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| Professor Hershel Layton | |
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| Professor Layton character | |
 Professor Hershel Layton as he appears in Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask. | |
| First appearance | Professor Layton and the Curious Village (2007) |
| Created by | Akihiro Hino |
| Voiced by | Christopher Robin Miller (English) Yo Oizumi (Japanese, video games) Kōichi Yamadera (Japanese, anime) |
| In-universe information | |
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
Professor Hershel Layton (エルシャール・レイトン教授, Erushāru Reiton-kyōju) is the eponymous main protagonist of the Professor Layton series, created by Level-5, in which he and his apprentice Luke Triton 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. His birth name was revealed to be Theodore Bronev in Azran Legacy.
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, Indiana Jones 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.