Inspector K

About
K is a very eccentric member of the Space Patrol who works for forensics. He also does interrogations for some reason. He believes in justice, but also believes his intuition is always spot on until he is proven wrong which he then shrugs off. The K apparently stands for Kichigai (insane), as he says that used to be his name long ago.

True to his presumed name, he is quite insane. He believes that all men should be "horse-like", so he wears a horse head for a penis. He also uses ventriloquism to make it "talk". He dresses like a cowboy and always has his left-handed guitar with him, ready to (badly) sing a song.

Despite all this he is capable of understanding complex scientific problems and even explain it relatively simply to others. He can use this to formulate somewhat insane plans which mostly work.

He was encountered for the first time in the Space Patrol HQ, where he sang his intro and then took away Shiori for questioning by Daimonji. He himself then goes to question a beastgirl named Leina who he believes was involved in a case of dick cutting (something he feels strongly about). It is more like torture and his only proof is that the criminal had beastlike features. He does admit it could be any beastman, but his intuition is always right. He plays russian roulette with her as the only player, but the gun fails to fire which makes him decide she is innocent and he laughingly apologizes. After this Sati stomps on his horse-likeness to get information on where Shiori is kept and how to get in.

Later on he displays his scientific prowess by formulating a complex plan to deal with the 2 stage proton laser used by the pirates. It works and succeeds in destroying the laser and tractor beam, but not much else like he planned. The Space pirates and Space Patrol then engage each other with regular lasers until the Death Shadows fires its degeneration cannon. This wipes out the whole fleet, but not before K seemingly escapes.

Trivia

 * The horse head is called Haiseiko, a racing horse active during the 1970s.
 * The song he sings actually got turned into a track for the CD version.
 * He proudly boasts the highest shots fire ratio in the entire force.