Rhoda Teneiro

Rhoda Teneiro is a chief flight attendant working for iFly Airlines. She accompanied Miles Edgeworth on his investigation into the murder of Akbey Hicks, which had occurred in an iFly airplane.

The contest
Rhoda Teneiro won a contest among the employees of iFly Airlines to have her design on suitcases that would be displayed in the Gift Shop for sale. She was very confident that they would be a sellout, but since customers found them so hideous and expensive, nobody bought them. To make the suitcases look popular, she bought one on every flight.

Murder on a plane

 * Main article: Turnabout Airlines

Teneiro was one of the chief flight attendants working on Flight I-390, traveling from Borginia to America. After the plane hit a patch of turbulence, Teneiro found Edgeworth in the lounge, with the dead body of Interpol agent Akbey Hicks in the nearby lift. Teneiro initially accused Edgeworth of murdering Hicks, based on what she had initially seen at the crime scene. Edgeworth proved her wrong, and she untied him and apologized.

However, there were still doubts, so Edgeworth requested permission to investigate the crime scene and prove his innocence. Teneiro agreed, the conditions being that the captain gave his approval and she supervised him. Teneiro didn't bother trying to convince the captain, however, knowing that he was infatuated with Cammy Meele, another flight attendant, and also hoping to make up for accusing Edgeworth earlier.

Later on, Teneiro was accused of murdering Hicks due to many factors, including her suspicious motives for lying about getting the captain's permission, being in the gift shop at the time of the murder, which was where the supposed murder weapon (a Mr. Ifly piggy bank) was. She was also suspected since only she was allowed in the cargo hold, from which the suitcase used to move Hicks's body had come. However, she was later found innocent when Edgeworth worked out the true cause and time of death. He then went on to prove that Cammy Meele was the true culprit.

Aftermath
After the resolution of Hicks' murder, Teneiro began selling her suitcases online. They proved an immediate hit, being praised for their "post-modern" design. Following this success, Teneiro was put in charge of designing iFly's new line of jumbo jets, which she decided should have yellow seats and pink walls.

Personality
Teneiro takes great pride in her job as a "professional flight attendant" and her "service with a smile even if we're crashing into the ocean" mentality. She is extremely committed to her role, being very organized with every aspect of her job. However, sometimes the stress may get to her; most of the time, the smile that she claims to be proud of is full of eye and corner-of-mouth twitching. However, she did give a genuine smile after Hicks's murder was resolved, thanking Edgeworth for helping her when she was accused. She also has a tendency to apologize profusely if proven wrong.

Teneiro also sells her own designed suitcases in the Gift Shop, but they're so ugly and expensive, nobody buys them. She buys one every flight to make people think they're popular. When Cammy Meele accused Teneiro at one point of having a crush on Edgeworth, to which the latter reacted in an embarrassed manner.

Despite her professional nature, she is willing to lie and break the rules if it means reaching the truth, as shown when she claimed she had the captain's permission to investigate Hicks's death.

Name

 * "Konomichi" comes from "kono michi" which means "this road" in Japanese.


 * "Ichiru" means "thin" or "a sliver" in Japanese. This could refer to her being narrow-minded.


 * Her full English name could be a play on "road to nowhere", an accurate description of her suitcase sales. Alternatively, it could be a play on "the narrow road" when written surname first. It also bears a phonetic resemblance to Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil and a popular holiday destination.

Development

 * Developmental art indicates that one of Teneiro's animations may have included her holding a coffee pitcher at one point.


 * Both her own and Cammy Meele's developmental art indicates that the uniforms of iFly air hostesses were intended to be pink instead of white originally.


 * In some of her early designs, Teneiro's hair was based on a pair of wings. Other sketches show her wearing glasses.