Jinxie Tenma / Yumemi Tenma

天馬ゆめみ

Age: 15
Gender: Female
Occupation: Maid

Witness of AA5 case 2.

Personality: Jinxie is a timid and deeply superstitious girl who suspects just about everyone and everything as some manner of spirit or yokai.

Misc Facts: The paper talisman on her forehead prevents yokai from possessing her.


She is a huge fan of the professional wrestler The Great Nine-Tails.

Spoiler: AA5-2
Since moving into Nine-Tails Vale Jinxie has become stressed over her increasing beliefs in yokai, so much so that it has led to her sleepwalking. Some of the people in town attribute this to her being possessed by yokai, possibly even Tenma Tarou himself.
Friends and Family: Her father is Damian Tenma, and her mother is deceased.  She's friends with Trucy.

Name Origin:
English: Comes from "jinx."

Japanese: Her surname includes the kanji for "heaven" and "horse," and matches the pronunciation of the city her father is mayor of, in which the second kanji is "demon."  Her first name comes from yumemiru, to dream.

Background: Because her mother was born and lived in Nine-Tails Vale, Jinxie took a job as a maid in the Village Chief's mansion in order to get out on her own and feel close to her mother's heritage.

Spoiler: AA5-2
On the day of the Nine-Tails Vale festival, Jinxie entered the mansion to see her father. Inside, she found Chief Kyuubi, dead, and what she thought was her father sitting opposite him, wearing The Great Nine-Tails' mask. She rushed to the nearest telephone to call the police, but in the process witnessed Tenma Tarou fleeing down the hall and then the stairs. Finally she left the mansion and got help from Apollo. Jinxie didn't tell anyone about the mask, because she didn't want to give away her father's secret. She also didn't tell anyone about Tenma Tarou at first, because Biyouin reminded her that seeing or acknowledging him could result in her losing her soul.


Damian Tenma / Deemon Tenma天馬出右衛門

Age: 45
Gender: Male
Occupation: Mayor of Tenma City

Defendant of AA5-2.

Personality: A good man who adores his daughter, but is frequently misunderstood due to his frightening looks and loud, intimidating voice.

Misc Facts: His daughter made the paper talisman he wears to protect him from possession.

Friends and Family: Father of Jinxie.  His wife is deceased.

Name Origin:
English: Not only does it sound like his Japanese name, "Damian" is a name often associated with evil (in reference to The Omen).

Japanese: His surname includes the kanji for "heaven" and "horse," and matches the pronunciation of the city he is mayor of, in which the second kanji is "demon."  His first name comes from "demon."

Background:

Spoiler: AA5-2
Damian was happy being mayor of Tenma City, up until he got a threatening note that told him to merge with Nine-Tails Vale or else his daughter Jinxie would be killed. In public Damian pursued the merger, for which he was considered a villain, but because he didn't wish for the merger he also took up the secret identity of The Great Nine-Tails, professional wrestler, and headed an anti-merger movement.

During the village festival Damian intended to spill the beans and make peace with Chief Kyubi, but while they were drinking coffee, they were drugged and fell unconscious. Damian awoke inside the Tenma Taro chamber with only vague memories, and soon found himself suspected in Kyubi's murder.



The Great Nine-Tailsグレート九尾

Age: ??
Gender: Male
Occupation: Professional Wrestler

A mysterious figure of AA5 case 2.

Personality: Heroic and just!

Misc Facts: Unknown.

Friends and Family: Unknown.

Name Origin:
English: Unknown.

Japanese: He is named after the Nine-Tails Fox, a well known yokai in Japan.


Background: The Great Nine-Tails appeared around the time that it was announced that Nine-Tails Vale might be merged into Tenma City, becoming famous in the wrestling ring while fighting against the merger amongst the public.

Spoiler: AA5-2
He is actually Mayor Tenma, who took up the disguise to fight the merger because he wasn't able to do so as himself. Only his daughter Jinxie knew his secret before the case.




Rex Kyubi / Ginji Kyuubi九尾銀次

Age: 46
Gender: Male
Occupation: Chief of Nine-Tails Vale

Victim of AA5-2.

Personality: Unknown.

Misc Facts: Unknown.

Friends and Family: Has a wife who is currently in the hospital.

Name Origin:
English: Rex means "king."

Japanese: Kyuubi literally means nine-tails fox.  The gin in his name means silver, which is sometimes how the nine-tails fox is depicted.


Background: A former wrestler who later became the Chief of Nine-Tails Vale.

Spoiler: AA5-2
When Damian announced that he wanted to merge Nine-Tails Vale with Tenma City, Kyubi was very much against it. It may be he suspected that Damian was only after Tenma Taro's treasure, and thus he planned to reveal the truth - that the treasure was stolen years ago - during the festival. He was killed before he had the chance.


Phineas Filtch / Kumabee Zeniarai銭洗熊兵衛

Age: 50
Gender: Male
Occupation: Mansion steward

Witness of AA5-2.

Personality: Phineas is a slippery fellow who adapts to his situation, going from mischievous to placating when necessary.  He doesn't have a great memory and is easily spooked and angered.

Misc Facts: Phineas is a skilled kleptomaniac.  Also frequently compared to/thought to be a yokai, specifically, a tanuki.

Friends and Family: Works for Rex Kyubi.  Claims to be the grandson of a famous thief.

Name Origin:
English: "Filch" is another word for "steal."

Japanese: Despite being compared to a tanuki, the kanji in his given name is "bear."  It's used as part of a pun in case 2.  His surname is a reference to a famous Japanese yokai, the Bean Washer (azukiarai), a small man or child who keeps people up at night with the swishing sounds of washing azuki beans.  In his name the "beans" are replaced with "zeni," aka Capcom's fictional currency zenny, because Phineas claims to be the grandson of a famous thief known for keeping people up with the sounds of him washing his stolen loot.


Background:

Spoiler: AA5-2
Phineas grew up hearing about the exploits of his grandfather, a famous thief, and especially was enthralled with the legend of a huge nugget of gold being kept inside Tenma Taro's chamber. After playing the part of Tenma Taro in the festival ceremonies, he kept the costume and snuck into the mansion, using his grandfather's old tunnel route to get into the chamber. Once there, however, the door opened unexpectedly from the outside and in a panic he made a run for it. Because Jinxie spotted him in full costume, he changed out of it in the lobby and lobbed it out the nearest window. The flying costume was then mistaken for the real Tenma Taro, and Phineas pretended not to know anything about the incident to protect himself. It wasn't until the middle of court that he realized his grandfather had already stolen the gold years ago.


Florent L'Belle / Shuuichi Biyouin美葉院　秀一

Age: 33
Gender: Male
Occupation: Deemon's butler

Witness of AA5-2.

Personality: A smarmy, condescending man who dismisses anything that isn't beautiful and has an easy time manipulating other people.

Misc Facts: His brand of beauty products ("I Am Biyouin" in Japanese) is in high demand, but he refuses to actually sell it.  It includes his own mix of perfume, which he spritzes on unsuspecting people so that their smell won't offend him.

Friends and Family: Works for Damian Tenma, but is also a close friend of Rex Kyubi.

Name Origin:
English: Unknown

Japanese: "Biyouin" means "beauty parlor."


Background:

Spoiler: AA5-2
The truth of Florent's beauty brand is that despite all the money he's put into it, no one wants to buy it. Soon after starting he fell into steep debt and was desperate for quick cash. While Kyubi's wife was in the hospital, he befriended her, and then Kyubi himself, learning of the secret behind Nine-Tails Vale: it houses a huge nugget of gold. In order to keep outsiders from learning of the riches, the village invented the story behind Tenma Taro to frighten everyone away from the chamber.

Florent resolved to steal the gold. He blackmailed Damian into a merger, hoping to get a chance of opening the chamber. When The Great Nine-Tails set that plan back, he planned to drug Kyubi and Damian during the festival in a more direct move. Upon learning that Damian was actually The Great Nine-Tails after all, he came up with the more devious plan of framing him for Kyubi's murder. That way, The Great Nine-Tail's reputation would be tarnished, and with Kyubi dead the merger could go through, giving him even more of an opportunity to search the chamber. To that end he killed Kyubi, knocked out Damian and pretended to be him to confess to Jinxi of the murder. He even went so far as to try and pressure Phineas into the testimony he wanted. In the end, Apollo used his own beauty products against him to prove him to be the killer.

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