Kaitō
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The phantom thief (怪盗 kaitō?) is a stock character in Japanese fiction, comparable to the cat burglar and the gentleman thief.
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[edit] Examples
[edit] Real-life phantom thieves
[edit] Novel
- Kaijin Nijū Mensō ("Fiend with Twenty Faces") in Rampo Edogawa's "Kogoro Akechi" series
[edit] Manga
- Arsène Lupin III in Monkey Punch's Lupin III
- Phantom Thief Kid in Gosho Aoyama's Magic Kaito
- Dark Mousy in Yukiru Sugisaki's D.N.Angel
- Cat's Eye by Tsukasa Hojo
- Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne by Arina Tanemura
- Shadow Lady by Masakazu Katsura
- Saint Tail by Megumi Tachikawa
- Rainbow Parakeet by Osamu Tezuka