Miles Edgeworth

Miles Edgeworth is one of the main characters in the Ace Attorney series and an old friend of Phoenix Wright. He first appeared in the series as the prosecutor in Turnabout Sisters; he was a ruthless man who would do anything to get a guilty verdict for the defendant. In Turnabout Goodbyes, however, Edgeworth appeared as the defendant being represented by his "enemy" Wright. After Rise from the Ashes, Edgeworth left the Prosecutor's Office to find out what being a prosecutor really meant.

Edgeworth is set to appear as the protagonist in Gyakuten Kenji with Dick Gumshoe as his partner.

Background
In early 2001, when Miles was nine years old, Larry Butz stole his lunch money. The suspect at the time was fellow student Phoenix Wright, who had skipped P.E. that day due to a terrible cold. Sometime later, a class trial was held with Wright as the defendant. Everyone was shouting that Wright was the culprit, but both Edgeworth and Butz stood up for him, saying that no one had proof that he had stolen the lunch money. The class trial ended and the three boys became almost inseparable friends. Edgeworth would often talk with his friends about his father, famous criminal defense attorney Gregory Edgeworth, who he idolized.

On December 28, Miles went to the District Court to see one of his father's trials. Gregory was arguing a case against Manfred von Karma. During the course of the trial, Gregory managed to prove that von Karma had forged evidence. As a result of this accusation, von Karma received his first and last penalty. However, von Karma still won and Gregory's client was declared guilty. After court was adjourned, the Edgeworths went to exit the courthouse through an elevator, accompanied by bailiff Yanni Yogi. At approximately 2:00 p.m., an earthquake struck the courthouse and shut off the power, leaving Yogi and the Edgeworths trapped in the elevator with little oxygen. During the five-hour blackout, Yogi started to panic and attacked Gregory; Miles felt a pistol beneath his feet and threw it at the bailiff, hoping to stop him from possibly killing his father. A single gunshot rang out, and the young boy fell unconscious; the last thing he heard was a demonic scream that would haunt him for 15 years. Edgeworth also developed a deathly fear of earthquakes from the incident.

Miles was then taken under the wing of Manfred von Karma, who trained him to become a prosecutor. During his time with the von Karmas, he met Manfred's young daughter Franziska, with whom he shared a strong sibling bond.

Edgeworth became a prosecutor at the age of 20 and was considered a genius. His first case was against rookie defense attorney Mia Fey, who was also new to the courtroom. His case was against Terry Fawles, who was accused of murdering Sergeant Valerie Hawthorne, a policewoman who had testified against him five years prior to the case. Edgeworth used cunning tactics such as withholding information that would prove valuable to the defense (e.g. a witness's real identity). Fawles eventually died of poison that he drank, abruptly ending the trial.

Later, he prosecuted a case against Joe Darke during the SL-9 Incident. Darke was accused of murdering Neil Marshall, who to be the prosecutor against Darke for a series of other murders. Due to incriminating evidence that ultimately would turn out to be forged, Darke was convicted, but there were rumors surrounding the prosecutor concerning fabricated evidence and illegal investigations. Edgeworth came to be known as the "Demon Attorney".

Miles Edgeworth maintained a perfect win record until Turnabout Sisters, in which he met his old friend Phoenix Wright in court, with Maya Fey as the defendant accused of killing her sister Mia Fey. When Redd White, who appeared as a witness, confessed to the murder of Mia Fey, Edgeworth was devastated. He could not believe that he had lost to a novice defense lawyer.

Trivia

 * Edgeworth may come from "edge of a sword", just like his Japanese name "Mitsurugi" (御剣), which contains the kanji of sword. "Reiji" (怜侍) comes from the kanji of "cleverness".


 * It was suggested by director Takumi that Edgeworth has a "large" dog named Pess.


 * In Edgeworth' original design, he was going to be a 36 year old veteran prosecutor, but the staff decided that was not interesting enough as a rival. When Takumi saw the second Edgeworth version, he was struck with inspiration and created the back story between him and Wright.