Cody Hackins

Cody Hackins is a witness in Turnabout Samurai. He was a "fanboy" of The Steel Samurai: Warrior of Neo Olde Tokyo and idolized its main character, the Steel Samurai, played by Will Powers. He was also a fan of the sequel, The Pink Princess: Warrior of Little Olde Tokyo; Powers also starred as the main character of this show. He would frequently sneak into Global Studios to see his masked hero, much to the annoyance of the security guard, Wendy Oldbag, though he never saw Powers's face until the Pink Princess days.

Personality
Hackins appears to be very intelligent for his age. He is able to use the Internet and is very good at forcing people into bargains and winning them (as he did with Miles Edgeworth). He is also very short-tempered.

Hackins always carries a sheathed ninja sword on his back, but the sword is too long for him to unsheath completely. He also brings his camera everywhere to take pictures for his "Path to Glory" scrapbook.

Hackins also collects and trades The Steel Samurai and The Pink Princess trading cards. Bargaining with Hackins using cards is a key to making him give Phoenix Wright valuable evidence. Hackins's father also takes him to the Steel Samurai amusement park every year.

As a witness
On one of his forays into Global Studios, Hackins witnessed the Steel Samurai fighting a foe he did not recognize. Inconceivably to him, the Steel Samurai lost the fight and was killed. He had bought his camera very recently at the time, which prevented him from witnessing the killing blow. It would turn out that Jack Hammer, who played the Steel Samurai's nemesis the Evil Magistrate, had donned the Steel Samurai costume, making him the victim.

In court, Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth called Hackins to the stand, and Will Powers's defense attorney, Phoenix Wright, was able to conclude from the absence of a picture of the Steel Samurai standing in triumph over his enemy that the Steel Samurai had lost the fight.

The Pink Princess
Hackins sneaked into Global Studios again one day during the Pink Princess saga and finally saw Will Powers's face, which shocked him.

Name origin
"Cody Hackins" is a pun of the phrase "code hacker". His Japanese name is a pun of the word "otaku", which means "fanboy". French Internet users often use "Kévin" to refer to an immature person.

Character concept
The developers of Gyakuten Saiban wanted to add a child to the cast of witnesses to explore why a child would commit perjury in the courtroom.