Raymond Shields

Tateyuki Shigaraki is a defense attorney who was Gregory Edgeworth's investigative partner when he was alive, the IS-7 Incident being a notable case in which he aided Edgeworth. He asked Miles Edgeworth if he would want to become a defense attorney like his father, causing the genius prosecutor to question his career.

A murder in prison
He met up with Edgeworth and his friends while they were investigating Manosuke Naitō's murder.

When Edgeworth got kicked out from investigating, he asked if he could be Shigaraki's partner for the case. Seeing as he was determind to find the truth, Shigaraki agreed.

The IS - 7 Incident
Main article: The Inherited Turnabout

He started telling Miles Edgeworth about the IS-7 Incident that began 18 years ago and came to halt because of forged evidence, and the DL-6 Incident. It was when he was young and he became Gregory Edgeworth's assistant during the investigation of the the murder of Isaku Hyōdō.

He wasn't able to go to the trial for this case.

After the DL-6, he took over Gregory's law office but retained its name.

Personality
When Shigaraki was young he was very cowardly, stutters a lot, and gets scared easily. He is also known for ripping a page out of his notepad and eating it.

This personality greatly changed after the DL-6.

Now he's more cool and calm. He also puts bits of sarcasm at his speech. He likes to joke around, contrasting the serious nature of Edgeworth.

He also likes to ask girls if they could have a hug and kiss from them. Marī Miwa was happy enough to give him one including the kiss. But he didn't expect that to happen.

Despite this he shows great honor and respect to Gregory, he even copied the way he bowed at people

Name
His name contains the kanji for "shield" (盾, tate). This could be a refrence to his partnership with Gregory Edgeworth seeing as Gregory's Surname contains the kanji of sword. He also shares the first kanji of his surname with the first kanji of Gregory Edgeworth's Japanese given name, shin (信), which means "truth."





Development

 * Though he acts as an ally for much of Gyakuten Kenji 2, Shigaraki is never formally declared a partner by the game.