he can generate an infinite number of them almost instantly with his powers and he fires off a lot of shots. This is a problem when the Lupinrangers lock his safes so he can't produce anymore. This leaves him defenseless for LupinRed to kill him.
- Torso with a View: The Finishing Move that kills him also blows a massive hole straight through his torso.
- Wild Card: He is only truly ever loyal to himself and whether he works for other criminals or seeks to undermine them depends on what amuses him more.
- Worthy Opponent: Seems to find LupinRed an intriguing adversary.
- You Are Already Dead: If his ice blast touches any part of your body or clothing, it will spread to cover and consume you. Kairi saves himself by shooting off the freezing portion of his cape after Zamigo grazes it.
- Arc Villain: They serve as the primary monsters of the week for episodes 23-25.
- Climax Boss: Raimon proves to so strong (as seen from him curb-stomping both the Lupinrangers and the Patrangers), that both teams are forced to work together to take back the Lupin Collection piece he houses in his gold safe (which can only be opened with a six number safe combination) and bring him down for good. The last part was only made possible due to Goodstriker initiating a special combination with all of the Rangers' individual VS vehicles and himself, resulting in Good Cool Kaiser VSX being brought into the fray for the first time.
- Dwindling Party: A villainous example; every episode has one member bite it, with the leader Raimon being last.
- King of Beasts: Raimon Gaorufang is based on a lion. Fittingly, he is the leader of the gang.
