Regent



Regent is the Berry Big Circus's resident tiger. He works alongside Regina Berry, the circus's animal tamer, performing tricks such as jumping through a ring of fire. Regent also used to perform with Léon the lion, until an incident that put a performer in a coma and put another in a wheelchair lead to the big cat being put down by Russell Berry, the ringmaster.

When the ringmaster was murdered, Phoenix Wright came to the circus to investigate in order to clear his client. Wright enter the circus's big top while Regent was practising with Regina. Regent leapt at the defense attorney wanting to play. Unfortunately, this appeared to be more of an attack by a rogue tiger to Wright and his assistant Maya Fey, until the big cat was called off by Regina. She then told the pair they were "lucky" to have the chance to play with a real tiger and, owing to the girl's almost supernatural ability to persuade people with her cuteness, Wright was forced to agree.

Name

 * A "Regent" is someone who rules in place of a monarch because said monarch is a minor, not present, or debilitated. The name was likely chosen due to its similarity to Regina's name (Regina meaning "queen" or "princess" in Latin).