Prosecutor of PW case 4 - Miles' mentor and keeper of a perfect record.
 

Personality: Karma is a ruthless prosecutor, believing only perfection can be tolerated. He'll do anything to get a guilty verdict. Sometimes arrogant but never overly cocky, Karma never looses his cool and has even the Judge pretty much whipped.

Misc Facts: The GS2 fanbook confirms that Karma has two daughters, the elder married with a child. His granddaughter has a dog named Phoenix (Ryuu in the Japanese).

Karma's character design was taken from the original design for Edgeworth.

Apparently the script writer really liked the name Karuma, and was disappointed many people ended up reading the kanji as "Karima."

Friends and Family: Karma has two daughters, one of which is Franziska, and raised Miles from the age of 9. His elder daughter has a daughter of her own.

Name Origin:
English: "Karma" being the bad Karma he's built up over the years. May also be based on Manfred von Richthofen, the infamous Red Baron who was brought down by a single bullet (thanks Johan!)

Japanese: "Karuma Gou" can mean several things depending on if you look at pronunciation or kanji meaning.

Pronunciation wise, "Karuma" is the Japanese Romanization for "Karma." "Gou" may come from the word gouka, which could be "the effect of karma" or "fires of hell."

Kanji wise, karu ma means "a demon which hunts," and gou comes from erai, which means "great" or "excellent."

All of them are pretty fitting.

Background: Manfred von Karma has been a prosecutor for forty years, and in that time maintained a perfect record of guilty verdicts. Nothing is known about his possible wife, but his daughter, Franziska, was born when he was 48.

A photographer trying to become a photo journalist, starting at the bottom - gossip magazines. A witness for PW and JFA case 4.

Personality: Lotta is a loud mouth with a short temper, but is as excitable as she is generous. She makes friends easily and is always on the go. Class A type personality.

Misc Facts: Lotta makes appearances in JFA, cases 2 and 4.

In the English, Lotta speaks with a southern accent. In the Japanese, she's from Osaka and speaks with a strong Kansai Accent. She also likes to make up words (Like "Mecharon" - mecha + mochiron = "of course for sure"). In the French version, she has an accent from Provence, a region located in the South of France.

Friends and Family: Unknown.

Name Origin:
English: Lotta Heart = "a lot of heart."

Japanese: Oosawagi means "a great commotion."

French: Her full name is a pun for Elle va causer (des) soucis meaning "She’ll be trouble."

Background: Over the course of the series Lotta goes from specializing in occult to tabloid photography.

An old man who owns a boat rental shop at Gourd Lake.

Personality: Senile, but prone to mood swings.

Misc Facts: Thinks he's running a noodle shop.

Friends and Family: Unknown. But he seems to think Phoenix is his long lost son.

Name Origin:

Background

A defense attorney, victim of PW case 4.

Personality: Unknown.

Misc Facts: None.

Friends and Family: Unknown. Used to work for Grossberg & Co. Lawfirms.

Name Origin:
French:  A very common French name in the same vein as John Smith (-Noru-da)

Background:
 

Missile is the police department's new police dog. He loves Samurai Dogs (Tonosamanjuu)

Polly is the pet bird of the old man who runs the boat rental shop at Gourd Lake. She's good at repeating things and her master teaches her all sorts of important information to help him remember things.
 

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