The Chief Justice of London, and the man in charge of assigning Ryuunosuke to cases during his stay there.

Personality: Vortex is a naturally intimidating man who seems to command an audience wherever he goes. With an eye for efficiency, he's always keeping track of time (to the point that he makes references to exact periods of time down to the second) and wastes none of it on sentiment.

Misc Facts: Character designer Nuri had trouble deciding on his design; though it was decided from the beginning that he would be an intimidating presence, it wasn't until the idea of making Vortex focused on "time" came up that they were able to finalize a design.

Friends and Family: Superior to Tobias Gregson, though they aren't quite as close as, say, Edgeworth and Gumshoe.

Name Origin:
Japanese: Likely chosen just to sound intimidating.

Background: As Chief Justice, Vortex is in charge of managing the various trials that pass through London's courts; in particular, he assigns prosecutors and defense attorneys in the event none will take the case willingly. He also serves as one of the representatives of the Japan-London exchange program, and holds the power to approve or deny a student's claim to studying abroad.

A teenaged pickpocket who Ryuunosuke runs into around London. Witness of DGS-3.

Personality: Gina is headstrong and cocky, putting her faith into her fingers and street smarts. Underneath the surface, though, she has trouble trusting anyone despite caring for the other orphans of London's east end, and holds a deep-seated dislike of adults.

Misc Facts: Gina once wound up in a sticky situation where she was stuck on top of an omnibus, surrounded by very angry passengers, and needed to make a quick getaway.

Friends and Family: Her parents abandoned her when she was young.

Name Origin:
Japanese: From G. Lestrade, the Scotland Yard detective of Holmes canon.

Background: Gina is an orphan who lives amongst other 'street urchins' in London's East End, picking pockets to get by. On the night of the crime, she was hiding inside the omnibus and heard the murder.

A veteran detective of Scotland Yard, and DGS' answer to Gumshoe, Ema, and Fulbright.

Personality: Gregson is for the most part a no-nonsense copper who takes pride in Scotland Yard's acheivements and doesn't stand for lawbreakers. While he doesn't view Ryuunosuke and co. coldly, he also doesn't go out of his way to help them without good reason. The only exception to this is when Iris is involved, since her stories have made him something of a local celebrity; he's happy to do whatever she wants, as long as it doesn't involve him literally breaking the rules of his job. Tea parties are fair game, however.

Misc Facts: Like Holmes, Gregson is an Ace Attorney-fied take on a canon Conan Doyle character, albeit one much closer to Doyle canon.

Gregson is a fiend for fish and chips, and is eating them almost constantly.

Friends and Family: Subordinate to Hurt Vortex, and friends with Iris Watson.

Name Origin:
Japanese: From the Holmes canon.

Background: Gregson is a well-established detective of Scotland Yard whose abiltiies led him to cross paths with Sherlock Holmes several times, to his occasional vexation. After Iris began to publish the Holmes stories, in which he was portrayed as the only Scotland Yard detective capable of matching wits with Holmes, his fame around the department skyrocketed, and he began to be assigned more serious cases.