Joe Gramarye

Joseph Gramarye (Or Joe for short) was the son of the late Magnifi Gramarye and a magician who was part of the team of the titular Troupe Gramarye. 7 years prior, Joe Gramarye got into a supposed accident with Zak and Valant, two other assistants of the Troupe where one of them supposedly shot them. However, Joe was not hurt at all. The brooch that he was wearing caused the bullet to bounce off. Despite this, he along with his father decided to collaborate into faking his own death, by Magnifi shipping him to the Goldstruck Republic and putting blackmail on his two disciples.

Rebirth of Joe
During the time that he was at the Goldstruck republic, Joe became a renowned street magician and eventually earned enough money to make a living and have his own mansion. His funds were so high, that he was able to pay for a cloning device thanks to Goldstruck's advanced technology compared to Japanifornia and made two female clones of himself, whom he raised and taught magic.

Behind the scenes
Having heard about the news about Valant Gramarye's new performance, Joe decided to take a watch to see how he was doing. Though he's never introduced in 4-3 we see a brief cameo of him watching the performance in the Guitar Serenade Cutscene. Later after, Joe Gramarye decided to meet Valant again in 4-4 this time being an onlooker at the sunshine coliseum. Director of Apollo Justice Mitsuri Endo, has confirmed that Joe was “quite disappointed but quite happy at the same time that Valant’s show ended prematurely”. He had also heard word of Trucy and her impressive feats, who he decided to tell his daughters about. Joe also decided to commission renowned art forger Drew Misham to paint portraits of Trucy Wright’s adventures. Joseph eventually became a fan of the singer of the show Lamiror, who he met at the performance Valant was working at. He later attended the performances seen in games Apollo Justice 2, and it’s subsequent sequels.

Reunion With Retinz
Joe had taken word of Take-2-TV and the host of the show, Roger Retinz. He had recognized who he was, and as sympathy for his unfortunate situation, decided to give his two clones to Retinz, where he could train them as the magicians they wanted to be. These two eventually became Bonny and Betty de Famme.

Trivia

 * Like other members of troupe Gramarye (while he was still part of the group), Joe’s cape is held in place by a brooch in the shape of a suit in a deck of cards. In his case, it’s Diamonds.
 * Joe was given black clothing to represent his relation to Magnifi Gramarye.
 * Joe is the only character that doesn’t have any official artwork.