Presenting J-Drama Actor Seiya Motoki As Noel Takao/Lupin-X/Patren-X

Ever wondering who will soon play the mysterious extra ranger? Well wonder no more as here's J-Drama regular Seiya Motoki who will play an extra ranger. Last year, we had J-Drama regular Keisuke Minami who was in his 30s -- now I'm actually relieved we're having a younger actor play the part of Noel Takao -- a double agent who will side with both the Lupinrangers and Patrangers. Will he play the vital role in actually getting both teams to finally work together?

Here's an interview which I copied and pasted from My Navi. I also translated said text using Google translate) with some minor edits for easier reading:

What was your impression in playing as Noel Takao/Lupin-X/Patren-X?

I have been watching Super Sentai series since I was small. According to what I have heard from my parents, I especially liked the "Gekisou Sentai Carranger", he seems to have been playing around with transforming often with toys. It is very pleasing to be able to appear as such in a Super Sentai series, and to be able to appear with the special feeling of my role as an additional warrior! Because you will be carrying a work that is already running on the way, first of all, I was worried about what kind of atmosphere it was at the scene ", but everyone and I mean everyone is a really nice person when it comes into that. Everyone in the cast really touched me, and now they are all my good friends.

- What's with your consciousness about playing the role of Noel Takao?

Noel is characterized by a big reaction, so I always consciously play the part of how to enlarge each gesture. The word usage is also interesting. There's a a lot of French words such as "Saru ~!" and "Adeu" came out and it was really noisy anyhow (laugh). There was also the word "aurara ♪", but after taking the scene, everyone at the scene including the staff managed to say "aurara ♪" (laugh).

- How about after you saw "Lupin X" and "Patren-X"?

 Who transformed into Lupin-X and Patren-X were really cool looking! I usually said "I am cool" while I'm doing the dubbing. I am really looking forward to being able to show it off to everyone.

- Can you see Mr. Motoki's acrobat even in this work?

Noel will also do the acrobat before the transformation. While reading the script, it was written as "to show off brilliant acrobatics in vain!", So I was really willing to do a lot in vain (laugh). Because it is boring since it is just a bucking or a bad area while various techniques are included. At the scene, there were three Patrangers (Kousei Yuuki, Ryo Yokoyama and Kazusa Okuyama) and Kairi (Asahi Ito), but they told me they wanted to see it and they watched it. After being done I was told that "I am not the same human." (laugh). I'm glad that you are showing off such techniques that you have not seen so much!

- Please let me know the highlights of Noel Takao again?

Noel who comes and goes between the Lupinranger and Patrangers seems to be a very mysterious person at the beginning, but in reality, he is someone who is moving while thinking "Let's make it all in a good direction." while in fact knowing various things . Since I have various meanings in my eyes, I would like to be conscious of that. Especially for Kogure who plays Mr. Yoichi Hotaru, I'm showing a face that feels like 'I am planning something behind the scenes', so I would like to draw attention.

Aren't you excited that we're nearing the 20th episode soon?