Ryuzo Genda

Ryuzo Genda (, Genda Ryūzō) is a supporting character featured in Judgment and Lost Judgment. He is the director of the Genda Law Office.
==Profile==
===Appearance===
Genda has a stocky build and gray hair due to his age.
==== Attire ====
Genda wears a brown sweater vest over a white dress shirt and brown slacks. He also wears a pair of black leather sandals and a pair of white socks.
==Background==
Genda, along with Mitsugu Matsugane, raised Yagami as a young boy following his father's death, overseeing Yagami's growth and career as a lawyer. Even after Yagami quit the legal business after the second trial of Shinpei Okubo, he still took care of him. Genda and Matsugane are brothers-in-arms and Kaito implies that he and Matsugane fought in their youth.
== Involvement==
===Judgment: 2018-2019===
Genda helps Yagami by giving him work every now and then.
===Lost Judgment: 2021-2022===
Genda watches Keiko Hamada while Yagami and Kaito get her money back from a crooked bar. When they return, Genda informs them of the commotion caused in Akihiro Ehara's trial.
As the lawyers and detectives progress further in their investigation, Genda offers his opinions and helps direct them to possible leads, with a confession from Yui Mamiya confirming many of their suspicions.
While Saori goes undercover in Queen Rouge to get a bonus for performing well, Genda and Hoshino appear as customers and order expensive drinks to increase her sales. During the session, Hoshino causes some of the hostesses to get suspicious, but Genda helps Saori restore the mood. When they return to the office, Genda and Hoshino throw accusations at the other of whose idea it was to be Saori's customers.
Genda is present for Ehara's appeal in 2022. He later reads an article of Hidemi Bando's arrest and is surprised to learn that Sadao Takano had praised the detectives of Yagami Detective Agency and Yokohama 99.
=== The Kaito Files: 2022 ===
Though Genda does not appear in-game, he is mentioned in Kaito's memory points.
* In Memories of Matsugane-san and Genda-sensei, Kaito examines a table in Genda Law Office and reflects on how Genda said that he and Matsugane were "Brothers-In-Arms". He then reflects on how Matsugane said he got into a lot of fights when he was younger, implying he and Genda fought alongside each other. This unlocks the Hammer of Will.
* In Memories of Matsugane's Tongue-Lashing, Kaito examines where Matsugane and Yagami first met. He reflects on how he was hospitalized after a reckless raid and was lectured by Matsugane. After reflecting on this, he unlocks Shape Up.
* In Memories of a Reckless Charge, Kaito examines a spot where Matsugane was attacked. He reminisces on how he recklessly grabbed a neon sign and charged at a group of gun-toting yakuza. Matsugane took a shine to him that day for putting his life on the line for him and Kaito learns Matsugane Bulldozer.
== Trivia ==
* Genda's voice serves as the narrator for the chapter summaries of Judgment and Lost Judgment.
==Gallery==
===Judgment===
Ryūzō Genda.png|Full body render of Genda in Judgment
J1 - Title Card - Ryuzo Genda.png|Title card.
J1 - Headshot - Ryuzo Genda.jpg|Genda's headshot
Screenshot 2019-06-28 12.35.40.png|Genda as he appears in the opening credits
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===Lost Judgment===
Lost Judgment - Character Render - Ryuzo Genda.jpg|Full body render of Genda in Lost Judgment
LJ Opening Genda.jpg
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Lawyers
Category:Genda Law Firm
Category:Judgment Characters
Category:Judgment Supporting Characters
Category:Lost Judgment Characters
Category:Lost Judgment Supporting Characters