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{{Character
 
|image = Machi Tobaye Portrait.png
|alias = The Pixie of the Arpeggio{{tt|*|by Klavier Gavin; possibly a publicity nickname}} <br> Piano-boy{{tt|*|by Daryan Crescend}}
 
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|size = 230px
|aliastemp = "She" {{tt|*|by The Judge}}
 
 
|alias = Pixie of the [[Wikipedia:Arpeggio|Arpeggio]]{{tt|*|by Klavier Gavin; possibly a publicity nickname}} <br> Piano-boy{{tt|*|by Daryan Crescend}}
|image = Machi Tobaye OA.png
 
 
|aliastemp = Marquis{{tt|*|by the judge, mispronounced}}
|japanese = マキ トバーユ (''Maki Tobaayu)
 
 
|occupation = Pianist
 
|japanese = マキトバーユ (''Maki Tobāyu'')
 
|french = Tomas Kashkash
 
|french = Tomas Kashkash
 
|german = Machi Tobaye
 
|german = Machi Tobaye
 
|spanish = Machi Tobaye
 
|spanish = Machi Tobaye
 
|italian = Machi Tobaye
 
|italian = Machi Tobaye
 
|birthday = 2012
 
|age = 14
 
|age = 14
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|ageref = Turnabout Serenade
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|status = Arrested ([[Turnabout Serenade|July 10, 2026]])
 
|eyes = Blue
 
|eyes = Blue
|hair = Blonde
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|hair = Blond
 
|friends = '''[[Lamiroir]]''' (singer, co-worker, & translator)
|birthday = 2012
 
 
|affiliates = '''[[Romein LeTouse]]''' (manager, interpreter, & bodyguard; deceased) <br> '''[[Klavier Gavin]]''' (benefactor) <br> '''[[Daryan Crescend]]''' (smuggling accomplice; arrested) <br> '''[[Apollo Justice]]''' (defense attorney)
|occupation = Pianist
 
|friends = '''[[Lamiroir]]'''
 
|affiliates = '''[[Romein LeTouse]]''' (Manager, interpreter and bodyguard, deceased) <br> '''[[Daryan Crescend]]''' (Smuggling accomplice) <br> '''[[Apollo Justice]]''' (Defense attorney)
 
 
|debut = ''[[Turnabout Serenade]]''
 
|debut = ''[[Turnabout Serenade]]''
 
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{{quote|Machi Tobaye|...I thank [[Apollo Justice|you]]. I... only lie. But you see truth! You find... truth.|''[[Turnabout Serenade]]''}}
   
'''Machi Tobaye''' is the [[Borginia]]n piano accompaniment for the singer [[Lamiroir]]. He was involved in a [[Turnabout Serenade|cocoon smuggling]] case that resulted in an accusation against him for the murder of [[Romein LeTouse]]. However, he admitted to his involvement in the smuggling, which proved his innocence.
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'''Machi Tobaye''' is the [[Borginia]]n piano accompaniment for the singer [[Lamiroir]]. He was involved in a [[Turnabout Serenade|cocoon smuggling]] case that resulted in an accusation against him for the murder of [[Romein LeTouse]].
   
 
==Early life==
 
==Early life==
Prior to his career with Lamiroir, Tobaye was an orphan. One day, he met Lamiroir and they began to perform together, Tobaye using his skills with a piano to accompany Lamiroir. Lamiroir herself was blind, but Tobaye pretended instead to be the blind one in order to preserve her image as a singer of "sight-seeing music".
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Tobaye was an orphan until he met Lamiroir and they began to perform together, with Tobaye accompanying Lamiroir on piano. Lamiroir herself was blind, but Tobaye pretended instead to be the blind one in order to preserve her image as a singer of "sight-seeing music".
   
 
==Cocoon smuggling==
 
==Cocoon smuggling==
 
:''Main article: [[Turnabout Serenade]]''
 
:''Main article: [[Turnabout Serenade]]''
[[File:Tobaye.png|thumb|left|Machi Tobaye's mugshot.]]
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[[File:Machi playing.png|thumb|left|Playing at the Gavinners concert.]]
Tobaye was involved in the smuggling of a [[Borginian cocoon]] to Los Angeles at the request of the Chief Justice, who wanted them to cure his son, who was inflicted with [[Incuritis]]. The plan failed; during the second segment of a [[Gavinners]] concert, Interpol agent [[Romein LeTouse]] confronted [[Daryan Crescend]], causing Crescend to steal LeTouse's .45-caliber pistol and shoot LeTouse in the shoulder. Crescend then told Tobaye (by headset) to press a switch to burn [[Klavier Gavin]]'s guitar, in which the cocoon was situated. During the third segment of the concert, [[Apollo Justice]] and [[Ema Skye]] heard what they believed were gunshots, though they were actually firecrackers, and found LeTouse, who died of blood loss soon after. During the investigation, the body disappeared, only to be found at the pedestal with an unconscious Tobaye. Tobaye was accused of the murder.
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Tobaye was involved in the smuggling of a [[Borginian cocoon]] to [[Los Angeles]] with Detective [[Daryan Crescend]] at the request of the Chief Justice, whose son was inflicted with [[incuritis]]. Lamiroir and Tobaye were to perform in a concert for the [[Gavinners]], of which Crescend was a member. However, during the second segment of the concert, [[Interpol]] agent [[Romein LeTouse]] confronted Crescend. In the ensuing struggle, Crescend stole LeTouse's .45-caliber pistol and shot him in the shoulder.
   
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Crescend then told Tobaye (via headset) to press a switch to ignite an inflammatory device inside [[Klavier Gavin]]'s guitar, in which the cocoon had been hidden. During the third segment of the concert, [[Apollo Justice]] and [[Ema Skye]] heard what they believed were gunshots, though they were actually firecrackers, and found LeTouse, who died of blood loss soon after. During the investigation, the body disappeared, only to be found at the pedestal with an unconscious Tobaye. Tobaye was arrested and tried for the murder. Justice took on Tobaye's defense, and eventually revealed the smuggling plot involving Crescend and Tobaye. With no decisive evidence linking Crescend to the murder, Justice convinced Tobaye to admit to his involvement in the smuggling so that he would be tried in an [[United States|American]] court and avoid the death penalty, the punishment for Borginian cocoon smuggling in his homeland.
To prove that Tobaye was not the killer, Justice convinced Tobaye to admit to his involvement in the smuggling. In Borginia, his crime would result in the death penalty, but in the U.S., that was not the case, so Tobaye would have to admit his crime in the U.S. to escape the death penalty.
 
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==Personality==
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[[File:Tobaye.png|thumb|right|Mugshot.]]
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Machi Tobaye is generally fairly quiet and withdrawn as a person, although this may have been at least in part due to being in a foreign land where he was not fluent in the language.
   
 
==Name==
 
==Name==
 
* His [[Japan]]ese given name, "''Maki''", when written as a kanji character, can mean "roll" (like a roll of paper or a sushi roll, but not like a bakery roll) or occasionally "Chinese black pine".
 
* His [[Japan]]ese given name, "''Maki''", when written as a kanji character, can mean "roll" (like a roll of paper or a sushi roll, but not like a bakery roll) or occasionally "Chinese black pine".
 
 
* His full Japanese name could be a mis-romanization derivative of the Finnish name "Matti Tolvanen".
 
* His full Japanese name could be a mis-romanization derivative of the Finnish name "Matti Tolvanen".
 
* His English name comes from his Japanese one, presumably to make it sound foreign. It may also be a play on "much to buy", in reference to his need for money which led him to smuggle the Borginian cocoon.
 
* His English name comes from his Japanese one, presumably to make it sound foreign.
 
 
 
* "Kashkash" comes from "''cache-cache''", the [[France|French]] term for "hide and seek".
 
* "Kashkash" comes from "''cache-cache''", the [[France|French]] term for "hide and seek".
   
 
==Development==
 
==Development==
 
* His pendant is meant to be in the shape of the hiragana "''ma''" (ま).
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* Tobaye is the only defendant in ''[[Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney]]'' to not appear during the epilogue/credits.
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* His pendant is meant to be the shape of a hiragana "ma" (ま).
 
 
* In terms of the [[timeline]] and characters' years of birth, Machi Tobaye is the youngest character in the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series to date.
 
 
* Tobaye is also, to date, the only child character accused of murder in the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series.
 
 
* His clothing resembles stereotypical Finnish fashion.
 
   
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==Sprite gallery==
 
<gallery widths="123" captionalign="left" columns="5" orientation="none" spacing="small">
 
File:Machi Normal 1.gif|Normal
 
File:Machi Normal 2.gif|Normal/talking
 
File:Machi Glasses Shine.gif|Shiny glasses
 
File:Machi Looking Away 1.gif|Looking away
 
File:Machi Looking Away 2.gif|Looking away/talking
 
File:Machi Surprised 1.gif|Surprised
 
File:Machi Surprised 2.gif|Surprised/talking
 
File:Machi Surprised 3.gif|Jaw drop
 
File:Machi Worried 1.gif|Worried
 
File:Machi Worried 2.gif|Worried/talking
 
File:Machi Shocked.gif|Shocked
 
File:Machi Smiling 1.gif|Without glasses
 
File:Machi Smiling 2.gif|Tilting head
 
File:Machi Smiling 3.gif|Tilted head
 
File:Machi Smiling 4.gif|Smiling/talking 1
 
File:Machi Smiling 5.gif|Smiling/talking 2
 
File:Duet Normal 1.gif|Tobaye/Lamiroir - normal/normal
 
File:Duet Normal 2.gif|Tobaye/Lamiroir - normal/normal (Lamiroir talking)
 
File:Duet Normal 3.gif|Tobaye/Lamiroir - normal/normal (staring)
 
File:Duet Normal 4.gif|Tobaye/Lamiroir - normal/normal (Tobaye talking)
 
File:Duet Normal 5.gif|Tobaye/Lamiroir - normal/normal (no broach)
 
File:Duet Normal 6.gif|Tobaye/Lamiroir - normal/normal (Lamiroir, no broach)
 
File:Duet Normal 7.gif|Tobaye/Lamiroir - normal/normal (staring, no broach)
 
File:Duet Normal 8.gif|Tobaye/Lamiroir - normal/normal (Tobaye talking, no broach)
 
File:Duet Normal Thinking 1.gif|Tobaye/Lamiroir - normal/thinking
 
File:Duet Normal Thinking 2.gif|Tobaye/Lamiroir - normal/thinking (Lamiroir talking)
 
File:Duet Normal Thinking 3.gif|Tobaye/Lamiroir - normal/thinking (staring)
 
File:Duet Normal Thinking 4.gif|Tobaye/Lamiroir - normal/thinking (Tobaye talking)
 
File:Duet Normal Sad 1.gif|Tobaye/Lamiroir - normal/sad
 
File:Duet Normal Sad 2.gif|Tobaye/Lamiroir - normal/sad (Lamiroir talking)
 
File:Duet Normal Sad 3.gif|Tobaye/Lamiroir - normal/sad (Tobaye talking)
 
File:Duet Looking Away Sad 1.gif|Tobaye/Lamiroir - looking away/sad
 
File:Duet Looking Away Sad 2.gif|Tobaye/Lamiroir - looking away/sad (Lamiroir talking)
 
File:Duet Looking Away Sad 3.gif|Tobaye/Lamiroir - looking away/sad (Tobaye talking)
 
File:Duet Woried Sad 1.gif|Tobaye/Lamiroir - worried/sad
 
File:Duet Woried Sad 2.gif|Tobaye/Lamiroir - worried/sad (Lamiroir talking)
 
File:Duet Woried Sad 3.gif|Tobaye/Lamiroir - worried/sad (Tobaye talking)
 
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Machi Tobaye
...I thank you. I... only lie. But you see truth! You find... truth.

Machi Tobaye is the Borginian piano accompaniment for the singer Lamiroir. He was involved in a cocoon smuggling case that resulted in an accusation against him for the murder of Romein LeTouse.

Early life

Tobaye was an orphan until he met Lamiroir and they began to perform together, with Tobaye accompanying Lamiroir on piano. Lamiroir herself was blind, but Tobaye pretended instead to be the blind one in order to preserve her image as a singer of "sight-seeing music".

Cocoon smuggling

Main article: Turnabout Serenade
Machi playing

Playing at the Gavinners concert.

Tobaye was involved in the smuggling of a Borginian cocoon to Los Angeles with Detective Daryan Crescend at the request of the Chief Justice, whose son was inflicted with incuritis. Lamiroir and Tobaye were to perform in a concert for the Gavinners, of which Crescend was a member. However, during the second segment of the concert, Interpol agent Romein LeTouse confronted Crescend. In the ensuing struggle, Crescend stole LeTouse's .45-caliber pistol and shot him in the shoulder.

Crescend then told Tobaye (via headset) to press a switch to ignite an inflammatory device inside Klavier Gavin's guitar, in which the cocoon had been hidden. During the third segment of the concert, Apollo Justice and Ema Skye heard what they believed were gunshots, though they were actually firecrackers, and found LeTouse, who died of blood loss soon after. During the investigation, the body disappeared, only to be found at the pedestal with an unconscious Tobaye. Tobaye was arrested and tried for the murder. Justice took on Tobaye's defense, and eventually revealed the smuggling plot involving Crescend and Tobaye. With no decisive evidence linking Crescend to the murder, Justice convinced Tobaye to admit to his involvement in the smuggling so that he would be tried in an American court and avoid the death penalty, the punishment for Borginian cocoon smuggling in his homeland.

Personality

Tobaye

Mugshot.

Machi Tobaye is generally fairly quiet and withdrawn as a person, although this may have been at least in part due to being in a foreign land where he was not fluent in the language.

Name

  • His Japanese given name, "Maki", when written as a kanji character, can mean "roll" (like a roll of paper or a sushi roll, but not like a bakery roll) or occasionally "Chinese black pine".
  • His full Japanese name could be a mis-romanization derivative of the Finnish name "Matti Tolvanen".
  • His English name comes from his Japanese one, presumably to make it sound foreign. It may also be a play on "much to buy", in reference to his need for money which led him to smuggle the Borginian cocoon.
  • "Kashkash" comes from "cache-cache", the French term for "hide and seek".

Development

  • His pendant is meant to be in the shape of the hiragana "ma" (ま).
  • Tobaye is the only defendant in Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney to not appear during the epilogue/credits.