Victor Kudo

Victor Kudo is an old man who was a witness in the murder of Glen Elg. He is the only regular at Trés Bien, but he only goes there to look at the waitresses in their uniforms.

Name

 * "Shouhei" (五十) means "soldiers" in Japanese


 * "Victor" is a first name that comes from the word "victory".


 * "Kudo" may come from "kudos", a word meaning "fame and renown resulting from an act or achievement".


 * His name may also be a reference to Victor Hugo, a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France.

Development

 * The symbol on his shirt means "Warrior".


 * He is one of only two named characters in the Ace Attorney series who is known to have had a birthday during the timeline of an Ace Attorney game (the other being Dustin Prince), though the actual date of Kudo's birthday is not known.


 * Kudo is one of two characters, the other being Cody Hackins, for whom Mia Fey's wiles are used to get them to talk.


 * Victor Kudo was the oldest character with a known age to make a physical appearance until Turnabout Ablaze introduced Quercus Alba, and he was for a short time the oldest known character before Bruto Cadaverini was introduced.


 * Kudo's character theme, The Kudo Officers - Inspection War Song, also plays during Bridge to the Turnabout when Detective Dick Gumshoe is investigating the courtyard for the murder weapon. The music plays while Gumshoe sings his own song about investigations. Although the music itself is far more of a march in style, Phoenix Wright identifies Gumshoe's song as reggae.  This is a reference to the fact that the lyrics Gumshoe uses are a parody of the reggae song No Woman, No Cry by Bob Marley & The Wailers.