Art of Fighting/Rody


 * Name: Rody Birts
 * First appearance: Art of Fighting 3: The Path of the Warrior
 * Other appearances: none

Rody Birts (ロディ・バーツ) is a private investigator who works with Lenny Kreston, who totally dominates him, though their relationship is good natured and there is even a hint of romantic tension, despite this they are partners in a business sense only. The two appear to have a bad reputation as a private eyes.

Rody has come to GlassHill Valley, Mexico because he has been hired by Wyler to find an old childhood friend Freia for him (despite Robert Garcia going himself). Rody is pleasant, if not slightly yielding and possibly dim-witted character who fights with tonfas. He is sometimes presumed to be a police officer, or a former police officer.

In his ending in Art of Fighting 3: The Path of the Warrior, Rody (like all the characters) leaves Friea behind to care for Wyler (as Wyler was his client and is now reduced to a child-like mind he could really do little else). This enrages his partner Lenny who saw finding Friea as her big chance, and she chases him off of the screen in anger