Herlock Sholmes, known as Sherlock Holmes (Japanese: シャーロック・ホームズ, Hepburn: Shārokku Hōmuzu) in the original Japanese language versions, is a fictional private detective in Capcom's Ace Attorney video game series, based on Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle and named in tribute to Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes by Maurice Leblanc in the English localization.

Sholmes is featured as a supporting character in the two games of the spin-off prequel series The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, consisting of Adventures and Resolve.

Consequently, his deductions tend to consist of rapid-fire statements of abductive reasoning, that, while logically sound and clever, result in an incorrect, and often times ridiculous-sounding conclusion.

After discovering Asogi to be alive, although comatose and amnesiac, Sholmes secretly dumps his body in Hong Kong, where it disappears before it can be collected by the Japanese authorities, before obtaining political asylum for Pavlova in the United States.

Two months later, Sholmes learns that the reason his "violin" hasn't been working was that he had mistakenly taken a viola when leaving the pawn shop he had left it at, shortly after which point he meets pickpocket Gina Lestrade, whom he invites over for dinner.

During a subsequent trial for the pawn shop owner's murder, for which Gina is accused, Sholmes escapes from the hospital and enters the courtroom disguised as a bailiff, where he delivers some vital evidence to Ryunosuke that is used to expose the true culprit.

Identifying Judge Seishiro Jigoku as the true murderer and Chief Justice Mael Stronghart as the mastermind behind the Assassination Exchange, Sholmes arranges for all necessary witnesses to be present outside the court, appealing to the gallery to force the trial to continue.

During the credits, Sholmes shows irritation at receiving a surplus of requests for his hologram system from various parties despite the secrecy of the closed trial, and contemplates escaping to Japan until things settle down.

[8] Upon their arrival to London, Sholmes invites Ryunosuke and Susato to live with him and his daughter Iris Wilson at 221B Baker Street and set up their law office in their attic, later befriending pickpocket Gina Lestrade.

[9] In the second prequel game, The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve, Sholmes reunites with his partner Yujin Mikotoba after they return to London from Japan, investigating a case together.

'"[15] Kristine Tuting of OneSports praised the "unbeatable tandem" and chemistry of Sholmes and Wilson, describing both as "a great fit for Ace Attorney's humorous and pun-tastic naming convention.

[16] Following the announcement of the "Herlock Sholmes" localisation in April 2021, several memes have been developed around the character and the circumstances of their renaming from "Sherlock Holmes" in conjunction with copyright law.

[17] Comic Book Resources lauded the "goofy moniker" of the character, complimenting its "fit with the comedic and sometimes irreverent tone of the Ace Attorney series, even if it does leave a few things lost in translation.