Maya Fey

Maya Fey is a character who appears throughout the Phoenix Wright trilogy as Wright's perky assistant. She is the current Master of the Kurain Channeling Technique.

Background
Maya Fey was born into a prominent family of female spirit mediums. Her mother, Misty Fey, went missing for 17 years after the DL-6 Incident, when Maya was two years old. Her sister Mia took it upon herself to find out what happened to their mother and left Kurain Village, leaving Maya to become the Master of Kurain should her mother be found dead or not turn up for 20 years.

Mia's death
15 years later, Maya Fey was charged with Mia's murder. Phoenix Wright, who had worked as Mia's understudy, defended Maya in court and proved another person had killed Mia. After the trial, she appointed herself as Wright's assistant. She used her psychic powers to channel Mia's spirit to help Wright when he needed help.

Trivia

 * "Maya" was chosen because it closely relates to her Japanese name, Mayoi (真宵), which means "true evening". "Fey" comes from Morgainne la Fay.


 * Maya was originally going to be an assistant in Mia's office, training to become a lawyer, but the producers thought Wright had too many allies, so they asked one to be cut. That was how the writers came up with the idea for the Turnabout Sisters case, and using spirit channeling to combine two of Wright's allies into one.


 * Maya was portrayed by the voice actress Nana Mizuki (水樹 奈々 Mizuki Nana) in the Gyakuten Saiban trailer.


 * Maya loves to eat. She is especially fond of hamburgers (ramen in the Japanese version).