Ace Attorney/Characters/Victims

Because the Ace Attorney cases are Always Murder, there's always at least one victim. Most have a face and a name, but other than that there are almost never any tropes associated with them. Regardless, we're striving for 100% completion here, they'll just be shoved aside here.

Most, if not all of the victims on this page follow the following tropes:

 * Asshole Victim: More than a few.
 * Posthumous Character: Other than a few exceptions, the victims are never met by the protagonist before they die.

Cindy Stone (Mika Takabi)


The first known girlfriend of Casanova Wannabe Larry Butz, who was murdered in her own apartment by a panicking thug. .


 * Posthumous Character
 * Rose-Haired Girl

Jack Hammer (Takeshi Ibukuro)


Former big-name star of Global Studios. His final role was as the Evil Magistrate on The Steel Samurai.


 * Dark-Skinned Blond
 * Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
 * Posthumous Character: He is a murder victim, after all.
 * Punny Name: Jackhammer.
 * White Dwarf Starlet: His career went downhill after he.
 * White Dwarf Starlet: His career went downhill after he.

Robert Hammond (Yukio Namakura)


An attorney that once worked at Grossberg Law Offices. An Amoral Attorney that doesn't care whether his clients are guilty or not.


 * Amoral Attorney: He managed to get Yanni Yogi off with an insanity plea, but ruined his life in the process.
 * Asshole Victim
 * Posthumous Character: Like every victim in the Ace Attorney series, he's mentioned every time in the trial, and the job of the player is to find the truth behind his death.

Bruce Goodman (Michio Tadashiki)


A detective that was in charge of the SL-9 case.


 * Dead Man's Chest: Found in a car trunk.
 * Man in White: He wears a white trenchcoat and top hat.
 * Punny Name: He was a good man, and as Jake Marshall put it, good men die young.

Neil Marshall (Naoto Zaimon) neil_marshal_3058.png
Jake's younger brother, and was the "King of Prosecutors" two years ago. He was the initial prosecutor on the SL-9 case.


 * Death by Origin Story: Said to have been killed by Joe Darke. Case 5 involves you solving both his murder two years ago and Bruce Goodman's more recent killing.
 * Posthumous Character: Deceased prior to Case 5, though still plot-important.
 * Punny Name: He and his brother both dressed as cowboys, so they're "Marshall"s.
 * Youngest Child Wins: According to Jake, the smarter of the Marshall brothers.
 * Youngest Child Wins: According to Jake, the smarter of the Marshall brothers.

Joe Darke (Joe Aokage) darke_2686.png
The defendant of the SL-9 case, and a serial murderer. Yet despite the circumstances, there wasn't any decisive evidence against him. But when he killed Prosecutor Marshall, Edgeworth was able to get him a guilty verdict.


 * Bloodbath Villain Origin: Killed someone in an accident, then killed the only witness and the witnesses to his subsequent killings.
 * Crime After Crime: He was a seemingly normal man who accidentally killed a cyclist in a car accident, and then proceeded to go on a killing spree in an attempt to cover up this initial accident.
 * The Faceless: Of the Face Framed in Shadow type.
 * Ultimately subverted with a recurring flashback image where you can clearly see his face.
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast: His Japanese surname "pale shadow" is even creepier.
 * Posthumous Character
 * Serial Killer

Dustin Prince (Mamoru Machio) Mugshot-dustin_4744.png
Maggey's former boyfriend, and also a police officer.


 * Punny Name: Dusting prints.

Turner Grey (Tetsuo Kirisaki)


A doctor whose clinic had an accident that resulted in 14 patients dying. Something of a prick and easily excitable. He also hates the weather girl. He's the first victim who meets Phoenix in the same case before getting killed.


 * Asshole Victim
 * Berserk Button: In Phoenix's own words: "Talking about the weather with this guy is asking for punishment..."
 * Captain Obvious: "My clinic isn't seeing nearly as many patients nowadays. Do you understand what that means!? It means they're not coming to my clinic!"
 * Dr. Jerk
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar: He adjusts his glasses with his middle finger. Even in the Western versions.
 * Hair-Trigger Temper
 * Jerkass Has a Point: While he is a jerk and has a largely selfish motive for wanting Mimi to confess to her wrongdoing, it's implied that he is right and that she was the one at fault.
 * Never Speak Ill of the Dead: Averted. His motive for having Mimi summoned is to make her admit that she caused the incident in which 14 patients died.
 * No Indoor Voice: He can't go a scene without yelling.
 * Punny Name: His hair is brown with a greying fringe - hence, turning grey.
 * Alternatively 'Turn her grey' in regards to worrying Mimi.

Mimi Miney (Mimi Hanaka/) Mugshot-mimi_8449.png
A nurse that worked under Dr. Grey. Was supposedly the nurse that killed the fourteen patients. Then, a week later, she died in a car crash. .


 * Alliterative Name

Russell Berry (Naota Tachimi) Russel_9285.png
The former Ringleader of the Berry Big Circus, and Max's employer.


 * Camp Straight: He owns quite the sizable makeup collection, with Maya even commenting on how "Metrosexual" it was.
 * Nice Guy: He was by all accounts a wonderful, generous, friendly man who just about everyone in the Berry Big Circus loved dearly with Acro and Bat even looking up to him as a father figure after he adopted them. In fact, his death . The only really negative thing you could say about him is that the way he raised Regina ended up making her far too naive for her own good.
 * Papa Wolf: A minor example, but when he realized that.
 * Posthumous Character

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OK, so technically, he's still alive. But he's in a coma, and he ain't waking up any time soon. In any case, he's Acro's younger brother. His real name is Sean Dingling (Ippei Kinoshita).

Juan Corrida (Isao Fujimino)


The Rival to Matt Engarde in all things. He had a thing for bears, evidently.


 * Always Second Best: To Matt Engarde..
 * Asshole Victim:.
 * Posthumous Character
 * Posthumous Character

Celeste Inpax (Yurie Amano)


Juan's former manager. She was also Matt's former manager and Adrian's mentor. The aversion to Never Suicide.


 * Driven to Suicide:.
 * Posthumous Character

Doug Swallow (Kikuzo Nonda) Mugshot-doug_1691.png
Would've been Phoenix's fellow alumnus of Ivy University had he not tragically died. He was a chemistry nut and Dahlia's ex. That said, it's no wonder he got killed...


 * Asshole Victim: Subversion. Phoenix stupidly claims that he was a "stuck-up British wanna-be", but the truth is that Doug died because.
 * Posthumous Character

Kane Bullard (Kurobee Busujima) Kane_3891.png
A Corrupt Corporate Executive and the CEO of KB Security, which was in charge of security during all the Mask☆DeMasque heists.


 * Asshole Victim:.
 * Dead Man's Chest: His body was found in a safe.

Glen Elg (Takao Oka) Glen_8816.png
A genius programmer that worked for Blue Screens, Inc. He had a fatal gambling addiction, and won five hundred grand in the lottery before kicking the bucket.


 * Fun with Palindromes
 * The Gambling Addict
 * Shout-Out: Too bad he died. Otherwise, you could've asked him what The Tiger's power level is.
 * Trapped by Gambling Debts:.

Valerie Hawthorne (Yuki Miyanagi)


Dahlia's sister and a former police sergeant. She was the one who arrested and got Terry convicted. .


 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Fair Cop
 * : The reason she was killed.
 * : See the above and  tropes. One of the saddest examples of this trope, since not only does she get killed for it, but.
 * Posthumous Character
 * : See the above and  tropes. One of the saddest examples of this trope, since not only does she get killed for it, but.
 * Posthumous Character

Elise Deauxnim (Elise Tenryusai)


A famous illustrator and picture book author with an unknown past. Larry made her his teacher after he read her book. The exact opposite of Oldbag in personality. She also has the dubious honor of being the only victim to have a Leitmotif ("Simple Melody"). .


 * Bilingual Bonus/Meaningful Name: Her name means "Two Names" in French.

Shadi Smith (Kagero Urafushi)


A mysterious traveler and skilled poker player. That's about it. .


 * Alliterative Name
 * Asshole Victim: During the poker game,.
 * In addition, he was in cahoots with the dealer, who tried to slip a card into Wright's pocket so that he could search him afterward, in order to find the card; this set up was meant to "expose" Wright as a cheater, ruining his reputation as legendary poker player. When the plan failed, he struck his dealer with a bottle..
 * Meaningful Name/Punny Name: "Shady Enigma".
 * Posthumous Character: Killed in the beginning, but you get to meet him in the flashback case.

Pal Meraktis (Teruo Ukari)


A surgeon that made a fortune via making illegal deals with the mob. Was killed while dragging a noodle stand.


 * Asshole Victim: If he'd checked 's vital signs like a proper doctor, he would have been the killer in his case rather than the victim. He also botched Wocky's surgery and fibbed to Big Wins about the results when the poor kid was basically terminal.
 * Back-Alley Doctor
 * Dr. Jerk
 * Expy: Has quite a bit in common with Turner Grey. They're both jerkass doctors who are the victim of the second case of their respective games, that were killed by a gunshot to the head.
 * Punny Name: Pal Meraktis. Malpractice.
 * In relation to his rival, Pal and Guy.
 * The Rival: To Guy Eldoon, with whom he competed with until the poor guy was forced to close his clinic as Pal's took all of his clients.

Romein LeTouse Romaine1_9191.png
Lamiroir's manager and interpreter.


 * Punny Name: Romein LeTouse = Romaine Lettuce (which happens to be the Japanese name of this character)

Drew Misham (Doburoku Ese) Drew_Misham_mugshot_1561.png
A starving artist (so to speak) and Vera's father. He is privately known as an expert forger.


 * Asshole Victim: His motive and personality may be sympathetic, but he was a bigger menace to society than some of the murderers in Justice For All. When painting and doing illustrations wasn't enough to support himself and his daughter, he turned to forging paintings. Apparently, that wasn't enough either because he then . He appears to be remorseful about this to the point of  to clear up the confusion it caused, but then he repeats  again and again. His daughter almost.
 * Reclusive Artist

Buddy Faith (Shinji Nakamado) Sinji_mugshot_3214.png
A detective working with Jacques Portsman. Died when coming upon Jacques ransacking Edgeworth's office.


 * The Cameo: He's modeled after Ace Attorney Investigations's director Tsuyoshi Yamazaki.
 * Death by Cameo: Mr. Yamzaki actually asked the designer to tweak Buddy's appareance a bit. Apparently, he didn't feel comfortable seeing himself as a body.
 * Couldn't Find a Pen: Subverted: it was Portsman who wrote Gumshoe's name.
 * Nice Hat
 * Punny Name: His Japanese name comes from the phrase "nakama to shinjiteiru" meaning "I trust him as a friend" or "I believe he is a friend." The English name reflects this.

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An Interpol agent assigned to pair with Franziska on the investigation of the smuggling ring, but died before making contact.


 * : The most garish one imaginable.
 * Interpol Special Agent
 * Megane: Broken when.

Oliver Deacon (Masumi Ogura)


Butler to Amano family and Lance's tutor. .


 * Asshole Victim:.
 * : to.
 * Posthumous Character
 * Significant Anagram:.
 * Taking the Heat: Forced to take responsibility for the Amano Group's ties to the smuggling ring.
 * Taking the Heat: Forced to take responsibility for the Amano Group's ties to the smuggling ring.

Mack Rell (Tohru Makari)


Murder suspect of killing of Deid Mann. Originally claimed to be Yatagarasu, but then accused Byrne Faraday of being one instead.


 * Asshole Victim
 * The Cameo: He's modeled after AAI's producer Motohide Eshiro.
 * Death by Cameo
 * Fat Bastard: A criminal and clearly guilty of killing Deid Mann.
 * Punny Name: Mackerel, as in the fish.
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: He's hired to kill Deid Mann, accuses Byrne Faraday of being the Yatagarasu, and after Byrne Faraday is dead, helps arrange the crime scene. He gets rewarded by being shot dead.

Byrne Faraday (see Prosecutors And Law Enforcement Officers)

Deid Mann


Cohdopia Embassy staff who was murdered by Mack Rell.


 * Badass Mustache
 * Fail O'Suckyname: DEID MANN. How obvious of a name can you give a murder victim?!
 * Punny Name

Cece Yew (Yuko Kazura)
The victim from the KG-8 case. Former Amano group member. Was killed in her apartment (on Det. Badd's watch) before being able to testify in court about the smuggling ring.


 * Defector From Decadence
 * Posthumous Character
 * Punny Name: "Cease, You!"
 * She Knows Too Much

Manny Coachen


A suspect in KG-8 case after killing Cece Yew, but let go due to lack of evidence. Worked as secretary to Colias Palaeno while secretly still working for the smuggling ring. .


 * Asshole Victim: Probably one of the worst in the game, since.
 * The Dragon: To the smuggling ring leader, later to become.
 * Hypercompetent Sidekick: Seen as one by Palaeno.
 * Not Proven: He was never convicted of Cece's murder because . By the time.
 * Screw the Rules, I Have Connections: The reason he got off the hook for murder..
 * Screw the Rules, I Have Connections: The reason he got off the hook for murder..

Ka-Shi Nou (Aoi Akaishi)


Mask?DeMasque II in name only. .
 * Gonk
 * NEET: Is out of work and wanted for larceny.
 * Punny Name: "Cash Now".
 * Alternately, "casino".

Gai Tojiro


The head bodyguard of Teikun Ō. He was killed out of jealousy.


 * Badass: He was the only one who could stop Shelly de Killer.
 * Badass Moustache
 * Chess Motifs: He represents the "rook".
 * Cool Shades
 * Never Speak Ill of the Dead:.
 * Will Not Tell a Lie:.

Teikun Ō


The first victim of Gyakuten Kenji 2, and the president of Zheng Fa. .


 * Assassin Outclassin':.
 * Asshole Victim:.
 * : He has control of an entire country! Not that that saves him...
 * Dirty Coward: . And de Killer calls him on it.
 * : . This leads to the Big Bad of the game murdering the, as a way of repaying the hitman for saving the Big Bad's life.
 * Large Ham:.
 * Leitmotif: "Zheng Fa ~ Land of the Phoenix".
 * Meaningful Name/Punny Name: His name is just a series of words for rulers--"king", "emperor", "monarch".
 * As mentioned above.
 * President Target: Subverted, Inverted and played straight.
 * President Target: Subverted, Inverted and played straight.

Isaku Hyōdō


A, who collaborated with in the dessert-making contest as a pastry chef. He betrayed him and had his son so that he couldn't help him in the contest. Afterwards, he caught him stealing Tenkai's recipe which could temporarily give him the. Isaku found out about this and tried to blackmail him, so he was killed.


 * Asshole Victim
 * Dead Man's Chest:.
 * Desserts Are Serious Business
 * : Subverted. He may be, but . He still is a pretty textbook though.
 * Meaningful Name/Punny Name: "Ice hall" or "ice sculpture"..
 * Also, his name is a pun on "digging one's own grave" in Japanese.
 * Never Found the Body: For 18 years.
 * Peek-a-Boo Corpse
 * Posthumous Character
 * You Said You Would Sculpt Something For Me Too: Hyōdō's end of the bargain. He lied.

Tsubasa Kagome


A defense attorney who investigated illegal activities. She confronted him in private. He. She was supposed to defend in trial when she was suspected of murder.


 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Dead Man's Chest
 * It's Personal: She suspected that killed her boyfriend.
 * Meaningful Name: Her name could mean "a bird in a cage", which is a reference to Kagome Kagome, a Japanese children's game.
 * A question in the rhyme is "who is behind the falling of the turtle and the crane" - who is about to stab her in the back. Her boyfriend represents the "turtle", and the person who is behind his falling is, the same person who killed her.
 * Posthumous Character
 * Sweet Polly Oliver: Someone else dressed her up like that, however.
 * Unwitting Pawn:.

Ami Aizawa
Shimon's mother. . She worked at the orphanage "Happy Family" with Marī Miwa. She died when Shimon was 8, so her cousin, the judge Hakari Mikagami, adopted him.


 * Alliterative Name
 * Death by Origin Story

Ryūji Kamei


A freelance journalist who died 12 years ago. He was the only known victim in the SS-5 Incident. He and his lover, the defense attorney Tsubasa Kagome were investigating, whom they suspected of secretly selling evidence.


 * Going for the Big Scoop: Proved lethal.
 * Gonk
 * Meaningful Name: Kamei means "turtle well", which could be a reference to Kagome Kagome (see Tubas Kagome above).
 * Posthumous Character

Bright Bonds (Hikaru Shinjou)
Belle's old boyfriend and the victim in "Turnabout with the Wind" in the manga. He was thought to have been killed by Larry out of jealousy when he kept pursuing Belle despite being married,.


 * Alliterative Name
 * Asshole Victim: Payne speculates that he got killed because he was committing adultery, lampshading it as he talks about infidelity harming more people than those involved,.
 * Named After Somebody Famous: He’s a sports fanatic who shares the same last name as Barry Bonds.
 * Posthumous Character
 * Your Cheating Heart:.
 * Your Cheating Heart:.

Eddie Johnson (Jirou Kimura)
A talented employee at Cyber Project who was rude to his superiors and arrogant, and also was in a relationship with Lira Wolfe. Robin Wolfe called Eddie in to have a talk with him, which resulted in him torturing him with spiders, leading him to commit suicide. This led to Robin being suspected of killing Eddie, since he was the last person Eddie saw.


 * Blood From the Mouth: As he is dying from falling to his death.
 * Break the Haughty: Robin says he was hoping to have a talk with him about his arrogance and insubordination, but his method suggests he was going farther.
 * Driven to Suicide: The police, however, think it's murder, and considered Robin the prime suspect.
 * Insufferable Genius: Was apparently quite arrogant, but also had the talent to back it up.
 * Meaningful Name/Shout-Out: He and his brother Brock’s names, combined, form “Eddie Brock”, also known as Venom.
 * Posthumous Character
 * Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Extremely arachnophobic as a result of being bitten by a spider as a child, and commits suicide after his traumatic experience

Robin Wolfe (Akamune Komori)
President of Cyber Project, he hires Phoenix to defend him when he comes under suspicion of murdering Eddie Johnson. He ends up getting killed himself in "Turnabout Gallows", and Phoenix is hired to defend Bobby when he’s charged with Robin’s murder.


 * Asshole Victim: The kind that almost everyone in the area at the time of the murder hated enough to have a motive for wanting him dead. His daughter hates him for driving Eddie to his death, Brock suspects that he killed Eddie and, Bobby secretly resents how he's being pushed to the side and seen as worthless.
 * Bait and Switch Boss: He's initially the potential defendant in Turnabout Gallows until he becomes the victim.
 * Bald of Evil: A fairly shiny one.
 * Big Fancy House
 * Dying Clue: Double subversion. The police investigate his drawing of a spider, thinking that it's related to the "spider man" that was threatening him, but Phoenix points out he merely draws what is in front of him when he needs to come up with an idea. It turns out that, and he unwittingly provided evidence that.
 * Jerkass: Has essentially alienated his wife and daughter. Interestingly enough, however, he’s surprisingly nice to Phoenix.
 * Karmic Death:.
 * Never Speak Ill of the Dead: Averted with Eddie, whom he derides for being "weak" for committing suicide, and even laughed about driving him to his death.
 * Pet the Dog: Subverted; he claims that he sent Bobby to San Francisco to give him working experience and confidence, but Brock's statements suggest that he wanted him away from home so that he could take Eddie to the Den of Spiders (which also seems like a considerable investment out of love for his brother, but also keeps Bobby out of sight). However, he has an arguably straight example, when toward the end of the trial, Lira recalls a fond memory of him drawing her picture.
 * Unreliable Expositor: He claims that Lira had no relationship with Eddie, but she makes it clear later that she loved him. He also denies Bobby is his brother and claims that he’s a servant when he doesn’t have any servants. It’s thus difficult to believe his claim that he knew nothing of Eddie’s arachnophobia.

Flip Chambers (Junpei Ichinomiya)
The actor who plays Twinklestar. He was formerly In a relationship with Julie Henson until he left her for someone else. , which is the real reason he was killed in "Turnabout Showtime".


 * Big Ol' Eyebrows: His resemble Sparklestar's, to the point at which Maya is surprised when he isn't the one in the costume.
 * Gorn: Both sides of the costume and his clothes are soaked with blood. Unlike some of the other stabbings in the series, the killer did not leave the weapon in or wipe up the blood.
 * Locked Room Mystery: He was stabbed in the chest, without the front of the costume being pierced. He couldn’t have opened the costume (which is zipped from the back) from the inside, and none of the mascots can hold anything in their hands, leaving Julie as the only suspect..
 * Meaningful Name: His Japanese name means "one palace", which the translators changed to "chambers" to preserve the reference to the Locked Room Mystery.
 * Pointless Band-Aid
 * Red Herring: It’s noted that he and Julie are not on the best of terms, as he dumped her for someone else. This never comes up a second time, and she is innocent of his murder.
 * The Show Must Go On: One explanation for his going back on stage despite being fatally stabbed.
 * Working with the Ex: He and Julie have not reconciled after their breakup.

Oracle Hecate (Oracle Reika)
A fortune teller who is the "gatekeeper" of the "Gates of Hell" a.k.a. the Nether World. Her prophecies come from the Lord of Death. She's the victim in "Turnabout Prophecy".


 * Asshole Victim
 * Continuity Nod: The chant she told Russi to say (Larmawiledlanmag Mamaxmatphoe Romagteriri) are really small parts of all the defendants' names from the first game to the third one.
 * Fortune Teller
 * Gonk: It's actually pretty normal here considering that she's a fortune teller.
 * Jerkass: She's described as a terrible human being by Saito. Also, she's like that with some of her customers.
 * Literal-Minded: When Cytherea suggested that.
 * Locked Room Mystery: Both the front door and the back door are locked and Russi was supposedly the only one there besides herself..
 * Nice Hat
 * Now That's Using Your Teeth:.
 * : She's really.
 * Posthumous Character: Kind of. She's only ever seen in-person from Russi's point of view, but Phoenix never actually met her.
 * The Precious Precious Car: Don't even think about touching her death sickle.
 * Super Strength: She practically slammed the doors of all the booths when she found about her death sickle being touched.

Buck Wheatley (Nihachi Kanenari)
The former president of Buckwheat Palace and Diana's father, who had an allergy to buck wheat.


 * Abusive Parents
 * Asshole Victim: He was quite an unpleasant person, but it turns out.
 * One Steve Limit: Wheatley and Montana share the same given name.
 * Punny Name
 * Villain with Good Publicity: Covers up many of his underhanded deeds and the kidnapping on Vale, as well as.
 * Your Cheating Heart: Had an affair.

Vale Wheatley (Kasumi Kanenari)
Buck's wife and Diana's mother. She died in an accident when Diana was four years old.


 * Missing Mom:
 * Missing Mom:
 * Missing Mom:

Milo "Fairplay" Kent (Justice Masayoshi)
One of the contestants on the Gourmand Battle show.


 * Badass Boast: Also his Last Words.
 * Blood From the Mouth
 * Meaningful Name: Milo means "Merciful".
 * Poisoned Chalice Switcheroo: Risa claims that he switched her poison bowl with his.
 * Red Baron: Known as "The Magician".