What is a fanlisting? (taken from thefanlistings.org)

A fanlisting is simply an online listing of fans of a subject, such as a TV show, actor, or musician, that is created by an individual and open for fans from around the world to join. There are no costs, and the only requirements to join a fanlisting are your name and country. Fanlistings do not have to be large sites (although some are) - they are just a place where you can have your name listed along with other fans of the same subject. TheFanlistings.org is the original (but not official) web directory for fanlistings, dedicated to uniting the fans.

Japanese Name: Naruhodo Ryuichi
English Name: Phoenix Wright
Age: 24 (through PW:AA)
Job: Defense Attorney

Phoenix Wright is a newbie defense attorney just trying to make it in the system. With just one win under his belt, he has to grow up fast when his mentor dies. This is the first time he faces Edgeworth in court, but it's much later that he realizes that he knew him before.

Japanese Name: Mitsurugi Reiji
English Name: Miles Edgeworth
Age: 24 (through PW:AA)
Job: Prosecutor

Miles Edgeworth is a prosecutor with a reputation that he will go to any means to get a guilty verdict. This has some form of truth, but it's not the complete truth. Miles wanted to become a lawyer when he was a child that is until his father was murdered, and he was taken under the wing of a notorious prosecutor. By age 20 Edgeworth had become a prosecutor himself and quickly gained a ruthless reputation. But the more cases we see him in the more we learn about him and his true nature.

At first look it appears Miles and Phoenix know each other from battling it out in court, and that all that Phoenix knows upon their first meeting is that Edgeworth has a ruthless reputation. In reality they were friends when they were children, and Miles even defended Phoenix when he was accused of stealing some money. It was because of this incident that Phoenix decided to become a lawyer.