Professor Hershel Layton

Hershel Layton
Professor Layton character
Professor Hershel Layton, as he appears in Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask.
First game	Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Created by	Akihiro Hino
Voiced by (English)	Christopher Robin Miller
Voiced by (Japanese)	Yo Oizumi

Professor Hershel Layton (エルシャール・レイトン教授, Erushāru Reiton-kyōju^?) is a fictional character and protagonist of the Professor Layton fictional universe, created by Level-5. Professor Layton is a player character in a series of puzzle adventure video games starting with Professor Layton and the Curious Village and most recently Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy, in which he and his apprentice Luke Triton (with his assistant, Emmy Altava, travelling with the two in The Last Specter, Miracle Mask and Azran Legacy) investigate mysteries while solving various brain teasers. He also appears in an animated movie, Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva, and has featured in manga and novels that have not been released in English.

Professor Layton is based on the idea of an English gentleman, and is a professor of archaeology at the fictional Gressenheller University in London. He was designed by Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino, who used Sherlock Holmes and fellow video game character Phoenix Wright as inspiration for his creation. He is voiced by Yo Oizumi in the original Japanese releases of the series, and by Christopher Robin Miller in English-language releases.