Victor Kudo, an elderly man descended from a long lineage of kimono embroiderers, felt burdensome to his family due to his unemployment. Despite the financial strain of expensive coffee, he habitually visited the French restaurant Trés Bien to observe the waitresses' uniforms. His frustration over perceived uselessness manifested as anger toward others; acting resentfully on his family's instruction to leave home and feed birds, he often expressed this anger by throwing bird seeds at pigeons and people. In late 2018, Kudo became the sole witness to Glen Elg's murder at Trés Bien. He observed a waitress adding white powder to Elg's coffee, causing the victim's death. Following restaurant owner Jean Armstrong's instructions, Kudo spent approximately five minutes locating a public phone to call the police. His subsequent courtroom testimony, alongside Armstrong's, contributed to the wrongful conviction of waitress Maggey Byrde. A month later in Vitamin Square, while feeding pigeons, he refused Phoenix Wright's request for case details, citing disdain for youth and modern technology. Wright later broke three Psyche-Locks guarding Kudo's secret, revealing an obsession with waitress uniform straps. To gain cooperation, Maya Fey channeled Mia Fey; captivated by Mia's appearance, Kudo disclosed Armstrong's history of theft. During Byrde's retrial, Kudo's testimony contained multiple inconsistencies: he admitted not seeing the waitress's face, misremembered his seating position, incorrectly described the victim wearing a head-mounted display and radio on his deaf left ear, and falsely claimed the victim broke a vase before realizing he knocked it over himself. The judge dismissed his testimony as unreliable, though Kudo insisted on its accuracy and provided Wright a written copy. After the trial, Kudo revealed withheld information: Armstrong directed him to call the police. This detail helped Wright expose that Armstrong staged a fake crime scene after the actual murder occurred hours earlier, implicating an imposter posing as Wright in Byrde's initial trial. Kudo's personality reflected bitterness over unemployment and familial marginalization, expressed through archaic language and hostility toward younger generations. His physical design featured a light tan complexion, prominent red nose, bushy eyebrows, and brown eyes. He wore a blue kimono with white decals, a black shirt bearing a white hiragana "nu" (ぬ) character, and a white headband signifying an old-fashioned Japanese laborer aesthetic. He carried a box of bird seeds, often eating them in moments of anger or defeat. His Japanese name, Shōhei Igarashi, incorporated kanji meaning "officers and soldiers" (将兵) and "fifty storms" (五十嵐). The English name "Victor Kudo" referenced "kudos" (achievement recognition) and potentially alluded to French poet Victor Hugo. Design elements like his headband and rigid haircut emphasized traditional Japanese cultural roots. Kudo later experienced personal growth when his grandchildren hosted a 69th birthday celebration, making him feel appreciated and reducing his resentment.