Jinxie Tenma

"Jinxie Tenma"

- Be gone, foul beast!

Jinxie Tenma is the daughter of the head of the Tenma family. She was working as a maid at Kyubi Manor, Rex Kyubi the Nine-Tails Vale mayor's mansion, when the latter was murdered. Her father is arrested for the murder, but Jinxie believes that the real culprit is the demon "Tenma Taro". A friend of Trucy Wright, she had originally invited Apollo Justice and the others to Nine-Tails Vale for a celebration.

Visit by Trucy and Apollo
When Justice and Wright arrive at the garder, they run into Jinxie. When she gets a good look at Apollo, she accuses him of being a demon, and sticks a warding charm on his forehead to protect herself. When Justice shows Jinxie his badge, she simply brushed it off, believing he was a demon lawyer.

She starts to inform the duo on the monster craze in the village, stating that little to no one knew of the town's existence and now tourists are everywhere due to the new-found monster craze. Jinxie tells them that yokai are all over the town, including inside the manor, and proceeds to tell the the story on how Tenma Taro was defeated by the Nine-Tails Fox and was locked in the Forbidden Chamber with a warding charm. She later mentions that there will be a surprise event later in the day that no one knew about.

Just then, Tenma Taro appeared in front of Jinxie, acting like he wants to take her away. She is, however, extremely scared due to her deathly fear of ghosts and yokai. Then, the Amazing Nine-Tails appears, rescuing Jinxie and the others, before disappearing. She goes on to tell them that the Amazing Nine-Tails is a pro wrestler, and that none knows his true identity because of his mask.

The Alderman's Murder
She was the first person to discover the bodies of Alderman Kyubi and her father. She ran up to her father, and he told her that he had killed the Alderman. As she was exiting the area after calling the police, Tenma Taro ran in front of her, scaring her. Florent L'Belle later informed her that telling anyone that she saw Tenma Taro would result in the loss of her soul, thus causing her to hide the fact until it was drawn out by Justice.

When she appeared in court, her emotions were dominated by fear, believing that the whole crime scene was full of yokai, thus requiring Cykes to preform a therapy session to calm her so she could testify properly. The Tenma Taro she saw, however, was naught but Phineas Filch dressed as Taro.

When Justice and Cykes learned that her father was the Amazing Nine-Tails, the figured out that the true culprit must have been wearing the fox mask that the Amazing Nine-Tails used, thus hiding their face from Jinxie. It was later revealed that the man in the mask was not her father, but rather L'Belle.

After the trial, she thanked Justice and Cykes for defending her father.

Personality
Jinxie is a fearful and paranoid person, believing ghosts and other spirits and demons are around to harm her or others. She also has the habit of putting warding charms on "monsters" she finds (including, on at least one occasion, Apollo Justice). In addition, Jinxie (according to Athena) was suffering from a case of somnambulism and rumors from the townsfolk say that Jinxie gets possessed by Tenma Taro in her sleepwalking state. In court, Jinxie's emotions are initially dominated entirely by fear, due to her deathly fear of ghosts. She is convinced that the murder scene is crawling with them.

Name

 * Her family name "Tenma" (天馬) consists of the kanji "天" (meaning "sky/heaven/celestial", "god/godly/Deva", or "day") and "馬" (meaning "horse"). The word "tenma" can refer to twelve guardian goddesses in the Gelug order of Tibetan Buddhism, or the equivalent of Pegasus in Eastern mythology.


 * "Yume" (夢), which is part of her Japanese given name, means "dream".


 * Her English first name comes from the word "jinx", which can either mean "a hex/evil spell" or a person or thing that is supposed to bring bad luck.