The player character of Gyakuten Saiban 4, he is a novice defense attorney initially under Garyuu Kirihito's mentorship. Afterwards, Housuke meets a hoodlum Naruhodou Ryuuichi and his adopted daughter Minuki and starts a makeshift attorney's office with Minuki. He returns in Gyakuten Saiban 5 wearing bandages and a jacket over his shoulders, and is more mature-looking than before.