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The ] series '']'' features an extensive cast of fictional characters designed by ] with their storylines created by ].<ref name="HowtoRead 59">"How to Think." ''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 59.</ref> The story follows the character named ], who chances upon a supernatural notebook which grants him the ability to cause the death of anyone he writes in it. Light uses the notebook he finds in order to ''cleanse'' the world of humans he has deemed unfit for society. A team of professional investigators set out to find out the mysterious killer and arrest him, and thus many other characters are introduced until Light is eventually caught.
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In the fictional stories featured in the ''Death Note'' universe, Tsugumi Ohba, the story writer, created characters that lived in a world featuring a notebook in which names written on it would lead to the ones named to die, typically the cause of death being a ] when otherwise not specified. Ohba chose names for his characters in a way that, as he described, "seemed real but could not exist in the real world", due to the fact that most of the characters were criminals or victims.<ref name="HowtoRead 59"/> Some character details differ between the manga and its ], live-action film and drama adaptations.
This article is a '''list of fictional characters''' in the '']'' series.


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Japanese names are in the Western order, with the given name before the family name.


==Main characters== ==Main characters==
===Light Yagami===
;{{nihongo|Light Yagami|夜神 月|Yagami Raito}} / Kira / (second) L
{{Main|Light Yagami}}
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{{Nihongo|'''Light Yagami'''|夜神 月|Yagami Raito}} is the main protagonist of the series. After discovering the Death Note and its ability to kill after writing a person's name with their face in mind, he decides to use it to rid the world of criminals. Though starting with noble intentions, his ego and hubris elevates to the point where he believes he has been chosen to serve as the "God of the New World" and is the only one fit to rule society. His killings are noticed by the public at large, and they begin to call him "Kira"; this subsequently draws the attention of enigmatic detective L, who dedicates his life to bringing Kira to justice.
:{{anime voices|Mamoru Miyano|Brad Swaile}}
:Light is the ] of ''Death Note'' and an extremely intelligent, but bored, young man who finds Ryuk's Death Note by sheer chance.


After Light defeats L, he takes on L's title and intensifies his killings, whilst increasing his public approval to the point where cults worldwide have risen to worship Kira. However, the combined efforts of L's successors, Mello and Near, lead to Light's eventual capture, his subsequent death, and the end of his rule.
:Light constantly tries to evade the suspicion of L while both maintaining his identity as Kira (Japanese pronunciation of Killer), and cleansing the world of crime. The fact that he is a genius also adds to his notion that only he is fit to judge humanity and steer it on a proper moral course. Light is seen as somewhat heartless and sociopathic by those who are aware of what he is doing, as he can willingly kill his victims without batting an eye or do things which would seem evil to most, but he believes that he is doing good and bringing justice for most of the series.


===L===
:Light, born on February 28, 1986, is a third year high school student (12th Grade) at {{nihongo|Daikoku Private Academy|大国学園|Daikoku Gakuen}} <ref>(Volume 1, Page 131)</ref> who also attends supplemental classes at Gamou Prep Academy <ref>(Volume 1, Page 35)</ref> in the beginning of the story. In Spring 2004 Light becomes a first-year student (]) at {{nihongo|To-Oh University|東応大学|Tōō Daigaku}}, <ref>(Volume 2, Page 47)</ref> becoming one of two freshman representatives; L is the other freshman representative.<ref>(Volume 2, Page 49)</ref> During a tennis game with L at To-Oh, spectators reveal that Light was the junior high school tennis champion in 1999 and 2000; After his 2000 victory, Light quit tennis as he entered high school.<ref>(Volume 2, Page 78)</ref>
{{Main|L (Death Note)}}
{{nihongo|'''L Lawliet'''|L・ローライト|Eru Rōraito}}, known solely as '''L''', is the world's greatest detective and the main antagonist of the series. He takes on the task of tracking down and arresting Kira. His most noticeable characteristic is the fact that he rarely wears shoes. His disheveled appearance and lack of social etiquette causes people to doubt his position as L. He lives in solitude, and only his manager Watari is able to contact him directly. L suspects that Light is Kira almost from the beginning, but is unable to confirm his suspicions to others after his death.


===Ryuk===
:When L is finally able to corner him, Light puts his master plan in practice. He temporarily gives up his Death Note to Ryuk, erasing his memories about his time as Kira from his mind. Rem, under instruction by Light to give it to someone who would use it selfishly, gives it to Kyosuke Higuchi of the Yotsuba Corporation. Now unaware of the fact that he was the original Kira, Light accepts L's offer to join the investigation team to hunt down Higuchi, known as the third Kira. Light requests the alias Light Asahi to be used for him. When he is finally captured, Light touches his Death Note, thereby regaining his memory of when he was the original Kira. He then proceeds just as planned, masterfully killing Higuchi by using the Death Note paper he put in his watch before he lost his memories; and manipulating Rem, who also dies in the process, to kill both Watari and L.
{{Main|Ryuk (Death Note)}}
{{nihongo|'''Ryuk'''|リューク|Ryūku}} is a bored Shinigami that drops a Death Note, a notebook that allows the one in its possession to kill anyone simply by knowing their name and face, into the human world in order to have fun. It is picked up by Light Yagami, a young genius who uses it in an attempt to create and rule a world "cleansed of evil" as "God". He has an affinity for apples.


===Misa Amane===
:Light is later nominated by L's investigation team (who are unaware that he is Kira) to act as L, due to the fact that they cannot reveal the death of the real L to the world. Light also takes over the role of L's assistant, Watari. Now able to act as both Kira and L, Light can continue killing criminals while leading the investigation team in circles. His secret identity as L is soon discovered by the Special Provisions for Kira, President Hoope, and Mello's gang. Light joins the Japanese Police Force's Intelligence Department in April 2009, believing that no one can stop his plans. Near and Mello eventually appear before him, trying to accomplish what L could not: to expose Kira's true identity, and bring him to justice.
{{Main|Misa Amane}}
], revealing Light's real name and remaining lifespan (in Shinigami time).]]
{{nihongo|'''Misa Amane'''|弥 海砂|Amane Misa}}, also known as "'''Misa-Misa'''", is a popular ], who is known for her ]-style of dress, hyperactive personality and devotion to Light, falling in love with him after he kills Misa's parents' murderer. As a Death Note owner and the second Kira, she has the eyes of a Shinigami, which allow her to see nearly everyone's name and lifespan. However, she cannot see the lifespans of Death Note owners. As part of her career as an idol, she performs numerous jobs such as acting, singing and modeling.
:In the end, the combined efforts of Mello and Near, combined with a large miscalculation and miscommunication on the part of Mikami and Light, force Light to reveal himself as Kira. In the final clash between Near and Light at a ], all is revealed and the Kira case comes to an end after six long years.


===Near===
:In the manga version, after completely losing his head and characteristic cool over the prospect of being arrested, and in complete desperation after his attempts to write Near's name down are thwarted by Matsuda, Light begs Ryuk to help him. Ryuk reminds Light that he is on neither side, and fulfills his earlier promise to write Light's name in his Death Note, thus ending Light's life.
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{{Nihongo|'''Near'''|ニア|Nia}}, whose real name is Nate River, is the young detective who succeeds L after his death, and the heroic main antagonist of the manga's final arc. He is the head of an organization created to catch Kira, the SPK (Special Provision for Kira). A placid, pragmatic character with a sharp tongue, he has white hair and wears pale clothes. He constantly plays with toys, building towers of dice and playing cards, and illustrating his exposition with small ]s. He is seen completing blank puzzles, which emphasizes his problem-solving skills. He was the person who succeeded in identifying and capturing Light as Kira.


===Mello===
:In the anime version, Light manages to flee the warehouse after Mikami commits suicide. Near instructs the team that there is no reason to pursue Light given that there should be no more hidden Death Notes, and Light's wounds would prevent him from getting far. Despite this, Aizawa, Mogi, Ide and Matsuda follow Light but are unable to find him before he dies on the staircase of a nearby warehouse due to cardiac arrest from Ryuk writing his name in his Death Note. As Light slowly closes his eyes, an apparition of L appears before Light, mirroring Light standing over L in episode 25 at L's death.
{{Main|Mello (Death Note)}}
{{Nihongo|'''Mello'''|メロ|Mero}}, real name is Mihael Keehl, grows up in competition with Near to succeed L. After L's death, however, he concedes the position to Near and leaves to hunt Kira through criminal means, eventually joining the ]. His obsession with surpassing Near serves as the primary motivation for many of his actions. He has blond hair, dresses extravagantly, and is rarely seen without a bar of chocolate.<ref name="HowtoRead13">{{cite book | last1=Ohba | first1=Tsugumi | author-link1=Tsugumi Ohba | first2=Takeshi | last2=Obata | author-link2=Takeshi Obata | title=Death Note 13: How to Read | year=2008 | page= | publisher=] | isbn=978-1-4215-1888-6 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/deathnote00ohba_0/page/13 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last1=Ohba | first1=Tsugumi | author-link1=Tsugumi Ohba | first2=Takeshi | last2=Obata | author-link2=Takeshi Obata | title=Death Note: Black Edition | date=5 July 2011 | volume=4 | page=196 | publisher=] | isbn=978-1-4215-3967-6}}</ref>


===Teru Mikami===
:According to the manga, Light's date of death is January 28, 2010. His height and weight are 179 centimeters (5'10") and 54 kilograms (120 pounds), respectively, which puts him at the same height as L (if L stands up in a proper position). His ] is A (see ]). His name is also a play on the theme of good and evil in the series, as Light is his first name, and Yagami is written with the kanji for "night" and "god."
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{{nihongo|'''Teru Mikami'''|魅上 照|Mikami Teru}} is a ] and fanatical worshiper of Kira. When Light needs a new proxy to hide his identity, Light uses his intuition alone to select Mikami to become the fourth Kira.<ref name="HTR73">'' Death Note: How to Read 13''. '']''. 73.</ref> Since childhood, Mikami has had a strong sense of justice, but his views have become warped due to years of bullying and trauma.<ref name="HTR81">'' Death Note: How to Read 13''. '']''. 81.</ref> As an example of this, Mikami wishes to punish those he considers to be evil, which, to Light's dismay, includes unproductive people and reformed criminals. Mikami mutters the word {{nihongo|"delete"|削除|sakujo}} repeatedly whenever he uses the Death Note to commit his executions.


During the climax of manga's final arc, Mikami is captured by Near's team after unintentionally implicating Light and exposing the latter as Kira. Whereas Mikami dies in prison after going insane in the manga, he commits suicide by stabbing himself with his pen in the anime. Matsuda theorizes that Near wrote in the Death Note to manipulate Mikami's actions in order to lead Light to his defeat.<ref>''Death Note'' Volume 12. '']''. 196.</ref> In the second Death Note Rewrite special, Mikami is the one to kill the majority of SPK, Near's team of investigators, differing from the manga, in which Mello and the mafia are responsible for the SPK's deaths.
:In the film, a few changes were made to Light. At the film's beginning, Light is a first-year university student studying Law, instead of still being a high school genius, as in the beginning of the manga and anime. Light's motives differ; his boredom trait does not exist, and he instead uses the Death Note out of frustration from the perceived failures of the ]. Light, prior to his discovery of the Death Note, ]s into the government database and finds that the government secretly acknowledges that many criminals are unable to be prosecuted. Light discovers the Death Note in an alley during a rainy night after encountering Shibuimaru in a ] and throwing a law book into the rain in a rage. Light meets Ryuk after killing Shibuimaru. Light has a girlfriend, Shiori Akino, who attends his university. Light kills Shiori at the end of the first movie to gain sympathy from L.


In the live action drama, his role is expanded upon. Portrayed by ], Mikami is introduced as the prosecutor handling the case of Kyu Nishida, the murderer of Misa's parents. He eventually deduces Misa's identity as the second Kira after accumulating information from Kira-related news. After stealing Misa's notebook to become Kira in her place, Mikami collaborates with Light to kill L. Mikami continues to work with Light until they are both caught by Near and the police in the Yellow Box warehouse. Mikami accidentally kills Light after he sets the warehouse on fire in an attempt to escape.
:After Rem "kills" L and kills Watari, Light writes his father's name in an attempt to kill him, an attempt that ultimately fails. The endings of both the second movie and the manga are similar. In the second film, after being exposed as Kira, Light asks Ryuk to write the names of the team members in the book during the ]. The police shoot but do not kill Ryuk as he writes in the Death Note. Light laughs until Ryuk shows Light the Death Note, revealing that Light's name was written in the book. Light tries to stop Ryuk, passing through the shinigami. Light dies in his father's arms, begging him to believe that he acted as Kira to put justice, which Soichiro had taught him since his childhood, into practice. He is portrayed by ], best known for his role as ] of '']''.{{-}}


Mikami makes a cameo appearance in '']'' serving as the guardian to Light's young son, {{nihongo|Hikari Yagami|夜神光|Yagami Hikari}}. He murders Hikari in order to steal the boy's notebook but is in turn killed by police officer Tsukuru Mishima. He is portrayed by ] in the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jonitame.net/archives/2119|title=「デスノート Light up the NEW world(詳解版)」のネタバレあらすじ結末|date=May 7, 2022 |publisher=Eiga-Watch|access-date=February 20, 2023}}</ref>
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;{{nihongo|L Lawliet|エル・ローライト|Eru Rōraito}} / L / {{nihongo|Hideki Ryuga|流河 旱樹|Ryūga Hideki}} / {{nihongo|Ryuzaki|竜崎|Ryūzaki}} / Eraldo Coil / Danuve
:{{anime voices|Kappei Yamaguchi|Alessandro Juliani}}
:L Lawliet, commonly referred to as just L, is rated the world's greatest detective and takes on the Kira investigation in the first arc. He suspects Light initially, and decides to join To-Oh University, the university that Light attends, using the name of Hideki Ryuga for investigative purposes. He requests that the task force refer to him as Ryuzaki for discretion. His disheveled and languid appearance masks his great powers of deduction and insight. He has some quirks such as preferring to ] rather than sit, eating only sweet foods like desserts and fruits, and holding items very delicately. L stayed in ] for five years, and during that time he was the champion in tennis for the England Junior Cup. L also secretly assumes the identities of the world's second and third best detectives, (Eraldo Coil and Deneuve respectively) something only he and the Kira Investigation Team members know.


===Minoru Tanaka===
:L always had his suspicions that Light was Kira, but could not accuse him without any concrete evidence. Even when all evidence apparently proved his theory to be incorrect, and even when Light could not remember his deeds as Kira when he renounced his Death Note's ownership and willingly dedicated himself to collaborate on the investigations, L still suspected him. Because of this and his sometimes harsh tactics, L can perhaps be seen as the series' ]. L cannot prove Light's guilt. In Chapter 58, Light tricks Rem into killing L for his own personal gain, making her believe that she must kill him for the sake of Misa's life. L's last sight before death is Light triumphantly smiling over his defeated rival, and in his last moment L confirms to himself that Light is the first Kira.
{{Nihongo|'''Minoru Tanaka'''|田中実|Tanaka Minoru}} is the new possessor of the Death Note and the main protagonist of the one-shot sequel chapter ''The a-Kira Story'' (also titled ''Death Note: Special One Shot''), where he decides to auction off the Death Note instead of using it. Having Ryuk go out to send his instructions to Sakura TV, he creates a hashtag to auction off the Death Note, ultimately leading to world governments bidding on the Death Note, ultimately getting the United States to bid ten trillion dollars for it, while various law enforcement agencies are out to catch Minoru, whom Near names "A-Kira". During that time though, the Shinigami King is infuriated by the idea of the Note itself being for sale, and creates a new rule to the Note. After the Note is paid for by depositing the money equally into the savings account of every Japanese person 60 or below, the new rule is revealed to be that anyone involved in the buying or selling of the Death Note will be killed upon fulfillment of the deal. The US president balks at this, and secretly refuses to take ownership of the note (though mentioning he'll publicly bluff about having it), and Minoru dies immediately after trying to cash out his payment.


==Supporting characters==
:Although L can not shake the conclusion that Light was the first Kira, Light is the only person L had ever identified or connected with, and he openly stated on one occasion that even though it would hurt his pride to admit that he has been wrong, he hopes that he would be. Despite Kira being L's opponent, at the core, Light and L share many traits, including extraordinary intelligence and strong opinions of what constitutes true justice. Furthermore, L can easily present his conclusions publicly at any time, and with his reputation, is taken seriously. L tends to second-guess everything he is presented with, and is extremely ] and ].
===Kira Investigation Team===
====Soichiro Yagami====
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{{nihongo|'''Soichiro Yagami'''|夜神 総一郎|Yagami Sōichirō}} is Light's father and ] of Japan's ]. He initially leads the Kira investigation team that later joins with L. When L begins to suspect Light of being Kira, Soichiro is unwilling to believe his son would be capable of such a thing. After L's death, he is sent to retrieve the Death Note stolen by Mello by obtaining Shinigami Eyes and infiltrating Mello's hideout, though Light had planned for Matsuda to fill the role.<ref name="how to think 63">"How to Think." ''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 63.</ref> He retrieves the note and learns Mello's real name but is unable to kill him and is instead fatally wounded. Because Light has given up his Death Note, making his lifespan visible above his head, Soichiro dies believing that Light is not Kira.


====Touta Matsuda====
:After L introduces himself as Ryuga, Light does not attempt to kill him since the name is conspicuously fake. Also, he has no way to know at the time whether the person is the real L or a proxy acting under orders. Light also reasons that L would have already introduced himself to Light's father earlier, and thus that if he somehow killed L, he would be easily uncovered as Kira. Light also fears that if he wrote Hideki Ryuga into the Death Note, that the face of the pop singer from which the alias was derived would enter his head, and would be killed by accident, leading L to the obvious conclusion that Light is Kira.
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{{nihongo|'''Touta Matsuda'''|松田 桃太|Matsuda Tōta|(romanized as ''Tota Matsuda'' in Japanese media<ref>''Death Note: How to Read'' (Japanese version) p. 21</ref>)}} is the youngest member of the Kira investigation team. His alias is {{nihongo|Taro Matsui|松井 太郎|Matsui Tarō}}. Matsuda has the drive to match the other members of the team, but his lack of experience sometimes hinders the investigation. He becomes quite fond of Light throughout the series. He is also shown to be a massive fan of Misa, becoming quite upset when his death is faked and he can no longer work as her manager. It is hinted that Matsuda has an inferiority complex regarding his detective ability, and many of his coworkers feel annoyed by his behavior.<ref name="HTR21">''Death Note: How to Read 16''. '']''. 21.</ref> Matsuda's "risky moves" sometimes place him in danger, and his "quick thinking" sometimes aids the investigation, such as his actions in the Yotsuba case that lead to Higuchi's detainment. Matsuda initially befriends Light and believes that he is not Kira, but at the end of the series, during the final showdown between Light and the SPK, Matsuda, enraged and grief-stricken over Light's apathy in regard to his father's death and to stop Light killing Near, fatally wounds Light by shooting him repeatedly. This ultimately results in Light's death when Ryuk, realizing Light's loss, writes Light's name in his Death Note.<ref name="HTR21"/>


====Shuichi Aizawa====
:''Death Note: How To Read 13'' revealed many facts about L. His true birth name is L Lawliet. His date of birth is ] of 1979, making him 25 when he dies on November 5, 2004. His height and weight are 179cm/50kg (5'10"/110lbs.), which would have meant he was severely underweight. It is implied that L was a former resident of Wammy's House, one of Watari's ]s, as well as a safe haven and educational facility specifically for intellectually-gifted children. Therefore, similar to Near and Mello, L's abilities were discovered while living there, and he is most likely an orphan.
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{{nihongo|'''Shuichi Aizawa'''|相沢 周市|Aizawa Shūichi}} is a member of the Kira investigation team that leaves the team under the guise of needing to support his family because the Japanese police cut their funding (it is only after he leaves that it is revealed that L would have supported them had he stayed). Aizawa uses the alias {{nihongo|Aihara|相原}} to protect his identity. Aizawa returns shortly before L's death, after which he is one of the first to suspect Light of being Kira (although he continues to act compassionately towards Light until he is cornered and goes mad) and helps contribute to his eventual defeat. He becomes the leader of the investigation team afterward.


====Kanzo Mogi====
:In chapter 38 of the manga, L suggests that even though he eats only sweet foods, he remains underweight because the ] uses the most calories of any ] in the body. He also says that if he sits normally, his reasoning ability would drop 40%.
:{{voiced by|]|John Murphy}}
{{nihongo|'''Kanzo Mogi'''|模木 完造|Mogi Kanzō}} is one of the most dedicated members of the Kira investigation team, but also one of the most reserved. Mogi rarely speaks, even when someone presents an opinion he agrees with. Despite this, he has shown himself to be a particularly good detective. He is also an excellent actor, becoming an excited and cheery manager for Misa on demand and seemingly contradictory to his usual demeanor. He appears to be fond of Misa, as she nicknames him 'Motchi'. Mogi uses the alias {{nihongo|Kanichi Moji|模地 幹一|Moji Kan'ichi}} to protect his identity.


====Hideki Ide====
:In the anime's finale, an apparition of L appears before the dying Light, who closes his eyes in the same fashion L does in the 25th episode.
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{{nihongo|'''Hideki Ide'''|伊出 英基|Ide Hideki}} is one of the few police officers who remain with Soichiro during the Kira Investigation. He initially leaves when he disagrees with L's methods. Ide later returns and plays a relatively minor role in the Kira investigative team. He helps coordinate their efforts and performs actions such as organizing a blockade of police cars to trap Higuchi. Later, after L's death, he rejoins the investigation, though he states that he only did so to be with Aizawa. Ide trusts Light more than any of the other Task Force members, except for Light's father.


====Hirokazu Ukita====
:As there is no time delay between the first and second films, the second film begins soon before L supposedly dies. L retains many of the same characteristics seen in the original series. At the end of the first film, L eats ] in front of Light; Light had used a potato chip sack to hide a cell phone acting as a television from security cameras while L filmed his room.
:{{voiced by|]|Jeremy From}}
{{nihongo|'''Hirokazu Ukita'''|宇生田 広数|Ukita Hirokazu}} is a member of the Kira investigation team that is led by ]. He is characterized as a brave young man who is also a chronic smoker.<ref name="HTR23">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. '']''. 23.</ref> When Misa has {{nihongo|Sakura TV|さくらTV}} broadcast a message from her as Kira, Ukita rushes to the station to stop the broadcast without any prompting by the rest of the team. Since Misa has the Shinigami Eyes, she kills Ukita as soon as he approaches the door.


====Watari====
:In the second film, his original "death", caused by Rem writing his name in her Death Note, does not take effect, as L had ] in Misa's Death Note earlier. It is his self-sacrifice that allows himself stay alive for a longer duration (as he supposed Kira would kill him on that day), and allows the investigation team to apprehend Light. After Ryuk kills Light, Ryuk offers L the Death Note. L refuses, and Ryuk, saying that L is "no fun," leaves.
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:{{voiced by|]|], Ron Halder}}
{{nihongo|'''Watari'''|ワタリ}} is L's assistant, providing logistics to the investigation team. Before the team is formed, he is the only person who has seen L, and the only one capable of contacting L directly. Like L, he represents himself with an Old English "W" on computer screens. He is also a fatherly figure to L. On the surface, he is {{nihongo|Quillish Wammy|キルシュ・ワイミー|Kirushu Waimī}}, a famous inventor and founder of Wammy's House, an ] for gifted children in ], England. Watari is well trained in espionage and ]ship. Rem kills Watari, along with L, in order to protect Misa. At the end of the manga, ], the manager of Wammy House, becomes the new Watari for the third L, Near.


====Matt====
:Twenty-three days after writing his name in the Death Note, and after burning all the remaining Death Notes and having a conversation with Soichiro, L dies peacefully while eating a ], with a picture of Watari lying right beside him. He is portrayed by ], who also voices Jealous in the anime.{{-}}
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{{nihongo|'''Matt'''|マット|Matto}}, real name is {{nihongo|Mail Jeevas|マイル・ジーヴァス|Mairu Jīvasu}}, is a cohort of ]'s. Matt was also a former resident of Wammy's orphanage, being one of its most talented despite his laziness.<ref name="HowtoThink69">"How to Think." ''Death Note How to Read 13''. '']''. 69.</ref> He is a chain smoker with a fondness for video games. Matt is Mello's helper<ref name="HowtoThink69" /> as he performs ] work and acts as an accomplice in Takada's kidnapping, which results in his death when he is shot by Takada's bodyguards.


====Roger Ruvie====
;{{nihongo|Misa Amane|弥 海砂|Amane Misa}} / Kira (second)
:{{voiced by|]|Ron Halder}}
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{{nihongo|'''Roger Ruvie'''|ロジャー・ラヴィー|Rojā Ruvī}} acts as the manager of Wammy's House. He is aware of L and Watari's detective work. Despite his work with children, he detests them. At the end of the series, he becomes the new Watari for Near.
{{anime voices|Aya Hirano|Shannon Chan-Kent}}
:Misa is a famous ], singer and actress and has an immense ] on Light. She usually refers to herself in the ] by calling herself "Misa-Misa" and tends to be ]. She poses as the second Kira to attract the attention of the first Kira.


====Beyond Birthday====
:She decides to devote her life to Light because he punished the criminal that killed her parents when she was younger; a burglar killed Misa's parents in front of her eyes. Misa, unable to forgive the killer and wanting to kill the burglar herself, saw multiple delays in the killer's trial before Kira killed him.<ref>Volume 4, Page 93</ref> The Shinigami who follows her is Rem. Misa also performs two eye trades, cutting her lifespan in half twice; the first was with Rem, and the second with Ryuk (''For more information, see ]'').
{{nihongo|'''Beyond Birthday'''|ビヨンド・バースデイ|Biyondo Bāsudei}}, nicknamed BB, is a character exclusive to the ] novel, '']''. He is a serial murderer bent on surpassing L - not by being the world's greatest detective, but by being the world's greatest criminal. The novel takes place in August 2002, a year before Light became Kira. The only thing known about his past before going to Wammy's House is that his father was beaten to death by a thug and his mother died in a train crash. Like L, Mello, Matt and Near, he lived in Wammy's House and was known as B, which stood for "Backup." Beyond was born with the Shinigami Eyes, so he could see when humans would die and their names. Using his Shinigami Eyes, he would intentionally kill people on their destined day of death.


To fool Naomi Misora, he acted a bit strange during Naomi and L's investigation, calling himself {{nihongo|Rue Ryuzaki|竜崎 ルエ|Ryūzaki Rue}}, with "Rue" being an anagram of the Japanese pronunciation of {{nihongo|L|エル|Eru}}, and Ryuzaki being a nickname L later adopts. He was always in heavy makeup when with Naomi, so his true appearance is unknown. He killed 3 victims, Backyard Bottomslash, Quarter Queen, and Believe Bridesmaid, while leaving clues at each murder scene for Naomi Misora to "solve." In reality, he himself led her to each conclusion she made.
:Misa sends Sakura TV video tapes "from Kira" to attract the attention of the real Kira. After receiving a reply video from the real Kira, Misa finds Light and tells him that she will support him in any way. Misa tells Light that she had her friends handle the packages containing the Kira Tapes and donned disguises as a method of fooling surveillance.


He attempted to commit suicide at the end of the novel, by setting himself on fire, to look like the final victim. He felt that L would never be able to solve the case if he, the murderer, were "murdered", meaning he would have outwitted L. Naomi Misora, however, figured out his plan at the last moment, saving Beyond Birthday's life while at the same time putting him under arrest for his murders. At the very end of the novel, the narrator, Mello, states that Beyond Birthday died of a mysterious heart attack several years later in prison. He was killed by Kira using the Death Note.
:Misa and Light move into the same household together after L's death. In actuality, Light befriends Misa for the eyes, having her pass judgement on criminals around the world with Ryuk as her personal Shinigami. She also provides assistance to Light when he aids the investigation team in their hunt for Mello. After Near's suspicion of Light being Kira becomes apparent, Light instructs Misa to give up her ownership of the Death Note and pass it on to Mikami. When Misa figures Light starts to build a close relationship with Takada, she fears that Light would leave her for Takada. To prevent this, Misa plans to make a public announcement that she was ] to Light. Before she could announce it, Near orders her to be ] and put under surveillance. Even after he realizes that nothing would come from ] her, he keeps her captive for a while, if only to prevent her from contacting Light while Near prepared his plan to expose Light as Kira once and for all.


====A====
:According to ''How to Read 13'', Misa falls into despair after learning of Light's death through Matsuda. Misa commits suicide one year later on February 14, 2011. It is also revealed that the cloaked woman who appears at the end of the manga is not Misa, but simply a follower of Kira.
'''A''' is a former resident of Wammy's House and the original successor to L who is mentioned in ''Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases''. He is said to have taken his own life years earlier due to the pressure of living up to L.


====C-Kira====
:At the anime's finale, Misa's suicide is neither mentioned nor seen. At the final credits, she is seen standing at the edge of a rooftop, with a sad face looking at the ].
'''C-Kira''' is a character of unknown identity, gender and age featured in the one-shot chapter ''The C-Kira Story'', who receives a Death Note from the Shinigami Midora three years after Light's death and is known to have made the Shinigami eye deal with her. This person only uses the notebook to ] elderly people in Japan that wish to die and is dubbed "C-Kira", short for "Cheap Kira", by Near. After Near (as L) announces he is not interested in the case and condemns this Kira as an "abominable murderer", C-Kira commits suicide by writing their own name in the Death Note.


===Associates of L Lawliet===
:Misa, born on ], ] in ], has a height of 152 centimeters (4 feet and 9 inches) and a mass of 36 kilograms (79 pounds). Misa has a bust size of 76 centimeters, a waist size of 51 centimeters, and a hip size of 75 centimeters. Her blood type is AB.
====Aiber====
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{{nihongo|'''Aiber'''|アイバー|Aibā}}, real name {{nihongo|Thierry Morello|ティエリ・モレロ|Tieri Morero}}, is a professional ] in the employ of L. He plays the role of {{nihongo|Eraldo Coil|エラルド・コイル|Erarudo Koiru}}, one of L's detective aliases, during the investigation of the Yotsuba Group. Aiber uses his initial "A", just like L, when communicating through computers. Aiber speaks many languages and uses many false identities. He also has a talent for using his good looks to convince women to pass information to him. Aiber enjoys living life on the edge and his biggest thrill comes from conning people.<ref name="EnglishHTR26">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 26.</ref><ref name="DeathNoteVolume5129">'']'' Volume 5. 129.</ref>


After L's death, Light kills him using the Death Note. In the manga, Aiber dies from ] at a hospital in Paris, France with his family at his bedside.<ref name="EnglishHTR149">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 149.</ref><ref name="Volume7153">''Death Note'' Volume 7. '']''. 153.</ref> In the anime, he dies of a heart attack in front of his wife and son. He, like Wedy, is referenced to, but does not appear in, ''Death Note: Another Note''.<ref name="DN">''Death Note: Another Note'' (p 144)</ref>
:Misa, portrayed in the film by ], is seen filming a ] called "Misa-Misa's Happy Sweets," where she states that she is baking treats to make her enemies fat. After filming of that section ends, she expresses support for Kira on camera. A supervisor states that the section will be cut due to controversies.


====Wedy====
:Sakashiro, the ] for "Happy Sweets" and Misa's attacker, dies from a heart attack when Jealous writes his name inside of his Death Note. Jealous's Death Note then falls in front of Misa, who immediately picks it up and finds Rem after reading the notebook's rules.
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{{nihongo|'''Wedy'''|ウエディ|Uedi}}, real name {{nihongo|Mary Kenwood|メリー・ケンウッド|Merī Ken'uddo|(romanized as ''Merrie Kenwood'' in Japanese media)}}, is a professional ] in the employ of L. She installs bugs in the Yotsuba Group's meeting room to secretly observe the group's weekly meetings. She does the same for Higuchi's car, allowing the team to watch his desperate attempts to kill Matsuda.<ref name="DeathNoteVolume5129" />


Wedy uses her initial in computer communication; to avoid confusion with Watari ("W"), she deliberately uses the lowercase form, "w". After L's death, Light kills her using his Death Note; Wedy dies in a ] accident<ref name="EnglishHTR26" /> in ]. She, like Aiber, is referenced to, but does not appear in, ''Death Note: Another Note''.<ref name="DN" />
:Misa does not commit suicide in either of the films, as her memory from the incident and the Death Note is erased. She still harbors her obsession for Light and bids him a happy birthday from her mini ] of Light. She feels that a piece of her life is somehow missing. In addition, her appearance is slightly modified in both films: while Misa has blonde hair in the manga and anime, it is brown in the film.{{-}}


===Associates of Kira===
;{{nihongo|Teru Mikami|魅上 照|Mikami Teru}} / Kira (fourth)
====Kiyomi Takada====
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{{nihongo|'''Kiyomi Takada'''|高田 清美|Takada Kiyomi}} first appears for a short period as ]'s classmate and girlfriend; Light appeared with Takada in public to disguise the fact that he also conversed with Misa. She returns five years later in the story as an announcer of NHN chosen by Teru Mikami to be Kira's spokesperson to the world. Light realizes that he can use this connection with Takada to his advantage and sets up a meeting with her, presumably for the benefit of the investigation. While the two meet, Takada receives a call from Mikami and Light reveals himself to Mikami as Kira. They create a ploy to force the Kira Investigation Team to remove all bugs from the room, after which Light tells Takada that he wants her to be his goddess in the new world.
:Teru, in the original manga and anime versions, is chosen as the new Kira by Light. When Light feels it is dangerous for Misa to keep the Death Note any longer, he instructs her to pass the ownership of the Note to Mikami. Little is known about Mikami yet except that he appears to be a supporter of Kira, and that he is a prosecutor. He has also performed an eye trade with Ryuk, earning him the ]. When Mikami's decisions reveal that he can follow the thoughts and ideals of the first Kira, as L could, Light wonders if Mikami will become much-needed help, or a new threat.
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:As the story progresses, it is revealed that Mikami has been bullied at school for his sense of ]ness and therefore wishes to punish those he considers to be evil. Because of this, he chose to become a ] and worships Kira as God. He is also extremely bright just like Light, but he seems content to remain a loyal follower in Kira's kingdom, taking the initiative to ask Kira for direction when he does not receive direction, but also making decisions with Kira's ideals on his own.


====Hitoshi Demegawa====
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{{nihongo|'''Hitoshi Demegawa'''|出目川 仁|Demegawa Hitoshi}} is a publicity hound and director of {{nihongo|Sakura TV|さくらTV}}. He initially appears when Misa Amane sends four videotapes to Sakura TV in order to gain attention from the real Kira, and approves of broadcasting the tapes on live TV. However, he is forced to hand the tapes over to Soichiro, who crashes a police wagon into the studio and threatens him at gunpoint. He later helps the investigation force to lure out ] by running a television program. Demegawa reappears after L's death, serving as Kira's ] for a while and even creating new programs in "honor" of Kira. Demegawa also leads the raid on Near's headquarters with Kira's supporters, but like all the other rioters, is distracted by the money that Near throws down. Later, when he takes matters into his own hands and builds a chapel to greet Kira, asking for donations, which would give Kira a bad image, Mikami kills him for being greedy, and he is replaced by Takada.


===Federal Bureau of Investigation===
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The ] agrees to assist L since some people believed that Kira killed some American criminals. After Kira kills several agents, the FBI withdraws its assistance.<ref name="HTR37">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. '']''. 37.</ref>


====Raye Penber====
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{{nihongo|'''Raye Penber'''|レイ・ペンバー|Rei Penbā}} is an American investigator from the FBI, sent to Japan with eleven other agents to aid in tracking down Kira early in the story. Described by ''How to Read It'' as a "talented" agent,<ref name="HTR25" /> Raye is assigned to investigate the Yagami family for any suspicious behavior; but he eventually stops suspecting Light after he appears to be one of the victims of a bus-jacking. However, Light staged the event to get Raye's name so he could kill him. He has a fiancée, retired FBI agent Naomi Misora, whom he tells not to involve herself in the investigation for her own safety. Light manages to track him down and use him "as a ]"<ref name="HTR25" /> to kill the other eleven members of his team (he unknowingly used a page of Light's notebook to kill them). Light kills Raye soon after. Before Raye dies, he sees Light, realizing that he is indeed Kira.


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:Mikami's devotion to Kira leads to his and Light's deaths. When Takada is kidnapped by Mello, Mikami rushes to get his Death Note to write her name down in it to prevent her from being captured by the investigation team and forced to speak what she knows. Light had already written her name a minute before Mikami could. This action leads Near's team to his note's hiding place, foiling Light's plan to gather all of his antagonists in a same place (including Near) before Mikami for him to dispose of them. When they are finally cornered by Near, in the manga, an enraged Mikami starts to blame Light for putting them into their situation and claiming that Kira is no god, contrary to what he so fervently believed before. Ten days after he is captured and detained, he dies after going ]. Mikami's death leads Matsuda to believe that Near used the Death Note to control Mikami's actions, allowing Near to convict Light.


] portrays the version of Raye Penber in the TV drama.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://a-light.jp/talent/shogen|title=尚玄SHOGEN|publisher={{ill|A-Light|ja|エーライツ}}|access-date=2024-10-21|quote=【2015年】 ・日本テレビ 『デスノート』 役名:レイ・ペンバー }}</ref>
:In the anime version of Death Note, Mikami commits suicide with the fountain pen he used to write on the notebook, allowing Light to flee the warehouse (though it cannot be asserted whether he did so on purpose or out of desperation).


Obata said that as Raye was of mixed American and Japanese descent, Obata "struggled over his design" and tried to make Penbar look more non-Japanese. Obata said that he wishes that he could have "drawn him a bit better."<ref name="drawing design 131">"Takeshi Obata Production Note: Characters." ''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 131.</ref> Hosokawa said that when he portrayed Raye he built Raye's strength, tenderness and the "feeling of mortification."<ref name="SinchewCast">"." ''{{ill|Sinchew|zh|星洲日報}}''. Retrieved on April 27, 2008.</ref>
:According to ''How to Read 13'', Mikami was born on June 7, 1982 and dies on February 7, 2010. He is 175 centimeters (5 feet and 9 inches) tall and weighs 56 kilograms (123 pounds). His blood type is A.{{-}}
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====Naomi Misora====
;{{nihongo|Kiyomi Takada|高田 清美|Takada Kiyomi}}
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{{nihongo|'''Naomi Misora'''|南空 ナオミ|Misora Naomi}} is Raye Penber's fiancée. A former first rate FBI agent,<ref name="HTR25">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. '']''. 25.</ref> Naomi left the Bureau in October 2003<ref>''Death Note'' manga; Volume 2, Page 150</ref> for the sake of starting a family in the United States.<ref>''Death Note'' manga; Volume 2, Page 13</ref> After the sudden death of her fiancé which she blames Kira for, Naomi decides to take part in the Kira case herself, and theorizes that Kira has other methods of killing besides heart attack.<ref name="HTR25" /> In her attempts to contact the Kira investigation team, she comes across ]. Cautious at first, she uses the false name {{nihongo|Shoko Maki|間木 照子|Maki Shōko}} in order to protect herself until she can reach L. However, Light manages to manipulate her into revealing her real name to him, resulting in her death by suicide. Her body is never found due to the specifications made by Light in the Death Note.
:Kiyomi first appears in Chapter 31 as Light's classmate and girlfriend. She is a popular girl also known as "Miss To-Oh" (English version) /"Miss Todai" (Japanese version) (short for To-Oh University) or "'Refined' Takada" (English version) /"Seiso Takada" (which means something similar to "plays hard to get"}}. Light notes that she is not as shallow as her reputation advertises. She makes a brief appearance by Light's side in Chapter 32, not to reappear in the story until Chapter 85 as an announcer of NHN (parody of ]) chosen to be Kira's spokesperson to the world. This is not a decision made by Light, but by Mikami, who threatens her as Kira, and knows her as someone educated, intellectual and civilized, and who could send out Kira's words accurately in a calm and straightforward manner.


Naomi is one of the central characters in the spin-off novel '']'' by author ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Mays|first=Jonathan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8835|title=Death Note, XXXHOLiC Novels in the Works|date=May 9, 2006|work=]|access-date=December 7, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061113222628/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8835|archive-date=2006-11-13|url-status=live}}</ref> The story is set several years prior to the start of the series and focuses on a series of murder cases investigated by L with Naomi as his operative. The resulting capture of the murderer helped launch Naomi's reputation within the FBI.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=7222|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226030941/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=7222|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 26, 2007|title=Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases (Novel)|publisher=]|access-date=June 8, 2009 }}</ref>
:Light has to figure out how an ex-girlfriend could become an ally, especially since he disappeared from everyone he knew in university, and at one point leaves his mother thinking he ran off to live with Misa. Light believes that she was more intelligent and prouder than Misa. Near, after doing a background research on the NHN announcer, believes that she is merely studious and not intelligent, as Light's judgment that she was intelligent was based solely on her grades. Takada is by then famous for being Kira's spokesperson, and Near looked down on anyone who supported Kira. By Chapter 88, when Light reveals his identity to her as Kira, she states that Light is the only man she has ever respected. That he ''is'' Kira only enthralls her more, especially when he asks her to be his queen in the perfect world they only dreamed of when they were in school together. Mello and Matt kidnap Takada; Takada's bodyguards shoot Matt while Mello takes Takada. Mello forces Takada to take her clothes off, and Takada writes Mello's real name in the Death Note. In Chapter 99, Light writes her name into the Death Note as a suicide by fire, after she tells him that she has killed Mello.


She is also a key character in the 2006 film '']''.
:According to ''How to Read 13'', Takada was born on July 12, 1985 and dies on January 26, 2010. She is 5'4" and weighs 97 lbs. Her blood type is AB.


====Steve Mason====
:In the film, her role is combined with that of Higuchi as the third Kira, and she kills those who stand in her way of a ]. Also, she never sees Light because she is ]ed. Otherwise, her fate is more or less the same, with Light killing her after her declaration of devotion although the declaration is to Kira and not Light since she never knows Light was Kira. In addition, despite having short hair in the Death Note anime and manga, Takada's hair is fairly long in the films. She is portrayed by Nana Katase.
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{{nihongo|'''Steve Mason'''|スティーブ・メイスン|Sutību Meisun|romanized '''Steeve Maison''' in Japanese media<ref name=HowtoReadJapanesep35>''How to Read'', Japanese version, p. 35.</ref>}} is the head of the ]. He assists L in investigating the Japanese police and withdraws FBI involvement after the FBI agents in Japan die. At a later point, he helps Near create the SPK. Mason dies due to the Death Note.
===Shinigami===
'']'', or ''Death Gods'', are demon-like characters who live in the Shinigami Realm. To increase their life-span, they write the names of humans in their Death Notes. Because the realm is incredibly dull, this act is usually laughed at and is done in privacy. Shinigami can not be killed by physical methods, such as stabbing or shooting, and must follow a strict set of rules if they want to live without punishment.

;{{nihongo|Ryuk|リューク|Ryūku}}
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:{{anime voices|Shidō Nakamura|Brian Drummond}}
:Ryuk is the Shinigami who drops a Death Note in the human realm, which is then discovered by Light. It is revealed that Ryuk did it out of boredom, as there was little to do in the Shinigami realm. He was also found to have tricked the Shinigami King into receiving a second Death Note that would be used by Light, as well as access to the human realm. Ryuk has a great fondness for ]s, and will go through a type of ] if he goes for too long without eating them. He says apples are to Shinigami as ]s and ] are to humans. He seems to enjoy ] as well. He also states that he is shy around girls. For a time, he is Mikami's personal Shinigami. He is also shown to be quite incompetent, not knowing some of the basic rules of the Death Note or even a few rules which Light himself figures out.

:In all versions of Death Note, Ryuk kills Light at the end of the storylines.

:In the manga, shot by Matsuda after he attempted to write Near's name down on a Death Note scrap, a severely injured Light desperately begs Ryuk to write the names of the investigation team and the SPK members in the Death Note; the desperate SPK members shoot Ryuk, not realizing that gunshots will not kill the shinigami. Ryuk states that he will write Light's name instead. In the 30 seconds before Light's death, Ryuk says it would be too boring to wait for Light to die in prison, then he says that he enjoyed Light's company because he got rid of his boredom. In the end he repeats his statements from the beginning of the story regarding the fact that the Death Note's first human owner will die by the hands of the Shinigami who handed the notebook to them.

:In the anime version, Light does not ask for Ryuk's help and manages to escape the warehouse thanks to Mikami's gruesome ] distracting everyone. His wounds are too severe for him to escape. And so, Ryuk, who is watching him from atop a pole, wrote Light's name in his Death Note, while stating the same rules mentioned in the manga. Light then collapses, dying peacefully, with an apparition of L standing over him.

:In the film version, after Light is shot by Matsuda, the man begs Ryuk to write names of L's team members. Light laughs and Misa smiles as Ryuk writes in the Death Note and the panicking SPK members shoot Ryuk; as in the manga, the gunshots do not harm the shinigami. Light's laughter stops when Ryuk reveals that the only name written in the Death Note was Light's name. The desperate Light yells at Ryuk and jumps through him, trying in vain to stop his death. Light dies in Soichiro's arms. Ryuk offers L the Death Note. When L refuses to use it, Ryuk moans about L being "boring" before leaving.

:According to ''How to Read 13'', Ryuk is 6 feet tall and his weight is unknown. He likes apples and games and dislikes boredom. Ryuk's love of games is seen in the first ] eight-panel comic series, originally published in '']'' Volume 4-5 (double issue) in 2005. In the omake, Light, dressed in a ] suit, asks Ryuk what he wants for Christmas, expecting that Ryuk would ask for Light's soul. Ryuk begs Light for a ]. Light asks Ryuk why he celebrates Christmas. Ryuk, defeated, falls to the floor, mumbling about the cold in the human world <ref>(Volume 1, Page 195)</ref>. On another occasion, Ryuk asks Light if he wants to play ] (changed to just "video games" in the anime), but receives no answer since Light's bedroom is bugged with cameras <ref>(Volume 2, pages 187-188)</ref>.{{-}}

;{{nihongo|Rem|レム|Remu}}
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:{{anime voices|Kimiko Saitō|Colleen Wheeler}}
:Rem is the Shinigami who first gives Misa her Death Note and ]. Similar to Ryuk, Rem possesses two Death Notes; she purposely gives a Death Note to Misa. Rem inherited her second Death Note from Jealous, another Shinigami who died when he saved Misa's life, and thought it only right to pass it on to Misa. Rem inherits Jealous' love for Misa as well and is prompt to defend Misa even at the cost of her life. She shows this when she openly shows her lack of trust for Light stating that if Misa dies before her time, Rem will kill Light. Rem dies after she is tricked by Light into killing L and Watari to protect Misa, and thus as the rules state passing on her remaining life span to Misa. In the second movie, Rem, voiced by ], declares her love for Misa and her spite for Light moments before her death. While she dies, she burns her note in a blue flame entrusting that it will never belong to Light, but this is not the case in the manga where Light is able to retrieve the notebook.

:In the manga and anime, Rem tells Misa that she is actually a female Shinigami. In the second live-action film, this is not mentioned, leaving it ]. She is also given a more masculine voice.{{-}}

;{{nihongo|Jealous|ジェラス|Jerasu}}
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:{{anime voices|Ken'ichi Matsuyama|}}
:Jealous only appears in a ] when Rem explains a method to kill a Shinigami. In this flashback, Rem recalls Jealous watching over Misa in the human world. Surprised by his concern, Rem eventually looks over his shoulder and witnesses what should have been Misa's last moments on Earth. In a dark ally, a distraught man mistakes Misa as the woman who broke up with him and attempts to stab her to death. Apparently infatuated with Misa, Jealous uses his Death Note to kill her destined murderer; the man suddenly walks away to commit suicide. Moments later, Jealous himself turns to a pile of sand and rust as consequence for extending a human life. Rem takes his Death Note and gave it to Misa.

:Jealous' name is commonly misspelled "Gelus," which is what his name was ] to until ''Death Note: How to Read 13'' revealed the official spelling as Jealous. The first through fourth printings of Volume 4 of the English-language manga refers to him as '''Gelus'''.

:In the film, Jealous gives a heart attack to Sakashiro, Misa's attacker. Jealous drops the Death Note onto the ground, and Misa discovers the Death Note.{{-}}

;{{nihongo|Shidoh|シドウ|Shidō}}
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:{{anime voices|Kazuki Yao|}}
:Shidoh is a Shinigami whose Death Note is stolen by Ryuk. In fact, Ryuk takes his Note and gives it to Light, which becomes Higuchi's note and is finally passed on to Mello's gang (more specifically, Mello's subordinate, Kal Snyder (also known as Jack Neylon)). Shidoh has a great liking for ]. Since Shidoh has neglected to kill people and extend his own lifetime, he probably did not notice that his Note is stolen. As the end of his lifetime approaches, Shidoh finds Ryuk and learns that Mello is in possession of his Note. Later, he finds Snyder in the human world. To regain his Note, Shidoh agrees to help Mello's gang against the SPK and Light. After Light regains the Death Note from Mello, he returns the note to Shidoh for him to stop interfering and return to the Shinigami world. Although these events occurred over the course of about one volume in the manga, Shidoh was only in two episodes in the anime version (episode 28 where he was merely introduced in the last few minutes of the episode, and episode 29, which relays most events of Shidoh's regaining of his Death Note).

:Shidoh's name is written in English as "Shidoh" in ''Death Note: How to Read 13'', but written "Sidoh" in both the ] character introductions page and within the translated English manga.{{-}}

;Armonia Jastin Beyondllemason / Jastin the Jeweled Skeleton
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:{{anime voices|Hideyuki Umezu|}}
:Though only appearing for a brief segment in Volume 8, Armonia provides Shidoh with several ]s describing the various rules that Shinigami have for interacting with humans. He also informs Shidoh that his Death Note was indeed stolen by Ryuk. Shidoh uses Jastin's information to guide his interactions with Mello in the human world. His nickname is apparently "Jastin the Jeweled Skeleton" as stated in the English manga. This is most likely due to his being encrusted with colorful ]s and his obsession with them; even his eyes are jewels.{{-}}

* '''Dalil Guillohrtha'''
* '''Dellidublly'''
* '''Meadra'''
* '''Gook''' {{anime voices|Tetsuo Goto}}
* '''Zerhogie'''
* '''Calikareha'''
* '''Kinddara Guivelostain'''
* '''Nu'''
* '''King of Death''' (The ruler of the Shinigami)

===Investigation team===
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;{{nihongo|Soichiro Yagami|夜神 総一郎|Yagami Sōichirō}} / {{nihongo|Shijuro Asahi|朝日 四十郎|Asahi Shijūrō}}
:''Voiced by:'' ] (Japanese), ] (English)
:Soichiro is Light's father and the leader of the remains of his investigation team under L's command. He is responsible for successfully retrieving tape recordings of the Second Kira from Demegawa. L gives Soichiro a badge with his designated investigation team false name, Shijuro Asahi, as a method to protect Soichiro's identity.

:Soichiro was born on July 12, 1955 and is 48 years old in the beginning of the story. <ref>Volume 1, Page 131</ref>

:Some time after retrieving the tape recordings, he and the other members of the police investigation make a ] on Mello's hideout to retrieve the Death Note. Under the guise of Kira, Misa sends Soichiro her Death Note and instructs him and his team how to make the raid. He then makes the eye trade with Ryuk, earning him the ]. When Soichiro finds Mello during the raid, he tells Light that Mello's real name is Mihael Keehl. Before he gets the opportunity to write the name on the Death Note, Jose, one of Mello's presumed dead gang members, shoots him. He is fatally wounded and dies at the hospital, believing that his son is not Kira. Earlier in the story Ryuk stated that those who used a Death Note shall not find peace either in life or in death. Soon after Soichiro's death Ryuk tells that he died peacefully, believing his son is not Kira, because he did not use the Death Note.

:As there is no time delay in the films, Soichiro's character has some slight changes. He does not undergo the eye trade or die and apprehends his son by agreeing to L's plan and following the instructions on the fake Death Note, which he wrote in to kill him, stating that he was a nuisance. After reporting the consequences of these events and the coinciding police reports to L, he salutes the mastermind with gratitude, proud to have known and worked beside him. He is the last one to see L alive before the Death Note took effect. One year after the incident on Light's birthday, he visits Light's ] with the rest of the family and prays that Sayu would keep believing that his son died in his fight against Kira, instead of being Kira himself. He is portrayed by ], best known as Chairman Kaga of '']''.{{-}}

;{{nihongo|Tota Matsuda|松田 桃太|Matsuda Tōta}} / {{nihongo|Taro Matsui|松井 太郎|Matsui Tarō}} / {{nihongo|Taichiro Yamashita|山下 太一郎|Yamashita Taichirō}} <ref></ref> <ref></ref>
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:{{anime voices|Ryō Naitō|Vincent Tong}}
:Matsuda is known as the most outspoken member in the investigation team. He plays a crucial role in the investigation of the Yotsuba Group after sneaking into the company's building without the knowledge of the team. His designated investigation team alias is ''Taro Matsui''. He pretends to be several individuals, such as Light's "cousin" "Taro" (in Volume 4) and Misa's agent (during the Higuchi arc). Misa gives the nickname "Matsu" to Matsuda, and the nickname fits with his real ] and his alias "Matsui."

:By following L's instructions, Matsuda gains the trust of the company's board members, fabricates his death (he uses the alias Taro Matsui) so that Yotsuba members can not kill him), and serves as a temporary decoy to lure the suspect into the Sakura television studio during the second Sakura TV incident. Despite his excitable, naïve personality, Matsuda manages to stay alive through quite a few dangerous times. Matsuda sees Soichiro as his ].

:While it is clear that most of the investigation team views Kira as an evil criminal, Matsuda often wonders if Kira is performing good deeds, especially since more and more people seem to be agreeing with what he does. Matsuda is scared by Mikami's intense loyalty to Kira when he hears Mikami's public announcement on Sakura TV. Matsuda proves to be somewhat supportive and sympathetic towards Kira's followers nonetheless.

:When Light is revealed as Kira at Yellowbox Warehouse, Matsuda is the most shocked of the team. He has always liked Light and is outraged to learn that he had been fooled; he is particularly upset, asserting that Light's actions had led to the death of Soichiro. Matsuda succeeds in saving Near's life by shooting Light's hand, causing him to drop the pen that he was writing Near's name with. Matsuda shoots him several more times to stop Light from writing Near's name in his own blood. The enraged Matsuda nearly kills Light with a shot to the head, but he is stopped by the rest of the Japanese investigation team.

:As shown in the final chapter, Matsuda suspects that, to help with Light's capture, Near has used the Death Note to control Mikami's actions before killing him, but Ide says that he has no proof and it may be a "wish" on his part, perhaps related to his thinking of Light as a friend.

:Matsuda's name is romanized as ''Touta Matsuda'' in the English manga.

:] portrays Matsuda in the film versions.{{-}}

;{{nihongo|Kanzo Mogi|模木 完造|Mogi Kanzō}} / {{nihongo|Kanichi Moji|模地幹一|''Moji Kan'ichi''}}
:{{anime voices|Kazuya Nakai|John Murphy}}
:One of the most dedicated members of the investigation team. Little else is known of him. He remains mostly silent. This silence is marked when he refuses to answer Near's questions about the Japanese Investigative Team, even when he is clearly affected by the theories that Near was presenting to him. Later on, he is one of the first members who begins to warm to Near's theory that Light is Kira. He is also shown to be an excellent actor, showing an excitement and cheeriness completely opposite of his usual demeanor.

:In the first arc, Mogi acts as Misa's manager (as ''Kanichi Moji'') after Matsuda's faked death. Misa gives him the nickname of "Mochi," based on the alias.

:In the second arc, Mello demands meeting Mogi in order to investigate about Kira, and tricks Mogi into meeting Near at the SPK headquarters. Mogi is then held hostage by Near until Aizawa arrives to rescue him.

:In the second live-action film, Mogi, portrayed by ], is killed by Misa during the Sakura TV incident. His death replaces the death of Ukita, occurring in the manga and anime, in this respect.

;{{nihongo|Shuichi Aizawa|相沢 周市|Aizawa Shūichi}} / {{nihongo|Aihara|相原}}
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:{{anime voices|Keiji Fujiwara|Trevor Devall}}
:Aizawa, with the investigation team alias of ''Aihara'', leaves the investigation team and remains in the police force after L gives the team members the choice to quit, but continues to assist the investigation team when necessary as a member of the police. Upon L's death, Aizawa returns to the investigation team to work under Light. Upon hearing that the 13 days rule (refer to written rules of the Death Note) is false, he begins to suspect that Light is actually Kira, and contacts Near. Aizawa passes certain information to Near that leads him to deduce Kira's real identity (i.e. Light), and Near briefly holds him at the SPK headquarters. Near agrees to release Aizawa and Mogi afterwards. In the finale, he becomes the leader of the investigation team.

:Aizawa has a wife and two children; Aizawa's daughters are named {{nihongo|Eriko Aizawa|相沢 恵利子|Aizawa Eriko}} (younger) and {{nihongo|Yumi Aizawa|相沢 由美|Aizawa Yumi}} (older).

:He is portrayed by ] in the film versions.

;{{nihongo|Hirokazu Ukita|宇生田 広数|Ukita Hirokazu}}
:{{anime voices|Hidenobu Kiuchi|Jeremy From}}
:Hirokazu is the first member of the investigation team to depart from the investigation after the team's first direct contact with L. He is killed by Misa after rushing to the doorstep of the Sakura television studio during the broadcast of alleged Kira tape recordings (in the first Sakura TV incident).

:In the live-action film, Mogi is killed by Misa, while Ukita, portrayed in the film by ], survives.

;{{nihongo|Hideki Ide|伊出 英基|Ide Hideki}}
:{{anime voices|Hideo Ishikawa|Brian Dobson}}
:One of the investigators who remains, even though he is likely to be killed by Kira, after Soichiro gives permission for anybody to leave if they were not comfortable in continuing to work on the Kira investigation. Ide does not want to work with L, as he does not trust him, and instead continues to work with the NPA. During the Yotsuba arc, he and Aizawa helps the task force to corner Higuchi on the highway by pursuing him with many police cars. Upon L's death, Ide joins the investigation team to work under Light.

:Ide does not exist in the film version.

;{{nihongo|Sanami|佐波}}
:Sanami is a film-only character. She, portrayed by ], is the sole female team member. In the second film, she tends to Misa during her captivity and is more critical to the methods used by the investigation team, often citing the cruelty of the methods. In some ways, she replaces Matsuda's sympathy from the manga, sans Kira ] and is usually the one who restrains the team's female suspects. In other capacities, she replaces Halle Lidner as she restrains Misa.

;{{nihongo|Watari|ワタリ}} / {{nihongo|Quillsh Wammy|キルシュ・ワイミー|Kirushu Waimī}}/ "W"
]
:{{anime voices|Kiyoshi Kobayashi|}}
:Watari is L's assistant who provided logistics to the investigation team. His real name, Quillsh Wammy, as well as his original profession as an inventor and founder of an ] of gifted children, called The Wammy's House, in ] in the ], is not revealed to readers until after Watari's death. Watari is also a trained ], as demonstrated just before Higuchi's capture. He dies when Rem writes his real name along with L's in the Death Note, due to trickery caused by Light. In the anime and manga Watari deletes all the data following the Kira case before he collapses; alternately in the second movie, he, portrayed by ], dies in the elevator next to Misa, moments from escorting her to L and reassessing her guilt of being the Second Kira.

:In the beginning of the manga, Watari is shown as a man who simply arranges the meetings with L for his clients. He is also revealed to be the only one in direct contact with L and the only one who has the ability to speak with him.

:According to ''Death Note: How to Read 13'', Watari was originally designed to be man with only a single strip of hair. Illustrator ] redesigned him to be an old man.{{-}}

===L's Successors===
In the manga and anime, following L's death, two gifted children were assigned to carry on investigation of Kira. Both characters had previously resided in The Wammy's House, an ] founded by Watari in the ]. Each one's methods differ significantly, but their objective is the same: to prove themselves as the true successors to L by doing what their predecessor could not; their goal is to expose and defeat Kira once and for all.

Neither of the characters exist in the film versions; in the film L manages to defeat Kira before dying.

;{{nihongo|Nate River|ネイト・リバー|Neito Ribā}} / {{nihongo|Near|ニア|Nia}} / "N" / (the third) L
:{{anime voices|Noriko Hidaka|}}
:Near is the more withdrawn character of the duo, sharing a few behavioral similarities with L. He initially shows no emotions towards L's death, saying L is a loser in the game of tracking down Kira. Near later reveals that he and Mello both have great respect for L and want to prove themselves by succeeding him. He is fairly blunt, and often insults people who support Kira or otherwise stand in his way, although usually not to their faces.

:Starting with no lead or clue, Near successfully identifies the events unfolding during the capture of Higuchi, and points out the existence of the Death Note to President Hoope on March 5, 2009. With authority from President Hoope, the SPK (Secret Provision for Kira) is established on March 12, 2009 to investigate Kira. The SPK consists of selected agents from the ] and the ], as well as Near.

:Like L, Aiber ("A"), Wedy ("w") and Watari ("W"), Near sometimes addresses himself by his initial, "N". Near comes into contact with Mello after he escapes from the attack conducted by Light and suspects that Light is Kira. From various information he gained from Mello and Aizawa, Near deduces that the new L, is Kira and finds out Light's real identity as Kira. In response to Mello's help, Near commands one of their mutual contacts to let Mello know exactly what Aizawa said.

]
:Compared to L, Near is somewhat more logical and decisive, as he tends to judge on little evidence and pursues ] hunches. This is demonstrated when he claims that Light is definitely Kira based on little information. Often using the terms winning or losing', he seems to consider the investigation as one of his games. By chapter 91, Near successfully deduces that Mikami possesses the Death Note, and all he needed was evidence. He is also thoroughly convinced that Light is Kira and believes that L failed because he started to doubt that fact. Near's remaining lifespan of 43406 and true name of Nate River are found out by Mikami when Near and Light meet in chapter 101.

:Near is often seen playing with toys, solving ], or stacking small objects such as dice or matches, as well as ]s. He also has a collection of ] figures, one for each suspected Kira and other characters, that he uses to illustrate his theories about the case.

:Near's birthday is August 24, 1991. His height is 155 centimeters (5 feet and 1 inch), his mass is 40 kilograms (88 pounds), and his blood type is B.<ref name="dn13">''Death Note Volume 13: How to Read''</ref>

;{{nihongo|Mihael Keehl|ミハエル・ケール|Mihaeru Kēru}} / {{nihongo|Mello|メロ|Mero}}
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:{{anime voices|Nozomu Sasaki|}}
:Mello is Near's rival and they both split ways after L's death due to his problems with being second to Near. Mello decides to find Kira his own way by joining a gang (assumed to be located in ], ]) and using less conventional methods, including the kidnapping the Director of the Japanese Police, to find Kira before Near. Mello also relies on information leaked from an informant in the SPK. Mello likes ]s, and usually can be seen eating one. The scar on the left side of his face was caused by the explosion he triggered when cornered by the Investigation Team, which Light ordered to attack Mello's gang. His real name is Mihael Keehl.
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:After Mello escapes from the attack led by Light, he meets Near and gives him information on the rules of the Death Note in exchange for his only photograph left in the world, which, before the exchange, is in Near's hands. Mello tricks Mogi into meeting Near in ], so in thanks, Near found a round-about way of letting Mello know what Aizawa told Near. With the same information, Mello also comes to the conclusion that Light is Kira.

:In one part of the story, Mello spies on Misa while she is in the United States while Matt is spying on the Japanese Police team. During chapter 98, he kidnaps Takada (whom Lidner instructs to get on Mello's bike), rides off and handcuffs her to himself. In the next chapter, he dies when Takada writes his name on a piece of the Death Note, as per Light's instructions.

:In the anime version's finale, Near states that "Mello knew this." It is highly possible that he meant Mello knew that Mikami would attempt to kill Takada and therefore sacrificed his life to inform Near the possibility of a fake Death Note.
:Mello's birthday is December 13, 1989 and he dies on January 26, 2010. He is 171 centimeters (5 feet and 7 inches) tall, weighs 52 kilograms (115 pounds) and his blood type is A.<ref name="dn13">''Death Note Volume 13: How to Read''</ref>

;{{nihongo|Mail Jeevas|マイル・ジーヴァス|Mairu Jīvasu}} / {{nihongo|Matt|マット|Matto}}
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:{{anime voices|Tomohiro Nishimura|}}
:Matt is a cohort of Mello's, first appearing in Chapter 83. He does some ] work for him and is an accomplice in Takada's kidnapping.
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:He follows orders without question, usually smoking a ] as he does. Not much else is known about him, other than he is a former resident of Wammy's orphanage. In Chapter 98, he fires a ] at Takada's bodyguards as a distraction to allow Mello to kidnap Takada; in the next chapter he meets face to face with Takada's bodyguards. Inside the back of his shirt, he hid a gun which he tried to take out until he is finally shot multiple times by all thirteen of the bodyguards surrounding him. Mello later sees the news of his death broadcast on TV and apologizes to Matt for his death.

:Matt's real name is Mail Jeevas (pronounced like "mile" rather than "male"); he likes ], but dislikes going out, and Matt was behind Mello and Near to succeed L.
:His birthday is February 1, 1990, and he dies on January 26, 2010. Matt is 168 centimeters (5 feet and 6 inches) tall, weighs 52 kilograms (115 pounds), and his blood type O. <ref name="dn13">''Death Note Volume 13: How to Read''</ref>

==Supporting characters==
===SPK members===
None of the following characters exist in the film version.

;{{nihongo|Halle Bullook|ハル・ブロック|Haru Burokku}} / {{nihongo|Halle Lidner|ハル・リドナー|Haru Ridonā}}
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:{{anime voices|Akeno Watanabe|}}
:Halle works for Near as part of his investigation team, along with Gevanni and Rester. She is mentioned to be a former CIA agent.

:In the manga, Lidner knows Mello and leaks SPK information to Mello; Near is unaware of Lidner's SPK information leaking. When Mello questions her and asks her which side she is on (Near or his), She replies that she is on neither side, and merely helps both of them because they are after Kira. Later on, she calls Mello and tells him about Near's plan (Having Mikami write everyone's name down in the notebook), and he replies "I'm the only one who can do it.". This can be seen as the real push that drove Mello to kidnap Takada and eventually save the lives of both investigation teams.

:Mikami views her real name, Halle Bullook, with his Shinigami eyes and proceeds to write her name as well as the other SPK members' names into his Death Note, but she remains alive due to the notebook being a fake.

;Stephen Loud / Stephen Gevanni
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:{{anime voices|Hiroki Takahashi|}}
:Stephen works for Near as part of his investigation team, along with Lidner and Rester, and later plays an important role in stopping Kira. When suspicions arise towards Mikami, Near assigns Gevanni the task of following him, studying his methodic lifestyle, and finding his connections to the Death Note. Before the final showdown with Light at the ], Near has Gevanni steal both the fake and real Death Notes from Mikami, and tampers one of the fake's pages. He also creates another fake, replacing the real one, that is later used as Light's ultimate downfall, and ends up being Near's key to proving Light's identity as Kira.

:While looking for the SPK members' real names, Mikami views his real name as Stephen Loud through his Shinigami Eyes.

;Anthony Carter / Anthony Rester
:{{anime voices|Masaki Aizawa|}}
:Anthony works for Near as part of his investigation team, along with Gevanni and Lidner.
:Mikami views Rester's real name as Anthony Carter through his Shinigami Eyes while looking for the SPK members' real names.

;Ellickson Thomas / Ellickson Guardner
;Rarii Konaas / John Matckenraw
;John Danriibii / Ill Ratt

===Other police===
;{{nihongo|Koreyoshi Kitamura|北村 是良|Kitamura Koreyoshi}}
:{{anime voices|Masaru Ikeda|}}
:Soichiro's superior. His house is bugged by L in addition to the Yagami house.

;{{nihongo|Kanichi Takimura|多貴村 管一|Takimura Kan'ichi}}
:A police chief. Mello kidnaps Takimura for ]. After Takimura dies, Mello kidnaps Sayu as the new ransom.
:Takimura does not exist in the film version.

===Mello's group===
None of the following characters exist in the film version.

;Kal Snyder / Jack Neylon
:{{anime voices|Takashi Matsuyama|}}
:Jack (his real name is Kal Snyder) is a member of Mello's gang, and was the holder of Shidoh's Death Note, when the gang got the note from Soichiro. He was involved in ] and illegal sales of weapons, and arrested 4 times, but was released due to lack of evidences. When Shidoh descended to the human world to retrieve his Note, Snyder performed the ] with him. Light was unaware of Shidoh's existence and the eye trade, thus resulting the failure of an attack on Mello's gang under his planning. Snyder is killed on November 10, 2009 at 11:59 PM, after sending Light the address to Mello's hideout.

*'''Rodd Los''' - His real name is '''Dwhite Godon'''
:{{Anime voices|Masaki Aizawa}}
*'''Rushuall Bid''' - His real name is '''Al Miim'''.
*'''Glen Humphrey/Ralph Bay'''
*'''Gurren Hangfreeze''' - His real name is '''Rolf Hay'''.
*'''Zakk Irius'''
*'''Maurjen Segismundo'''
*'''Roy''' - Survived from the Death Note
*'''Skinner''' - Survived from the Death Note
*'''Jose''' - Jose kills Soichiro in the anime and manga.
*'''Andrew Miller'''
*'''Pedro'''
*'''Bec Wallace'''


===Yotsuba Group=== ===Yotsuba Group===
The '''Yotsuba Group''' is a group of eight members in the Yotsuba Corporation. They meet weekly to discuss the killing of key individuals from competing companies to maintain dominance in the business industry. It has been found that a third Kira was in the group, possessing a Death Note and later the ], both of which originate from Rem. The {{nihongo|'''Yotsuba Group'''|ヨツバグループ|Yotsuba Gurūpu}} is a group of eight members of the Yotsuba Corporation. On Light's instruction, Rem delivers the Death Note to one of them. They meet weekly to discuss the killing of key individuals from competing companies to maintain dominance in the business industry. While they realize that one of them is Kira, they do not know which one.


====Kyosuke Higuchi====
During L's probe on the group, Hatori is killed by Kira after stating intentions to leave. It is also during this period that Rem reveals the identity of the Yotsuba Kira, Higuchi, to Misa, which eventually leads to his capture and fall at the hands of Light, on October 28, 2004. Most of the members deduce that Higuchi was their Kira before his capture.
:{{voiced by|]|Andrew Kavadas}}
{{nihongo|'''Kyosuke Higuchi'''|火口 卿介|Higuchi Kyōsuke}} is the third "Kira", receiving the Death Note from Rem, who was instructed to give it to a "greedy, forceful, and selfish" individual who would use the Death Note to attain a higher status that was out of his reach.<ref name="HTR28">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 28.</ref><ref name="Volume 6 2006">Volume 6, Issue 3. ''Shonen Jump'' (English). March 2006. '']''. 324.</ref> He was the head of Technology Development at the Yotsuba Corporation, and is part of the ], eight members of the Yotsuba Corporation that use the Death Note to kill individuals from competing companies to dominate the business industry. He is introduced with a major main antagonist in série/mangá ]. Due to his brash attitude and ineptitude, the other members eventually figured out that he is Kira.


When he receives the Death Note, he is instructed by Rem to carry out routine killings of criminals, then do whatever he pleases with the Note outside of the killings. He then meets weekly with the rest of the Yotsuba Group to discuss the killing of key individuals from competing companies to maintain dominance in the business industry. While they realize that one of them is Kira, they initially do not know it is Higuchi. During L's probe on the group, Higuchi kills Hatori after Hatori produced a "careless outburst."<ref name="HTR30" /> Rem aids the capture of Higuchi by revealing his identity to Misa. Misa reveals her admiration of Kira and uses her status as the second Kira to get him to propose to her and admit to being Kira on tape.
The remaining six members later die of ] on April 10, 2005. Rumors of Kira's responsibility in the deaths causes Yotsuba's share prices to drop sharply.
In Director's Cut edition they die by suicide or through accidents.


He is then betrayed by his fellow Yotsuba Group members, which involves Matsuda appearing on Sakura TV to reveal that Higuchi is Kira. This leads to him acquiring the Shinigami Eyes, and he uses them to evade the police for a short time on his way to Sakura TV. He is eventually thwarted by a masked police blockade set up by L's task force. He attempts to kill himself to avoid capture, but Watari uses his expert marksmanship to shoot the gun out of his hand. He then reveals to everyone the existence of Death Notes. Light touches the Death Note while inspecting it, thereby regaining his memories of being the real Kira. Light then uses a Death Note scrap hidden in his watch to kill Higuchi.<ref name="HTR151">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. '']''. 151.</ref>
In the film the role of the Yotsuba group is replaced by Takada.
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The group consists of:
* {{nihongo|'''Kyosuke Higuchi'''|火口 卿介|Higuchi Kyōsuke}} (32) {{anime voices|Issei Futamata|}}
* {{nihongo|'''Shingo Mido'''|三堂 芯吾|Midō Shingo}} (32) {{anime voices|Eiji Hanawa|}}
* {{nihongo|'''Reiji Namikawa'''|奈南川 零司|Namikawa Reiji}} (30) {{anime voices|Hirofumi Nojima|}}
* {{nihongo|'''Eiichi Takahashi'''|鷹橋 鋭一|Takahashi Eiichi}} (40) {{anime voices|Rintarō Nishi|}}
* {{nihongo|'''Suguru Shimura'''|紙村 英|Shimura Suguru}} (36) {{anime voices|Hiroyuki Yokoo|}}
* {{nihongo|'''Masahiko Kida'''|樹多 正彦|Kida Masahiko}} (32) {{anime voices|Masaki Aizawa|}}
* {{nihongo|'''Takeshi Ooi'''|尾々井 剛|Ooi Takeshi}} (43) {{anime voices|Kiyoyuki Yanada|}}
* {{nihongo|'''Arayoshi Hatori'''|葉鳥 新義|Hatori Arayoshi}} (33) {{anime voices|Yukitoshi Tokumoto|}}


====Other members of the Yotsuba Group====
===Yagami Family===
;{{nihongo|Sachiko Yagami|夜神 幸子|Yagami Sachiko}} ;{{nihongo|'''Shingo Mido'''|三堂 芯吾|Midō Shingo}}
:{{voiced by|Eiji Hanawa|]}}
:{{anime voices|Ai Satō|}}
Shingo Mido, the Vice President of Corporate Strategy and the Director of Financial Planning, feels reservations regarding the Yotsuba Kira and ponders leaving the other board members. Mido appears to have a sense of appreciation for Yotsuba.<ref name="HTR29">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 29.</ref> Misa Amane acknowledges that Mido bears a resemblance to Light Yagami.
:Sachiko is Light's mother and Soichiro's wife. She plays a minor role in the storyline, oblivious to Light's ownership and use of the Death Note. Born on October 10, 1962, Sachiko is 41 years old in the beginning of the story and serves as the Yagami household's housewife <ref>Volume 1, Page 131</ref>
;{{nihongo|'''Reiji Namikawa'''|奈南川 零司|Namikawa Reiji}}
:When Light is allowed in the investigation team to help L catch Kira, he tells his mother that he had decided to run away to live with Misa.
:{{voiced by|]|]}}
Reiji Namikawa is the Vice President of Sales, and the youngest member of the eight. He initially encourages the Yotsuba Kira. After receiving a telephone call from Light he ceases participation and observes the scenario. He is described as the most talented of the board members who has the potential to make it to the top without Kira, and that he detests useless subordinates.<ref name="HTR28" /> He has a talent in '']'' at the professional 4-dan level.<ref>''Death Note'' Volume 5. ]. 179.</ref>
;{{nihongo|'''Eiichi Takahashi'''|鷹橋 鋭一|Takahashi Eiichi}}
:{{voiced by|]|]}}
Eiichi Takahashi is the Vice President of Yotsuba Material Planning Division and Yotsuba Homes. Despite his position, he is stated to not have what it takes to be a true leader and that he was selected to attend the meetings to make Higuchi look good. The other members view Takahashi as foolish because he does not seem to put much thought into his comments.<ref name="HTR29" />
;{{nihongo|'''Suguru Shimura'''|紙村 英|Shimura Suguru}}
:{{voiced by|Hiroyuki Yokoo|]}}
Suguru Shimura is the Head of Personnel. He is described as paranoid and always keep a close eye on others. Shimura's ability to pay attention to small details allowed him to join the meetings; he noticed subtle changes in poker-faced Namikawa's face.<ref name="HTR30">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 30.</ref>
;{{nihongo|'''Masahiko Kida'''|樹多 正彦|Kida Masahiko}}
:{{voiced by|Masaki Aizawa|Martin Sims}}
The Vice President of Rights and Planning, Masahiko Kida controls the finances of the committee and contacts "Eraldo Coil." Despite being calm and collected, he is not able to deal with surprises, leading him to panic when "Eraldo Coil" asks for more money.<ref name="HTR30" />
;{{nihongo|'''Takeshi Ooi'''|尾々井 剛|Ooi Takeshi}}
:{{voiced by|]|]}}
Takeshi Ooi is the Vice President of VT Enterprises. He is the eldest and most influential member and he appears to control the conferences. He individually contacts the members of the committee. He is described as a tough guy who doesn't sweat the details.<ref name="HTR29" />
;{{nihongo|'''Arayoshi Hatori'''|葉鳥 新義|Hatori Arayoshi}}
:{{voiced by|Yukitoshi Tokumoto|Simon Hayama}}
The Vice President of Marketing, Arayoshi Hatori is the illegitimate son of the company president and uses this fact to benefit himself. He has been shown to appear to be unable to handle the pressures of the meetings. After Hatori makes a careless outburst the Yotsuba Kira kills him.<ref name="HTR30" />


After L dies, Light writes the names of the remaining six, killing them by way of a heart attack. Rumors of Kira's responsibility in the deaths causes Yotsuba's share prices to drop sharply. In the director's cut of ''Death Note'', Mido dies by falling from a tall building, Shimura dies by being run over by a train, and Namikawa dies in a car accident.
:In the second film's conclusion, Sachiko, portrayed by ], is decorating a cake for her late son's birthday. Along with Sayu, she presumably believes that Light died in pursuit of Kira.


===SPK===
;{{nihongo|Sayu Yagami|夜神 粧裕|Yagami Sayu}}
The '''Special Provision for Kira''', usually abbreviated "'''SPK'''", is a group of anti-Kira formed by members of ] and ] members headed by Near. Membership of the group remains small to preserve secrecy and the group decides to work separately from the Japanese task force.<ref name="HTR36">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. '']''. 36.</ref> Many of the SPK are later killed with the Death Note by the mafia due to leaked information.
]
:{{anime voices|Haruka Kudō|}}
:Sayu is Light's younger sister. She also plays a minor role in the main storyline, remaining unaware of Light's possession of the Death Note.


====Anthony Rester====
:Sayu, born on June 18, 1989, is a 14-year old second-year student (8th grade) at {{nihongo|Eishu Junior High School|英集中学校|Eishu Chūgakkō}} at the beginning of the story.<ref>(Volume 1, Page 131)</ref> Sayu asks Light for help with mathematic homework, including ] assignments,<ref>(Volume 1, Page 90)</ref> and looks up to Light as she sees his intelligence and believes that he will become a quality ].<ref>(Volume 1, Page 91)</ref>
:{{voiced by|Masaki Aizawa|]}}
Commander {{nihongo|'''Anthony Rester'''|アンソニー・レスター|Ansonī Resutā}}, real name {{nihongo|'''Anthony Carter'''|アンソニー・カーター|Ansonī Kātā}}, is the second-in-command and the lead crime scene investigator. Rester follows Near except in emergency situations. Near trusts Rester and sometimes reveals certain information solely to Rester. Rester's quiet personality and physical capabilities serve useful functions in the SPK, although he is far below Near in terms of intellectual prowess.<ref name="HTR31" />


====Halle Lidner====
:She is kidnapped by Mello's gang and taken to the ], but is later returned to her father when he gives the gang the Death Note. Because of these events, in the manga, she falls into a state of shock and becomes unresponsive to everyone, including her family.
:{{voiced by|]|]}}
{{nihongo|'''Halle Lidner'''|ハル・リドナー|Haru Ridonā}}, real name {{nihongo|Halle Bullook|ハル・ブロック|Haru Burokku}}, works for Near as part of his investigation team. Halle is a former CIA agent who leaks information to Mello in order to increase the chances of Kira being caught.


====Stephen Gevanni====
:In the film, Sayu, portrayed by ], is a high school student.
:{{voiced by|]|]}}
:Sayu does not go into a state of shock, and remains ignorant of Light's role as Kira, instead believing that he died in the fight against Kira. Sayu once appears at the Sakura TV festival and causes a small incident when Mogi dies and unknowingly temporarily shocks Misa. The incident results in having Soichiro and Light to pick her up leading to Misa chancing upon Light with her shinigami eyes. At the end of the second movie, Sayu is sent by Sachiko to pick up Soichiro from the train station.
{{nihongo|'''Stephen Gevanni'''|ステファン・ジェバンニ|Sutefan Jebannī}}, real name is {{nihongo|Stephen Loud|ステファン・ラウド|Sutefan Raudo}}, works for Near as part of his investigation team. Gevanni is assigned to follow Mikami for much of the case, and it is his meticulous analysis of Mikami's personal habits which allow him to find Mikami's Death Note and swap it with a fake. Gevanni skillfully follows and monitors suspects and has abilities such as the skill of picking locks.<ref name="HTR31">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 31.</ref>


===Mafia===
===Federal government of the United States===
The ''']''', being used by Mello, increases its influence and intends to possess the Death Note and gain power.<ref name="HTR37" /> In the Death Note ''Rewrite 2'' special, the mafia plot is omitted.
;{{nihongo|David Hoope|デイビット・ホープ|Deibitto Hōpu}}
:{{anime voices|Aruno Tahara|}}
:David is the ] in the storyline. Mello's gang uses the Death Note to threaten President Hoope into helping them in various ways, including funding, weapons, and providing information about the SPK. President Hoope turns to L (Light at that point) in hopes of getting information about the Death Note, only to reveal to L that he is subject to Mello's threats. Light manipulates him into providing the same assistance that he offered the SPK with regard to the Kira case, leaving Light on the same competitive level as, or possibly with an advantage over, Near's SPK. President Hoope then commits suicide, which is presumably Kira's work to cover his tracks.


====Rod Ross====
;George Psyeruth
:{{voiced by|Masaki Aizawa| ]}}
:George is the ] in the storyline.
{{nihongo|'''Rod Ross'''|ロッド・ロス|Roddo Rosu|romanized '''Rodd Los''' in Japanese media<ref>''How to Read'', Japanese version, page 33.</ref>}}, real name {{nihongo|Dwhite Gordon|ドワイト・ゴードン|Dowaito Gōdon}}, is the head of the mafia. Ross follows Mello's orders. As his name is easily known, Light kills him. His name is also mentioned in '']'' as the leader of an arms syndicate who deals with the mafia.


====Federal Bureau of Investigation==== ====Jack Neylon====
:{{voiced by|]|]}}
;Steeve Maison
{{nihongo|'''Jack Neylon'''|ジャック・ネイロン|Jakku Neiron}}, real name {{nihongo|Kal Snydar|カル・スナイダー|Karu Sunaidā}}, is a member of Mello's gang. He is the holder of Sidoh's Death Note after it is given to the gang by the Kira investigation team. Before Mello joined, he was involved in ] and illegal weapons sales; neither charge stuck due to lack of evidence, despite four separate arrests. After Sidoh tracks down his Death Note, Jack was forced by Mello and Ross to perform the eye trade with the Shinigami. Light uses the Death Note to have him mail the address of Mello's hideout. Jack has been shown to harbor a strong dislike for Mello.
:{{anime voices|Mitsuru Ogata|}}
:Steeve is an FBI official who works with Near and the SPK.


===Shinigami===
;{{nihongo|Raye Penber|レイ・ペンバー|Rei Penbā}} / {{Nihongo|Raye Iwamatsu|レイ・イワマツ|Rei Iwamatsu}}
====Rem====
:{{anime voices|Hideo Ishikawa|Michael Adamthwaite}}
: {{Voiced by|]|Colleen Wheeler}}
:Raye is an investigator from the ], sent to Japan to aid in tracking down Kira early in the story, by investigating certain suspects in the case- namely, Light and his family.
{{Nihongo4|'''Rem'''|レム|Remu}} is the Shinigami who gives Misa her Death Note. Like Ryuk, Rem possesses two Death Notes; however, Rem did not get hers through trickery. The Shinigami Gelus, who had fallen in love with Misa, intentionally killed someone who was going to murder Misa. Since he had knowingly used his Death Note to extend a human life (a violation of Shinigami law), he was reduced to ash, leaving only his Death Note. Touched by this act, Rem delivered Gelus's Death Note to Misa, since it was her life that he saved. Her appearance is quite skeletal, with long, spinal cord-like arms and bone-like skin.


While Ryuk takes amusement in everything in the human world, Rem is almost the exact opposite. She views most humans with contempt, seeing Shinigami as the more evolved race. Also, while Ryuk is ] to Light's success or failure, Rem actively assists Misa, having inherited Gelus's love for her. She is even willing to sacrifice her life to defend Misa, as evidenced by her threat to kill Light should Misa die before her time. For Misa's sake, however, she still assists Light in his schemes, although she despises Kyosuke Higuchi, the human she gave the Death Note to and calls the Yotsuba Group "disgusting creatures" due to them using the Death Note for personal gain. Amusingly, Rem experiences difficulty while writing the ]. Light manages to force Rem to work for him by presenting a situation in which harm would come to Misa otherwise. As such, she dies when she writes L's name.
:Penber, an American, has a Japanese mother. Light notices his distinct ] in Penber's voice.


====Gelus====
:Penber, in the beginning of the story, is about to stop investigating Light, since Light appears to be a normal, serious university-bound student that only goes to school and a ]. While concluding his investigation of Light, who appears to be going on a date, Penber falls into a cleverly-placed trap set by Light as Kira, once Light finds that Raye is following him. Light tricks Raye into showing him his ID by setting up a bus jacking by controlling the actions of Osoreda, and then creates a trick where a sheet of the Death Note, with deaths already specified, is placed under a blank sheet of paper with windows cut out for the names to be written in by Raye. Light writes Raye's name in the Death Note.
:{{voiced by|]|]}}
{{nihongo4|'''Gelus'''|ジェラス|Jerasu}} appears in a flashback when Rem explains how to kill a Shinigami. He is a small, doll-like Shinigami who appears to be patched together out of mismatched fabric. He only has one eye, despite having two eye sockets. In the flashback, Rem recalls Gelus watching over a younger Misa Amane in the human world, which he spends most of his time doing. Knowing that it was Misa's final day, he watches with her, interested in how she will die. Having fallen in love with Misa, Gelus uses his Death Note to kill Misa's destined murderer, a crazed stalker, against Rem's protests. Gelus is reduced to a pile of "something that was not sand nor dust," as punishment for extending a human life, leaving behind only his Death Note. His remaining years are added to Misa's lifespan. Rem delivers his Death Note to Misa because it was she whom he saved. In the film, she simply drops it and it lands near Misa.


====Sidoh====
:After the bus jacking, Penber speaks to his fiancée about the bus jacking. He tells Misora to not involve herself in the investigation, since he is concerned for her well-being and because she went to Japan with Penber to see her parents.
:{{voiced by|]|]}}
{{nihongo4|'''Sidoh'''|シドウ|Shidō}} is the Shinigami whose Death Note was stolen by Ryuk. By the time he realizes this, however, the note has already changed hands several times, ending up in the hands of Jack Neylon, a member of Mello's gang. After repeatedly hounding Ryuk for its return, he tracks down the gang to get it back. He discovers his notebook is in ], ] and upon arrival takes the notebook out of Mello's hands (making it look as if it just floated in mid-air) and touches it to the notebook's current owner, Kal Snyder (Jack Neylon's real name). After Snyder freaks out, he gets Mello and the others to touch the notebook. To regain his Note, Sidoh agrees to help Mello's gang against Near's SPK and the Kira investigation team. Snyder is forced to make the eye trade with Sidoh, who exposes the fake 13-day rule.


Sidoh wears heavy clothing, obscuring most of his features, and his head is wrapped in bandages. He shares Mello's great liking for chocolate, similar to Ryuk's liking of apples. Sidoh is fairly timid; Mello frightens Sidoh, despite the fact that Mello is a human. Sidoh is shown to be unintelligent and forgetful, rarely remembering the names of other Shinigami.<sup></sup> After Light regains the Death Note from Mello, he returns it to Sidoh to keep him from interfering.
:At 3:00 PM on December 27, 2003, while wearing a hood to obscure his identity, Light holds Penber hostage in an underground section of the ] by killing an employee at a shop labeled "Cafeel" with a heart attack; the employee had ]d women but escaped a court conviction due to a lack of evidence, therefore Light feels justified in killing him. Light threatens Penber by stating that non-compliance would lead to Raye's death, the deaths of Raye's love, and the death of Raye's family. Light leads Penber through a turnstile in the western entrance at 3:11 P.M.<ref>(Volume 2, Page 162)</ref>. Penber enters a train on the ] at 3:13<ref>(Volume 2, Page 163)</ref>. Penber obtains the names of the other FBI investigators, and unknowingly writes them on the Death Note page, securing their deaths. Penber receives the FBI file at 3:21 P. M; Penber is the second FBI agent that receives the file. At 4:42 PM, Penber dies from a heart attack three seconds after he exits the train, and his last sight is that of Light's face.


====Armonia Justin Beyondormason====
:In the anime version, his identification card signature is spelled "Ray Penber"<ref></ref>.
:{{voiced by|]|]}}
{{nihongo4|'''Armonia Justin Beyondormason'''|アラモニア=ジャスティン=ビヨンドルメーソン|Aramonia-Jasutin-Biyondorumēson}}, is a briefly featured Shinigami who informs Sidoh that his Death Note was stolen by the Shinigami Ryuk and gives him the rules for different situations. As his names suggests, Justin's appearance is that of a skeleton adorned with all manner of jewellery. Justin is the right-hand man of the Shinigami King and sits on a throne. Highly intelligent, Justin knows everything there is to know about the Death Note, and Shinigami often go to him in trouble.<sup></sup> Justin provides Sidoh with several scrolls describing the various rules that Shinigami have for interacting with humans, which Sidoh uses to guide his interactions with Mello in the human world. The scrolls are not mentioned in the anime.


====Midora====
:The only change made to Raye in the film was of his name; he is known as Raye Iwamatsu. His date of death is also changed to December 27, 2006, as L's video recording in the first film shows. In the film, Iwamatsu tells Misora that he suspects Light; this allows for Misora to suspect Light and to find Shiori. Iwamatsu, portrayed by ], cancels his reservations and leaves the hotel, causing a perplexed Misora to follow him. Iwamatsu boards the train at 10:40 A.M. at Akasakabashi Station and encounters Kira while on the train. Iwamatsu does not see Kira, instead, he talks to him using a ]. Light has the man sitting next to Iwamatsu killed and tells Iwamatsu to prop the man's body so that it looks like he is sleeping. Light threatens to kill other passengers if Iwamatsu does not cooperate. Iwamatsu e-mails a person and gets the names of the agents. Iwamatsu notices Ryuk as he briefly looks through a window. He then places the paper and walkie talkie on the train, exits at Shinagawa Park and dies three seconds later; Misora witnesses his death, drops her church documents, and cries "Raye!" repeatedly as she holds Iwamatsu's dead body. Misora collapses and sobs at the end of the scene. Light kills the other FBI agents in Japan and Iwamatsu's supervisor along with Iwamatsu.
{{nihongo|'''Midora'''|ミードラ|Mīdora}} is a large, salamander-like Shinigami with stubby limbs. Unlike most Shinigami, she does not wear any clothing or accessories. She enjoys moist weather but loathes dry seasons. Her enormous size gives her a dominating presence.<sup></sup> While Midora is a background character in the main series, ''The C-Kira Story'' focuses on her. In the chapter, Ryuk's actions have made apples a commodity among the Shinigami. Midora uses this to bribe the Shinigami King into giving her a second Death Note, which she gives to a human in an attempt to replicate Ryuk's experience with Light. When this Kira is brushed off by Near as "cheap" and kills themselves as a result, Midora tells Ryuk about this, and he relates Light's claim that someone must have great spiritual strength and conviction to use the Death Note; Midora simply picked a "weakling". She admits that Ryuk is better at judging such things, then gives the extra Death Note to him. Midora also has a liking for bananas, similar to Ryuk's fondness for apples.<sup></sup>


====Shinigami King====
;Other FBI investigators
The {{nihongo|'''Shinigami King'''|死神大王|Shinigami Daiō}}, also known as the '''King of Death''', is the ruler of the Shinigami. An ] in the main series, the Shinigami King governs the Shinigami and controls distribution of the Death Notes. It is not made clear if he creates them or just has a certain supply, as he is unwilling to replace lost ones. He appears to at least write the rules for the Death Notes, but whether or not he enforces them himself is unclear. The Shinigami King is regarded as a sort of father figure by lesser Shinigami, and is said to be almost immortal. Physically, the King is a large mass suspended in the air with chains. He has a skull for a head, which is surrounded by a larger, skull-like formation. He has four tentacle-like arms, each with only three fingers on the hands, which hang from his body.<sup></sup>
:Light has all of the FBI agents receive the file containing their identities and promptly kills them on the same day. There are four groups of agents.


One of the eyecatch rules given in the series states that extra Death Notes found by Shinigami are generally expected to be returned to the King, though Shinigami are not obliged to do this immediately. Likewise, lost notebooks must also be reported to him.<sup></sup> Little information is given about the character himself, aside from Rem's assertion that the King is not easy to trick, which Ryuk successfully did. In contrast, he is quite easily bribed, as Midora was able to trade thirteen apples for a second Death Note after getting them from the human world.<sup></sup>
:Besides Penber, the other FBI investigators in Japan are:
:*'''Haley Belle'''
:*'''Frigde Copen'''
:*'''Toors Denote'''
:*'''Ale Funderrem'''
:*'''Freddi Guntair'''
:*'''Nikola Nasberg'''
:*'''Bess Sekllet''' (misspelled as Skelletd on one occasion in the English version)
:*'''Girela Sevenster'''
:*'''Knick Staek'''
:*'''Arire Weekwood'''
:*'''Lian Zapack'''


=== Sachiko Yagami ===
:In the manga and anime, when Soichiro first hears about the deaths of the FBI agents, one member tells him that at least four of the agents died in ], two died in ], one died in ], and one died in ].
:{{voiced by|]|]}}
'''Sachiko Yagami''' is the wife of Soichiro Yagami and the mother of Light. Like her daughter Sayu, she is unaware of Light ever being Kira even after his death.


===Sayu Yagami===
:In the film, the deaths of four male agents are depicted on the screen. The film states that at least five agents die in Tokyo, three agents die in Kanagawa, one agent dies in Chiba, and one agent dies in Saitama.
:{{voiced by|]|Kelly Metzger, ]}}
{{nihongo|'''Sayu Yagami'''|夜神 粧裕|Yagami Sayu}} is Light's kindhearted younger sister. Like her mother she never learns of Light's possession of the Death Note or his identity as Kira. In the manga and anime, after Takimura's death, Mello's gang kidnaps her in exchange for the Death Note possessed by the investigation team. Although being returned unharmed, Sayu falls into a state of shock, eventually becoming unresponsive to the presence of others.


===Sakura TV=== ===David Hoope===
{{nihongo|'''David Hoope'''|デイビット・ホープ|Deibitto Hōpu}} is the ] in the storyline. He assists in the formation of Near's SPK, and provides information and funding to Mello under threats of the Death Note. He turns to Light, despite knowing that he is not the real L, who manipulates him into providing assistance and attacking Mello's hideout. When the attack fails, President Hoope commits suicide to prevent Mello from writing his name and making him launch a nuclear strike.<ref name="HTR35">''Death Note: How to Read 13.'' '']''. 35.</ref> In the second ''Rewrite'' special, the mafia plot is omitted, with Light instead blackmailing him to leak information about the SPK. Light in turn forwards this information to Takada and Mikami, and they kill the SPK. In the anime, the character was merged with that of George Sairas.
;{{nihongo|Hitoshi Demegawa|出目川 仁|Demegawa Hitoshi}} / {{nihongo|Yuji Demegawa|出目川 裕志|Demagawa Yūji}}
:{{anime voices|Chafūrin|}}
:Hitoshi is a publicity hound and director of Sakura TV. He serves as Kira's ] before Mikami kills him. Demegawa, born on ], ], dies on ], ]. Demegawa is 164 cm and has 74 kg. He has the A blood type.


===George Sairas===
:In the film, he is known as Yuji Demegawa and portrayed by ]. Demegawa has sexual intercourse with Nishiyama, allowing her to become an anchorwoman.
:{{voiced by|]|]}}
{{nihongo|'''George Sairas'''|ジョージ・サイラス|Jōji Sairasu|'''George Psyeruth'''<ref name=HowtoReadJapanesep35/> in Japanese media}} is the ]. When Hoope dies Sairas becomes the President. He capitulates to Kira and officially announces support for him. In addition, Sairas leaks secret information about the SPK. Sairas Is described as weak-willed and lacking as a leader.<ref name="HTR35" /> In the anime, Sairas is US president from the start.


===Koreyoshi Kitamura===
;{{nihongo|Saeko Nishiyama|西山 冴子|Nishiyama Saeko}}
:{{voiced by|]|Howard Siegal}}
:In the second film, Saeko is an ] for Sakura TV. Nishiyama engages in sexual intercourse with Demegawa, allowing her to secure her post as an anchorwoman. Takada kills her with a freak accident to advance her career. Nishiyama is portrayed by ].
{{nihongo|'''Koreyoshi Kitamura'''|北村 是良|Kitamura Koreyoshi}} is the deputy director of the NPA and Soichiro's superior. He feels weighted by Yotsuba's pressure.<ref name="HTR23" />


===Criminals killed by Light=== ===Kanichi Takimura===
'''Kanichi Takimura''' is the head director of the NPA. He is kidnapped by Mello in order to be used as a hostage in exchange for the Death Note. He is later controlled to commit suicide by Light Yagami.
;{{nihongo|Kuro Otoharada|音原田 九郎|Otoharada Kurō}}
:An unemployed 42-year old man, is the first criminal that Light kills. Kuro's name is announced on television as he holds eight hostages in a nursery school. The English manga uses the romanization ''Kurou Otoharada''.


===Yamamoto===
;{{nihongo|Lind L. Tailor|リンド・L・テイラー|Rindo Eru Teirā}} / (decoy) L
{{nihongo|'''Yamamoto'''|山本|Yamamoto}} is the newest member of the NPA who only appears in the final chapter.<ref>''Death Note'' Volume 12. 204.</ref> He works as Matsuda's junior, and was seen troubled by Matsuda bothering him with going to a bar. In the special one-shot chapter set three years later, he can be seen in the same room with the rest of the team, albeit not belonging to them, as noted by Matsuda.<ref>''Death Note 13: How to Read''. ]. 198.</ref>
:{{anime voices|Yukitoshi Tokumoto|}}
:Lind is a convicted criminal sentenced to die; this information was kept secret from the public. L places Tailor as a ] on television. The television states that the broadcast is worldwide and that Tailor's statements are being translated into Japanese by Yoshio Anderson. After Tailor states that he is "L," he reads a declaration stating that Kira is evil. Light, in a rage, kills Tailor with a heart attack. The real L announces that Tailor was a decoy, a criminal on death row, and tells Kira to try to kill him. When L finds that Kira did not kill him, L learns that Kira needs the person's real name and face in order to kill the victim. L announces that the video was aired only in the ] area of Japan as a ploy to determine the location of Kira. L, originally planning to air the video in other areas in Japan at different times, stated that it would not be necessary to continue broadcasting Tailor's footage.


===Criminals and initial victims===
:In the anime and manga, Tailor has long hair. In the film, Tailor has a short haircut. As in the anime and manga, a Japanese speaker dubs Tailor's English into Japanese as the Tailor recording is broadcast.
====Kurou Otoharada====
An unemployed 42-year-old man, {{nihongo|'''Kurou Otoharada'''|音原田 九郎|Otoharada Kurō}} is the first criminal that Light kills. Otoharada's name is announced on television as he holds eight hostages in a nursery school. As this incident was reported only on local television, it helped L narrow down Kira's whereabouts.


====Takuo Shibuimaru====
:] portrays Tailor in the film.
:{{voiced by|]|]}}
{{nihongo|'''Takuo Shibuimaru'''|渋井丸 拓男|Shibuimaru Takuo}}, nicknamed {{nihongo|"'''Shibutaku'''"|シブタク||"Cool Taku"}}, is the second person that Light kills. Shibuimaru rides a motorcycle and travels with a group of bikers. After Light sees him harassing and chasing a woman (in the anime, he was about to rape the woman), Light writes his name down with a death by traffic accident. A truck slams into Shibuimaru's motorcycle, killing him. It was this death that fully convinces Light that the Death Note does work. In the manga Light feels some guilt since Shibuimaru is not a criminal.


====Lind L. Tailor====
;{{nihongo|Masaaki Shirami|白身 正亜希|Shirami Masaaki}}
:{{voiced by|Yukitoshi Tokumoto|John Murphy, Matt Lagan}}
:Masaaki is a serial ] killed by Light as a part of an experiment. Light writes Shirami's name into the Death Note to test its effects. Light writes that Shirami would draw a ] inside a circle and then die. At 6:00 PM on December 19, 2003, Shirami cuts his finger, draws a circle and a pentagram in his cell with his blood, and then dies.
{{nihongo|'''Lind L. Tailor'''|リンド・L・テイラー|Rindo Eru Teirā}} is a convicted criminal waiting on ] for an unspecified capital offence; this information was kept secretly away from the public. L places Tailor as his decoy on television in exchange for being pardoned by the government. The television states that the broadcast is worldwide and that Tailor's statements are being translated into Japanese. After Tailor states that he is "L", he reads a declaration stating that Kira is evil. Light, in a rage, kills Tailor with a heart attack. The real L announces that Tailor was a decoy, a criminal on death row, and discovers that Kira cannot kill the real L without having seen his face, and that Kira is in Kanto, as that was the only area that the appearance was actually broadcast in.


====Kiichiro Osoreda====
;{{nihongo|Ken Yadanaka|矢田中 剣|Yadanaka Ken}}
:{{voiced by|]|]}}
:A criminal killed by Light as a part of an experiment.
{{nihongo|'''Kiichiro Osoreda'''|恐田 奇一郎|Osoreda Kiichirō}} is a drug addict and criminal used by Light to trick Raye into revealing his FBI badge to Light. Osoreda had failed in an attempt to rob a bank, shooting a teller and two customers as he escaped. Light writes Osoreda's name in the Death Note, dictating his actions. Osoreda boards a bus and holds a gun to the driver's head. Osoreda threatens Light as he unwittingly picks up a piece of the Death Note. Due to this, Ryuk appears solely to Osoreda, frightening the criminal. Osoreda empties his ammunition into Ryuk, who does not die. Osoreda forces the driver to stop the bus and then runs into the street, where an automobile hits Osoreda's head, killing him; the authorities mistakenly believe that Osoreda's vision of Ryuk was a drug-induced hallucination.<ref name="HTR34">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 34.</ref>


==Film-only characters==
;{{nihongo|Tasayoshi Yoda|世田 多三吉|Yoda Tasayoshi}}
===Sanami===
:A criminal killed by Light as a part of an experiment.
{{nihongo|'''Sanami'''|佐波}} is a character exclusive to the Death Note film series. She is a member of the Task Force. She is portrayed by ]. She is the only female member of the Task Force, which differs from the all-male team in the manga and anime. In ''Death Note: The Last Name'', she tends to Misa Amane during her captivity and is more critical of the methods used by the investigation team, often calling them cruel.
:Light writes in his Death Note that Yoda would escape from prison and die in the nearest public toilet. Yoda escapes from prison, reaches a public toilet thirty meters away from the prison, and collapses due to a heart attack at 6:00 PM.


In the Matsuda spinoff short film, Sanami tries to help Touta Matsuda and passes him a note from Soichiro Yagami. The note tells Matsuda to visit Ryuzaki to help Matsuda find closure with the case.
;Shiniichiro Yamasaki
:Shiniichiro is a criminal killed by Light as a part of an experiment. Light writes in his Death Note that Yamasaki would write "I know that L suspects the Japanese police," and die at 6:00 PM. Because Yamasaki does not know or think that L suspects the Japanese police, Yamasaki does not write the note and dies. Light learns through Yamasaki's death that impossible actions cannot be performed via the Death Note.


===Ryotaro Sakajo===
;{{nihongo|Matsushiro Nakaokaji|中岡字 松四郎|Nakaokaji Matsushirō}}
{{nihongo|'''Ryotaro Sakajo'''|坂城 良太郎|Sakajō Ryōtarō}} is a character exclusive to the Death Note film serie. He is the ] during the filming of Misa Amane's "Misa-Misa's Happy Sweets" video. He is obsessed with Misa, collecting a used tissue of hers after she throws it in the trash. In a sequence bridged between the two films, Sakajo corners Misa and brandishes a knife, stating that he wishes to die with her. Gelus, a shinigami watching from the Shinigami realm, kills him to save Misa's life. In doing so, Gelus dies and Rem, who was watching, finds it only fitting to grant possession of his notebook to the human that he loved. Since Rem was the first Shinigami to touch the dead Gelus's notebook, she gained possession of that one.
:Matsuhiro, born on June 6, 1960, committed six incidents of robbery and murder with a knife. He held a parlor and killed one man. He held a ] and killed two. He held a ] and killed three. Nakaokaji, not apprehended, is suspected by the police to be hiding in the Tokyo area.


===Shiori Akino===
:Light writes in the Death Note that Nakaokaji bleeds to death. He holds a convenience store in Tokyo with a knife, is stabbed in the stomach, and dies at 1:30 PM. When Light reads the newspaper the following day, he sees that the Death Note accurately kills. A store employee had stabbed Nakaokaji to death as ]s rolled. The picture depicting Nakaokaji's wound graces the newspaper that Light reads.
{{nihongo|'''Shiori Akino'''|秋野 詩織|Akino Shiori}} is portrayed by ]. She is Light's girlfriend, classmate at {{nihongo|To-Oh University|東応大学|Tōō Daigaku}},<ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003436/http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wbol/jp/deathnote/swf/main6.swf |date=March 4, 2016 }}. ''Death Note: The Last Name''. Retrieved on March 23, 2010.</ref> and childhood friend. Shiori dreams of working in law enforcement and feels some envy stemming from Light's abilities. Shiori disagrees with Kira's methods, stating that she does not like the terror they incite; she believes that the law should judge criminals. Shiori argues with the "pro-Kira" Light, unaware of the fact that Light is Kira.<ref name="WhoShioriTheStar">"." '']''. Sunday October 29, 2006. Retrieved on August 15, 2009. {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20080423124715/http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2006/10/29/movies/15807231&sec=movies |date=April 23, 2008 }}</ref> Light writes Shiori's name and the name of ] in the Death Note, arranging the scenario to make it look like Naomi killed Shiori in a botched kidnapping scenario trying to expose Kira. Despite doing so, Light still expresses some remorse and sadness for using the Death Note to kill Shiori.{{fact|date=August 2024}}


], director of the film, said that he created Shiori after reading the original ''Death Note'' manga.<ref name="WhoShioriTheStar" /> In an interview printed in '']'', the creators of the film stated that Shiori was added to the story to highlight Light's negative aspects. Kaneko said that he needed Shiori to "deliver Light's badness to the audience."<ref name="WhoShioriTheStar" />
;{{nihongo|Kiichiro Osoreda|恐田 奇一郎|Osoreda Kiichirō}}
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:{{anime voices|Katsuhisa Hōki|}}
:Kiichiro is a drug addict and criminal used by Light to trick Raye into revealing his ] badge to Light. Osoreda had failed in an attempt to rob a bank, shooting a teller and two customers as he escaped.


In the production notes Kashii said that she felt excited to portray Shiori and wondered if the audience could accept her character.<ref name="WhoShioriTheStar" /> Kitty Sensei of ''OtakuZone'' had her opinions of the film portrayal of Shiori published in '']'', a ]n newspaper. In it Kitty Sensei said that she felt concern about what the addition of Shiori "would affect our dear, megalomaniac Light. Will he be a softer version of the Light from the manga?" Kitty Sensei said that after watching the film she felt that Shiori "only strengthens the portrayal of Light" and that she "provides one of the gasp-worthy moments of the movie."<ref>"". '']''. Sunday November 12, 2006. Retrieved on August 15, 2009. {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20080423124702/http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2006/11/12/movies/15948203&sec=movies |date=April 23, 2008 }}</ref>
:Light writes Osoreda's name in the Death Note, dictating his actions. Osoreda boards Bus #124, bound for Spaceland, and holds a gun with six bullets to the head of the driver. Osoreda threatens Light as he unwittingly picks up a piece of the Death Note. Due to this, Ryuk appears solely to Osoreda, frightening the criminal. Osoreda empties his ] into Ryuk, who does not die. Osoreda forces Sasaki to stop the bus and then runs into the street. As he sighs in relief with his hands on the ground, a ] car hits Osoreda's head, killing him at 11:45 AM. Light coaxes Penber to reveal his identity during this incident.


==='']''===
:In the film, Osoreda goes to the Okugawa Bus Stop at 10:12 A.M. and begins the busjacking. Osoreda is hit by a dark green ] immediately after exiting the bus, and he dies on ], ]. Light and Shiori take a taxi after Osoreda dies.
====Maki Nikaido====
:{{portrayed by|]}}
{{nihongo|'''Maki Nikaido'''|二階堂 真希|Nikaido Maki}} is a 10-year-old schoolgirl and the daughter of Dr Kimihiko Nikaido. Her mother was presumably deceased prior to the events of the film. She shared a close bond with her father's assistant Dr Kimiko Kujo (also known as K) before the murder of her father. Maki appeared as a pretty girl with chin-length black hair with her bangs covering her eyebrows, and wherever she goes, she was always seen carrying a teddy bear that contains a recording of her mother's voice. She was also shown to be sensible, calm and kind and caring towards her kin, though she can be quite ruthless towards those whom she hated (notably Kujo for killing her father).


After witnessing her father's death at the hands of Kujo, who was in fact, the leader of the bioterrorist group who created the virus that destroyed a Thai village, Maki fled the laboratory with the virus sample and antidote formula her father inexplicitly entrusted to her to pass to Watari, and eventually she reached L's headquarters and sought refuge from him. Soon after, Kujo and her associates reached L's headquarters, having traced Maki's whereabouts and there, Maki faces them alone in a corridor. Filled with hatred towards Kujo for causing her father's death, Maki injected herself with the virus and was about to kill Kujo (and herself was going to get shot too) when L rescued her, taking her and Near out of the headquarters and managed to flee from the terrorists with the help of ] agent Hideaki Sugura. Somehow, Maki did not show any symptoms even after she had injected herself with the virus; this led to the terrorists to speculate that Maki may have the antidote injected inside her (later on, when L met Dr Nikaido's lab partner Koichi Matsudo, Matsudo tested Maki and reasoned that Maki's apparent immunity to the virus was due to her low blood sugar, and this made the virus to not have sufficient energy from infecting her).
;{{nihongo|Yusuke Hibisawa|日比沢 有介|Hibisawa Yūsuke}}
:The first criminal seen by the audience in the film. The 31-year old robber is seen fleeing the police. He holds a woman hostage, but develops a heart attack after his name is seen written on the screen.


While they were travelling on the train to locate Dr Nikaido's lab partner, a television broadcast by Kujo (as part of her strategy to capture Maki) announced to the public that Maki was a patient infected with a lethal virus who escaped the hospital and her photo of herself in her school attire was presented on-screen. This led to widespread panic, especially to some train passengers who recognized Maki from her face and school uniform shown on the news. As such, L had Maki changed into a red dress (to prevent anyone from recognizing her) and they both, together with Near, had to stop using public transport to travel and used bicycles instead. During the time Maki spent with L and Near, while she bonded with both L and Near, she seemingly developed some signs of romantic feelings for the eccentric detective. Despite this possible affection, L generally views Maki as a younger sister and treats her like one.
;{{nihongo|Katsuya Seta|背多 活矢|Seta Katsuya}}
:The second person seen killed in the film. Seta, a deputy minister, is accused of making deals with the ] and ]. Seta evades reporters as he leaves a court. Seta has a heart attack and dies.


After they met Dr Nikaido's lab partner Matsudo and ask for his help to create the antidote, Matsudo, who was initially reluctant due to a past incident of an accidental death as a result of his creations, finally relented and agreed to do the job after hearing L's persuasion. After several failed attempts, with the help of Near, the antidote was made. But by then, Maki sneaked off, intending to murder Kujo but was captured instead before L, having discovered her disappearance, could arrive on time to save her. L could only find her bag and teddy bear left abandoned at the harbor where Maki told Kujo to come meet her before her capture.
;{{nihongo|Takeshi Maruo|丸雄 武詩|Maruo Takeshi}}
:The third person seen killed in the film. Maruo, the son of a Diet member, had been acquitted from a murder charge. Maruo leaves a court as the family of his victims scream in anger. Maruo's father asks reporters to leave and insists on his son's innocence before the son receives a heart attack.


Maki was later brought onto a plane bound for the ], where the terrorists intend to use the virus in her to cause infection on the plane and spread it in the US (in turn, the whole world). With the timely intervention from L, the antidote is administered to Maki and the infected passengers, as well as the surviving infected terrorists (including Kujo herself), thereby stopped the crisis. After being injected with the antidote, Maki saw an unconscious Kujo and once again attempting to murder Kujo, but stopped after L persuaded her from doing so. As she did so, Maki began to cry as L approached to console and hug her. Soon, the police arrived to arrest Kujo and her surviving associates.
;{{nihongo|Yosuke Kaonuma|顔沼 陽介|Kaonuma Yōsuke}}
:Yosuke is the first criminal killed by Light in the film. After seeing Shibuimaru brag about killing people and finding the Death Note, Light sees a television report stating that Kaonuma killed a high school girl. The news reported that Kaonuma, during his trial, felt no remorse. Light writes Kaonuma's name in the Death Note, killing him through a heart attack. Kaonuma's fate is reported in newspapers the following day.


Later on, together with the infected passengers, Maki was brought to hospital. It was the last time Maki would see L again before his death. Before the end of the movie, a fully-cured Maki awaken to find her teddy bear, with a new recording from L telling Maki to have a good day tomorrow. After hearing it, Maki looked up sideways at nowhere, saying L's name, presumably wondering where he is currently.
===Other characters===
;{{nihongo|Naomi Misora|南空 ナオミ|Misora Naomi}} / {{nihongo|Shoko Maki|間木 照子|Maki Shōko}}
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:{{anime voices|Naoko Matsui|Tabitha St. Germain}}
:Naomi is a former agent from the Federal Bureau of Investigation who is engaged to Raye. After Raye's death, she decides to search for his killer.


====Kimiko Kujo====
:Misora joins the FBI in September 2001 <ref>Volume 2, Page 150</ref>. She becomes a special agent with a speed unusual for a female employee. Misora captures the perpetrator of the "Los Angeles BB Serial Murder Case" on August 22, 2002. Misora left the FBI in October 2003 <ref>Volume 2, Page 150</ref> and becomes the fiancée of Penber. Misora and Penber plan to marry, move to the United States, and raise a family <ref>Volume 2, Page 13</ref>.
:{{portrayed by|]}}
The main antagonist of the film '']'', Dr. {{nihongo|'''Kimiko Kujo'''|久條 希実子|Kujo Kimiko}} is a scientist who leads a bioterrorist group that strives to use a virus to wipe out most of the mankind to create a new world, believing that the world is corrupt due to humanity's countless acts of undoing. Going by the alias '''K''', Kujo was a former student of Watari, and was known to L. It is mentioned by L that Watari used to be proud of her, possibly due to her intelligence and academic achievements, for which this also implied that her extreme methods and disregard for humanity had led to Watari putting a possible end to their relationship, as hinted by some parts of the movie. In the movie, prior to the murder of Dr Nikaido,<!--Prior events can be talked about past tense, but the movie narrative should use present tense--> Kujo had a close relationship with Maki, Dr Nikaido's daughter.


Kujo, having collaborated with corrupt businessman Daisuke Matoba, initiates her group to infiltrate the facility she works in, and in the process, she allows her accomplices to kill all her colleagues in the facility before surrounding Dr Nikaido, with an attempt to force him to hand over the antidote, which Nikaido made to cure the virus; that virus is the same virus Kujo had earlier used to destroy a Thai village in the beginning of the film. Nikaido destroys the antidote instead of handing it to Kujo, claiming that he also destroyed the antidote formula beforehand, before proceeding to inject himself with the virus. Seeing Dr Nikaido succumbing to the virus, Kujo incinerates the laboratory which Nikaido was in, leaving him to die in the room. Unbeknownst to her, Maki had witnessed her murdering Nikaido, which gives birth to hatred in the heart of the 10-year-old, who quickly escapes the facility with grief for her father's death.
:Before Penber's death, he tells Misora in his hotel room that the two went to Japan to meet Misora's parents and that she should not involve herself too much in Penber's investigation; Penber is concerned about Misora's well-being.


After correctly deducing that Maki could have the antidote formula and sought refuge from Watari, K contacts L, pretending to ask L to meet her the next day afternoon regarding the virus (she lies to L that her laboratory received the virus from the Thai village and is seeking his help). Afterwards, she and her terrorist group goes to L's location with attempt to capture Maki for the antidote formula. Filled with hatred towards Kujo for causing her father's death, Maki injects herself with the virus and is about to kill Kujo (and herself is going to get shot too) when L rescues her, taking her and Near out of the headquarters, and manages to flee from the terrorists with the help of ] agent Hideaki Sugura. Somehow, Maki does not show any symptoms even after she had injected herself with the virus; this leads to the terrorists to speculate that Maki may have the antidote injected inside her.
:She suspects that Kira was the last suspect Raye had followed and believes that Kira can kill people with methods other than heart attacks.


As part of her next strategy to catch Maki, a television broadcast by Kujo announces to the public that Maki is a patient infected with a lethal virus who escaped the hospital and her photo of herself in her school attire is presented on-screen. Widespread panic ensues and many ambulances and police cars are set on patrol to look out for any signs of Maki. Meanwhile, after arriving at Dr Nikaido's lab partner's house to seek help to create the antidote, Maki sneaks off without L and the others noticing. Maki then contacts Kujo to meet her alone at the harbour where she plans to murder Kujo to avenge her father's death. However, Kujo and her associates manage to capture Maki upon reaching the harbour.
:Light finds Misora at the headquarters of the task force asking for a person. Light finds her and starts a conversation. Misora, as her alias, explains the meaning of the kanji in her alias as Light explains the meaning of his kanji. After Light asks for Misora to step outside, Misora tells Light about her suspicions of Kira and the death of Raye. Light arranges to have her commit suicide on January 1, 2004 to prevent her from informing L that Kira can kill in ways other than heart attacks; Light writes on the Death Note while asking Misora for the details of the bus jacking, implying to the woman that he is writing the bus jacking details. Light's first attempt to kill Misora, supposed to be triggered at 1:15 PM, fails as Misora's alias renders the Death Note instructions useless. Light tricks Misora into showing him her Tokyo ] by offering her a place in the anti-Kira task force and saying that he wanted identification for her to join the investigation team. After Misora hands Light her driver's license, Light asks her when she was a part of the FBI, making her believe that he is writing down information relevant to her service in the organization. Instead, Light immediately repeats the instructions he previously wrote for Maki and succeeds in killing Misora. Exactly one second before the Death Note takes effect, Light tells Misora that he is Kira, not a long enough time to react, but long enough for her to realize her fate. To test the Death Note, Light tells Misora that his father's telephone is back on (Misora wanted to talk to Light's father), only to hear Misora say "No. I have nothing to say to him." The information about Kira's methods of killing is not uncovered again until Volume 5, and Misora's remains are never found.


Maki is later brought onto a plane bound for the ], where Kujo and the terrorists intend to use the virus in her to cause infection on the plane and spread it in the US (in turn, the whole world). With the timely intervention from L, the antidote is administered to Maki and the infected passengers, as well as the surviving infected terrorists (including Kujo herself), thereby stopping the crisis. Kujo refused to relent to L when confronted with the antidote, claiming that humanity should be destroyed, and that L is too late to stop it. L, in turn, states that Kujo is wrong and asks her if the destruction is what Watari would have wanted (implying it would not). After stating that he created a device that would make the plane crash into the sea and the virus would become harmless, which effectively makes it useless for Kujo to initiate the plan, L convinces her that humanity is still good at nature and would learn from their mistakes before injecting her with the antidote, choosing not to leave her to succumb to the infection with intent to let her pay for what she did by the law. L even convinces Maki to not be overcome by revenge before she can successfully murder Kujo.
:Misora, portrayed by ], plays a much greater role in the first film: she is seen tracking Iwamatsu when he takes the train by following Kira's instructions, and is a witness to his death. Nonetheless, she is unable to see Kira's face. Misora finds Shiori, who asks her what happened to the man following Light. Misora states that the man died. Shiori takes Misora to meet Light. Light, while reading '']'', hears Shiori call his given name and recognizes Misora as the woman crying at Iwamatsu's death. Shiori introduces Misora as Shoko Maki. Misora hands Light a ] containing her alias and proceeds to question him. Light writes instructions for her to be hit while crossing Kinoshita Street by using a scrap of the Death Note, claiming that he is writing down information in case he has to take legal action. Misora leaves after telling Light that the name on her business card is false. Lastly, at 2:15 P.M. on April 15, 2006, Misora kidnaps Shiori and uses her as bait to get Light to the art gallery and prove that he is Kira. Light goes to the museum, meets Shiori and Misora at the Ekusuhso Kenak ], and insists that he is not Kira. Misora tells Light that unless he writes her name in the Death Note and kills her, thus proving that Light is Kira, she will kill Shiori. Soichiro, upon seeing this, sends in the police. Misora is distracted, and, at 2:55, Shiori breaks free from her. Panicking, Misora shoots her gun, killing Shiori. Distraught, she then commits suicide by shooting herself once in the head. It is later revealed that Light had already found out Misora's name through his own investigation by checking the marital registration for Iwamatsu found in a ] church; Light knew about the church since Misora dropped church documentation when she found Iwamatsu collapsing of a heart attack at the train station. Light had written both Shiori's and Misora's names in the Death Note after seeing the marital registration.


After the police arrive, Kujo and her surviving associates are arrested.
;Thierry Morello / {{nihongo|Aiber|アイバー|Aibā}} / {{nihongo|Eraldo Coil|エラルド・コイル|Erarudo Koiru}} / John Wallace / "A"
:{{anime voices|Takuya Kirimoto|}}
:Aiber is a professional con-man and is hired by L for his skills. He is proven helpful in playing the role of Eraldo Coil in the Yotsuba Arc, posing as Matsuda's corpse to help him escape, and in coaching Misa for her interview with the Yotsuba group. At one point he pretends to be a Yotsuba marketing manager named ''John Wallace''. In the manga he dies from ] on April 7, 2005. The anime sequence shows Light writing his real name, Tierry Morrello, in the Death Note, causing Aiber to die of a heart attack in front of his wife and son. Aiber is also known by his initial "A", just like "L" and other people who have great influence in the organization that hunts Kira. Although Aiber is armed with a gun during the capture of Higuchi, it is revealed that he is not fond of weapons, and is a relatively peaceful man. He has a wife and son who are briefly seen in the anime; the manga indicates additional relatives, but they are not mentioned by name or relation to him.


===''Death Note: Light Up the New World''===
;Merrie Kenwood (Mary Kenwood) / {{nihongo|Wedy|ウエディ|Uedi}}
====Tsukuru Mishima====
<!-- Her OFFICIAL name is Merrie, not Mary according to Death Note: How to Read 13. !-->
:{{portrayed by|]<ref name="ann">{{cite news |last=Antonio Pineda|first=Rafael|url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-26/screen-daily-unveils-2016-death-note-film-new-visual/.99110|title= Screen Daily Unveils 2016 Death Note Film's New Visual|date= February 26, 2016|access-date= February 26, 2016|work= ]}}</ref>}}
:{{anime voices|Miki Nagasawa|}}
{{nihongo|'''Tsukuru Mishima'''|三島 創|Mishima Tsukuru}} is recruited by Soichiro Yagami to serve as leader of the Death Note task force that is created in response to a surge of killings by new Death Note users. In 2015, Mishima kills Mikami in order to claim the notebook Light entrusted to his son, Hikari. From then on, Mishima acts as the new Kira, intending to surpass Light and establish world peace. In order to hide his identity, he passes the notebook to cyber-terrorist Yuki Shien and loses his memories of being Kira. When Mishima meets Shien in 2016, he touches the notebook he gave to Shien and regains his memories. After being imprisoned for his crimes, Mishima is freed from confinement by a dying Ryuzaki, who appoints a remorseful Mishima as his successor. His real name is {{Nihongo|Ryo Nakagami|中上 亮|Nakagami Ryō}}.
:Wedy is a professional ] who was called in by L for her skills, installing bugs in the Yotsuba Group's meeting room to secretly observe the group's weekly meeting. She also provided surveillance on Higuchi who was on his way to kill Matsuda during the second Sakura TV incident. She was presumably killed by Kira, dying in a road accident on January 10, 2005. The anime version shows Light writing her real name, Merrie Kenwood, in the Death Note. In the English manga, her name is Mary Kenwood. Wedy is also known by her initial, "w", like "L" and other people who have great influence in the organization that hunts down Kira, though her initial is lowercase to keep her identity separate from Watari's.


====Ryuzaki====
;{{nihongo|Hideki Ryuga|流河 旱樹|Ryūga Hideki}}
:{{portrayed by|]<ref name="ann"/>}}
:{{anime voices|Kensuke Nishi|}}
{{nihongo|'''Ryuzaki'''|竜崎|Ryūzaki}} is a biological clone of L and serves as his successor after his death. He serves as a ] and assists in the Death Note investigation on the new Death Note users. Ryuzaki is handed a notebook by the shinigami Arma, but refuses to use the notebook in honor of L. Before passing his notebook to Shien, Mishima writes Ryuzaki's name into the Death Note and sets the time of death several days in advance. After being exposed as the new Kira, Ryuzaki pardons Mishima and appoints him as his successor before his death. Ryuzaki's birthname was '''Masayuki Arai''' (新井正幸, ''Arai Masayuki'')
:Hideki is a famous male pop idol. He is first shown on TV, with Sayu being impressed with him. Later L uses his name as a ]. He is later seen as the male lead opposite Misa in a movie filmed near Yotsuba headquarters. Ryuga is also featured as the leader of the White Team in '']'', where Misa fails to show up to begin the show because Near has her kidnapped.


====Yuki Shien====
;{{nihongo|Takuo Shibuimaru|渋井丸 拓男|Shibuimaru Takuo}} / {{nihongo|Shibutaku|シブタク|"Cool Taku"}}
:{{portrayed by|]<ref name="ann"/>}}
:{{anime voices|Tomohiro Nishimura|}}
{{nihongo|'''Yuki Shien'''|紫苑 優輝|Shien Yūki}} is an expert hacker who begins to worship Kira after Light kills the murderer of Shien's parents. He receives Mishima's notebook from the shinigami Ryuk and begins a crusade to collect all 6 Death Notes that have been dropped all over the world by other shinigami. Shien attempts to kill both Mishima and Ryuzaki when the three men all meet in an abandoned building, but police officers ambush the building and shoot Shien to death.
:Takuo is the second person that Light kills. Shibuimaru, going by the nickname Shibutaku, rides a ] and travels with a group of ]s. After Light sees him chasing a woman, Light writes his name down with a death by traffic accident. A truck slams into Shibuimaru's motorcycle, killing him. In the manga, Shibuimaru and his group harass the woman. In the anime the men try to sexually assault her. Shibuimaru's death proves to Light that the Death Note is real. In the manga Light feels some guilt since Shibuimaru is not a criminal.


====Arma====
:In the film Shibuimaru is a criminal who was never prosecuted for killing five children. Light finds his name in a police database after he hacks onto the NPA server. Light finds Shibuimaru in a ], bragging about the fact that he was not prosecuted. When a man asks Shibuimaru how he felt, Shibuimaru brags about his acquittal and laughed at the fact that parents of his victims screamed when they discovered the acquittal. Shibuimaru finds Light looking over his shoulder and threatens the law student with a knife. Shibuimaru backs away and laughs, taunting Light by stating that no-one can prosecute him. A frustrated Light leaves the club and throws a law book into a pile of trash out of frustration. Light then discovers the Death Note. At a later point, Shibuimaru sees Light at a ], gawking at the law student. Light, who had previously killed another criminal, writes Shibuimaru's name into the Death Note. As a train passes between Light and Shibuimaru, the criminal collapses of a heart attack and dies as his friends yell "Takuo!"
:{{voiced by|]}}
{{nihongo|'''Arma'''|アーマ|Āma}} is a white female shinigami who becomes romantically involved with Ryuzaki after he finds her notebook. When Ryuzaki and Mishima are ambushed by police, Arma sacrifices herself to save their lives. She was designed based on the shinigami Sidoh.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dfx.co.jp/cgmaking/deathnote-LNW/page02.html|script-title=ja:コンセプト・アートをベースとしたCGキャラクターのリ・クリエーション|access-date=May 22, 2017|publisher=DIGITAL FRONTIER|language=ja}}</ref>


====Beppo====
;Yuri
:{{anime voices|Ami Koshimizu|}} :{{voiced by|]}}
{{nihongo|'''Beppo'''|ベポ|Bepo}} is a gold-colored shinigami whose notebook is found by serial killer Sakura Aoi. Aoi is killed by Shien, leading the notebook to fall into the hands of Mishima's Death Note task force.
:Yuri is Light's date to Spaceland. Light asks her to go to Spaceland to create an alibi to explain the events of the bus incident involving Osoreda. After Osoreda dies, Light suggests that the two should go home, but Yuri insists that she still wishes to go to SpaceLand. Light, Yuri, and Ryuk spend a day at SpaceLand. Light has Yuri keep the date a secret, telling her that he wanted her memories of that day, and everything else in her heart to belong to him alone. Light tells Ryuk that Yuri "isn't stupid enough to show off by bragging about our date" (Volume 2, Page 170). Yuri is also seen one more time (in the anime version) being ] by a criminal on a train that both Mikami and Gevanni are on. Mikami saves her by taking a picture of the criminal with his cell phone, and sending both his face and name to Takada as he writes the criminal's name on a fake death note to fool Gevanni and Near's team into thinking that his Note is real, when in reality Takada kills Yuri's assaulter.


===''Death Note'' (American film)===
:Yuri is not in the first film, as Shiori is Light's girlfriend in that version.
====Antony Skomal====
:{{portrayed by|Artin John}}
'''Antony Skomal''' is the criminal who murdered Light's mother. He is a felon who managed to be acquitted of all his crimes (including the one of Light's mother murder) using his wealth and power, Skomal's multiple crimes without conviction lead to the media nicknaming him "the Teflon Criminal". When Light discovers the Death Note, feeling enraged by the lack of punishment for his mother's murderer, he kills Skomal by making him impale himself on a steak knife during a dinner out.


====Kenny Doyle====
;{{nihongo|Kazuhiko Hibima|日々間 数彦|Hibima Kazuhiko}}
:{{portrayed by|Jack Ettlinger}}
:Kazuhiko is a reporter for Taiyo TV. In Volume 3, while the Kira tapes made by Misa play on Sakura TV, the tapes state that Hibima will die at 6 PM. Hibima is seen slumped on the news desk with two shocked female coworkers. The tape states that Hibima referred to Kira as being "evil," so his punishment is death <ref>Volume 3, Pages 138-139</ref>.
'''Kenny Doyle''' is a bully from Light's high school and his first victim. When ] first appears to Light, Kenny and his friend are roughing up another student outside the classroom. Ryuk convinces Light to take action by writing down Doyle's name and his manner of death. Light specifies "]", and a series of events lead to a truck swerving in the road, causing a ladder to slide off the truck and striking Doyle's head with enough force to sever it from his body.
:Hibima is portrayed by ] in the films.


====Mia Sutton====
;{{nihongo|Koki Tanakabara|田中原 高樹|Tanakabara Kōki}}
:{{portrayed by|]}}
:An announcer for the Golden News Channel on NHN TV. In Volume 3, after the "Kira Tapes" are aired on television and the Sakura TV studios are surrounded by police, Tanakabara declares the actions of the police to be right, since the police resist Kira. Tanakabara makes the statements despite the fact that "Kira" (Misa) kills two ]s while the tapes air on Sakura TV.
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'''Mia Sutton''' is Light's classmate and girlfriend, who assists him in his worldwide massacre of criminals as the god-like vigilante: '''Kira''', eventually seeking to kill those who seek to stop them and becoming dangerously obsessed with the book's power, secretly working with Ryuk to supplant Light as the primary Kira. In an interview with ], director ] revealed that rather than being an adaptation of the manga character ] as originally reported, Sutton was in-fact based on the sociopathic qualities of ], with ] having been based on the sympathetic amnesiac Light.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/why-netflixs-death-note-is-really-an-origin-story-and-w-1798435941|title=Why Netflix's ''Death Note'' Is Really an Origin Story and Where a Sequel Could Go|last=Trendacosta|first=Katharine|work=]|date=August 28, 2017|access-date=September 10, 2017}}</ref>


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:Sasaki is the bus driver of Bus 124, which is hijacked by Osoreda (under the control of Light's Death Note).


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:Misora later visits Sasaki asking for details about the person who talked to Raye on the bus. Sasaki states that he does not remember the faces during the bus jacking.
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:Roger Ruvie is a caretaker at Wammy's House. Roger notifies Mello and Near of L's death. This triggers the second half of ''Death Note''. After the Kira case is solved, he takes over as the new Watari.

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:Isak Ganthane is a ]ern government representative.

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:Shiori is a character exclusive to the film version of ''Death Note''. Shiori, portrayed by ], is Light's girlfriend, classmate, and childhood friend in the first film. Shiori dreams of becoming a law enforcement employee and feels some envy stemming Light's good grades.

:Shiori disagrees with Kira's methods, stating that she does not like the terror caused by Kira's actions; she believes that the law should trial criminals.<ref></ref> Shiori argues with the "pro-Kira" Light, unaware of the fact that Light is Kira. Shiori and Light meet in an ] and see a couple kissing. The two try to kiss, but stop when they notice ]s. In Japan kissing is viewed as an explicit act. Shiori witnesses the Osoreda bus hijacking along with Light; in that scenario Shiori takes the place of a manga and anime character named Yuri. After Osoreda dies, Light and Shiori take a taxi.

:After Raye's death, Misora finds Shiori after researching the bus incident. When Shiori asks about the fate of the man following Light, Misora tells Shiori that the man died. Misora has Shiori lead her to Light. Shiori does not believe that Light is Kira, and she believes that Misora is crazy.

:Light writes her name and Misora's name in the Death Note. At 2:15 P.M. on April 15, 2006, Misora takes Shiori hostage at the art gallery and calls Light, telling him to come to the gallery. Misora demands that Light identify himself as Kira and threatens to kill Shiori. At 2:55, she breaks free of Misora, and Misora shoots her through the chest and out of the back. Shiori and Light share a kiss; Shiori feels comfort in how she had a kiss in public before dying. Misora then commits suicide, fulfilling the conditions of death as written by Light. Shiori's death allows Light to gain sympathy from L and join the investigation team.

:In an interview printed in '']'', the creators of the film state that Shiori is in the story to highlight Light's negative aspects. <ref></ref>

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:In the film, Ryotaro is an ]. In the first film, he is seen after the filming of "Misa-Misa's Happy Sweets." After being told that the sequence about Kira will not be recorded, Misa blows on a tissue and throws it in the trash. Sakashiro later reaches into the trash can and puts the used tissue in a plastic bag.

:In a sequence at the end of the first film and a sequence in the beginning of the second film,. Sakashiro corners Misa and brandishes a knife, stating that he wishes to die with her and telling her that she will go to heaven with her parents and that her death will not be painful. As Sakashiro prepares to stab the frightened Misa in the back, Jealous discovers the scenario and writes Sakashiro's name in the Death Note, causing Sakashiro to die of a heart attack. Since Jealous saves Misa's life, Jealous dies.

:Misa faces a similar unnamed character in the manga and anime, who in the manga is instead a boyfriend she had previously broken up with in the which serves as his motive for attacking her; in the anime, he is simply a stalker.

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:Linda was seen in volume 7 of the Death Note manga, chapter 59, during Near's first appearance. She is a female child who was seen at the Wammy House, although it is quite possible that she has moved out or had been adopted during some time of the series' run. Although only seen for one panel, she provides some insight into Near by asking him to play outside some time, meaning that Near probably barely goes outside. She also would appear kind, as the other children with her seem to want to just leave Near alone, instead of asking him to play with them. Linda is also said to be a good artist, and drew a picture of Mello and a picture of Near, which were eventually given to Light.

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The main characters of Death Note. From right to left: Misa Amane, Light Yagami, Ryuk, and L.
The main characters of Death Note. From left to right: Misa Amane, Light Yagami, Ryuk, and L

The manga series Death Note features an extensive cast of fictional characters designed by Takeshi Obata with their storylines created by Tsugumi Ohba. The story follows the character named Light Yagami, who chances upon a supernatural notebook which grants him the ability to cause the death of anyone he writes in it. Light uses the notebook he finds in order to cleanse the world of humans he has deemed unfit for society. A team of professional investigators set out to find out the mysterious killer and arrest him, and thus many other characters are introduced until Light is eventually caught.

In the fictional stories featured in the Death Note universe, Tsugumi Ohba, the story writer, created characters that lived in a world featuring a notebook in which names written on it would lead to the ones named to die, typically the cause of death being a heart attack when otherwise not specified. Ohba chose names for his characters in a way that, as he described, "seemed real but could not exist in the real world", due to the fact that most of the characters were criminals or victims. Some character details differ between the manga and its anime, live-action film and drama adaptations.

Main characters

Light Yagami

Main article: Light Yagami

Light Yagami (夜神 月, Yagami Raito) is the main protagonist of the series. After discovering the Death Note and its ability to kill after writing a person's name with their face in mind, he decides to use it to rid the world of criminals. Though starting with noble intentions, his ego and hubris elevates to the point where he believes he has been chosen to serve as the "God of the New World" and is the only one fit to rule society. His killings are noticed by the public at large, and they begin to call him "Kira"; this subsequently draws the attention of enigmatic detective L, who dedicates his life to bringing Kira to justice.

After Light defeats L, he takes on L's title and intensifies his killings, whilst increasing his public approval to the point where cults worldwide have risen to worship Kira. However, the combined efforts of L's successors, Mello and Near, lead to Light's eventual capture, his subsequent death, and the end of his rule.

L

Main article: L (Death Note)

L Lawliet (L・ローライト, Eru Rōraito), known solely as L, is the world's greatest detective and the main antagonist of the series. He takes on the task of tracking down and arresting Kira. His most noticeable characteristic is the fact that he rarely wears shoes. His disheveled appearance and lack of social etiquette causes people to doubt his position as L. He lives in solitude, and only his manager Watari is able to contact him directly. L suspects that Light is Kira almost from the beginning, but is unable to confirm his suspicions to others after his death.

Ryuk

Main article: Ryuk (Death Note)

Ryuk (リューク, Ryūku) is a bored Shinigami that drops a Death Note, a notebook that allows the one in its possession to kill anyone simply by knowing their name and face, into the human world in order to have fun. It is picked up by Light Yagami, a young genius who uses it in an attempt to create and rule a world "cleansed of evil" as "God". He has an affinity for apples.

Misa Amane

Main article: Misa Amane

Misa Amane (弥 海砂, Amane Misa), also known as "Misa-Misa", is a popular Japanese idol, who is known for her Gothic-style of dress, hyperactive personality and devotion to Light, falling in love with him after he kills Misa's parents' murderer. As a Death Note owner and the second Kira, she has the eyes of a Shinigami, which allow her to see nearly everyone's name and lifespan. However, she cannot see the lifespans of Death Note owners. As part of her career as an idol, she performs numerous jobs such as acting, singing and modeling.

Near

Voiced by: Noriko Hidaka (Japanese); Cathy Weseluck (English)

Near (ニア, Nia), whose real name is Nate River, is the young detective who succeeds L after his death, and the heroic main antagonist of the manga's final arc. He is the head of an organization created to catch Kira, the SPK (Special Provision for Kira). A placid, pragmatic character with a sharp tongue, he has white hair and wears pale clothes. He constantly plays with toys, building towers of dice and playing cards, and illustrating his exposition with small finger puppets. He is seen completing blank puzzles, which emphasizes his problem-solving skills. He was the person who succeeded in identifying and capturing Light as Kira.

Mello

Main article: Mello (Death Note)

Mello (メロ, Mero), real name is Mihael Keehl, grows up in competition with Near to succeed L. After L's death, however, he concedes the position to Near and leaves to hunt Kira through criminal means, eventually joining the American Mafia. His obsession with surpassing Near serves as the primary motivation for many of his actions. He has blond hair, dresses extravagantly, and is rarely seen without a bar of chocolate.

Teru Mikami

Voiced by: Masaya Matsukaze (Japanese); Kirby Morrow (English)

Teru Mikami (魅上 照, Mikami Teru) is a criminal prosecutor and fanatical worshiper of Kira. When Light needs a new proxy to hide his identity, Light uses his intuition alone to select Mikami to become the fourth Kira. Since childhood, Mikami has had a strong sense of justice, but his views have become warped due to years of bullying and trauma. As an example of this, Mikami wishes to punish those he considers to be evil, which, to Light's dismay, includes unproductive people and reformed criminals. Mikami mutters the word "delete" (削除, sakujo) repeatedly whenever he uses the Death Note to commit his executions.

During the climax of manga's final arc, Mikami is captured by Near's team after unintentionally implicating Light and exposing the latter as Kira. Whereas Mikami dies in prison after going insane in the manga, he commits suicide by stabbing himself with his pen in the anime. Matsuda theorizes that Near wrote in the Death Note to manipulate Mikami's actions in order to lead Light to his defeat. In the second Death Note Rewrite special, Mikami is the one to kill the majority of SPK, Near's team of investigators, differing from the manga, in which Mello and the mafia are responsible for the SPK's deaths.

In the live action drama, his role is expanded upon. Portrayed by Shugo Oshinari, Mikami is introduced as the prosecutor handling the case of Kyu Nishida, the murderer of Misa's parents. He eventually deduces Misa's identity as the second Kira after accumulating information from Kira-related news. After stealing Misa's notebook to become Kira in her place, Mikami collaborates with Light to kill L. Mikami continues to work with Light until they are both caught by Near and the police in the Yellow Box warehouse. Mikami accidentally kills Light after he sets the warehouse on fire in an attempt to escape.

Mikami makes a cameo appearance in Death Note: Light Up the New World serving as the guardian to Light's young son, Hikari Yagami (夜神光, Yagami Hikari). He murders Hikari in order to steal the boy's notebook but is in turn killed by police officer Tsukuru Mishima. He is portrayed by Kensei Mikami in the film.

Minoru Tanaka

Minoru Tanaka (田中実, Tanaka Minoru) is the new possessor of the Death Note and the main protagonist of the one-shot sequel chapter The a-Kira Story (also titled Death Note: Special One Shot), where he decides to auction off the Death Note instead of using it. Having Ryuk go out to send his instructions to Sakura TV, he creates a hashtag to auction off the Death Note, ultimately leading to world governments bidding on the Death Note, ultimately getting the United States to bid ten trillion dollars for it, while various law enforcement agencies are out to catch Minoru, whom Near names "A-Kira". During that time though, the Shinigami King is infuriated by the idea of the Note itself being for sale, and creates a new rule to the Note. After the Note is paid for by depositing the money equally into the savings account of every Japanese person 60 or below, the new rule is revealed to be that anyone involved in the buying or selling of the Death Note will be killed upon fulfillment of the deal. The US president balks at this, and secretly refuses to take ownership of the note (though mentioning he'll publicly bluff about having it), and Minoru dies immediately after trying to cash out his payment.

Supporting characters

Kira Investigation Team

Soichiro Yagami

Soichiro Yagami as portrayed in the anime
Voiced by: Naoya Uchida (Japanese); Christopher Britton (English)

Soichiro Yagami (夜神 総一郎, Yagami Sōichirō) is Light's father and detective superintendent of Japan's National Police Agency. He initially leads the Kira investigation team that later joins with L. When L begins to suspect Light of being Kira, Soichiro is unwilling to believe his son would be capable of such a thing. After L's death, he is sent to retrieve the Death Note stolen by Mello by obtaining Shinigami Eyes and infiltrating Mello's hideout, though Light had planned for Matsuda to fill the role. He retrieves the note and learns Mello's real name but is unable to kill him and is instead fatally wounded. Because Light has given up his Death Note, making his lifespan visible above his head, Soichiro dies believing that Light is not Kira.

Touta Matsuda

Touta Matsuda as portrayed in the anime.
Voiced by: Ryō Naitō (Japanese); Vincent Tong (English)

Touta Matsuda (松田 桃太, Matsuda Tōta, (romanized as Tota Matsuda in Japanese media)) is the youngest member of the Kira investigation team. His alias is Taro Matsui (松井 太郎, Matsui Tarō). Matsuda has the drive to match the other members of the team, but his lack of experience sometimes hinders the investigation. He becomes quite fond of Light throughout the series. He is also shown to be a massive fan of Misa, becoming quite upset when his death is faked and he can no longer work as her manager. It is hinted that Matsuda has an inferiority complex regarding his detective ability, and many of his coworkers feel annoyed by his behavior. Matsuda's "risky moves" sometimes place him in danger, and his "quick thinking" sometimes aids the investigation, such as his actions in the Yotsuba case that lead to Higuchi's detainment. Matsuda initially befriends Light and believes that he is not Kira, but at the end of the series, during the final showdown between Light and the SPK, Matsuda, enraged and grief-stricken over Light's apathy in regard to his father's death and to stop Light killing Near, fatally wounds Light by shooting him repeatedly. This ultimately results in Light's death when Ryuk, realizing Light's loss, writes Light's name in his Death Note.

Shuichi Aizawa

Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara (Japanese); Trevor Devall (English)

Shuichi Aizawa (相沢 周市, Aizawa Shūichi) is a member of the Kira investigation team that leaves the team under the guise of needing to support his family because the Japanese police cut their funding (it is only after he leaves that it is revealed that L would have supported them had he stayed). Aizawa uses the alias Aihara (相原) to protect his identity. Aizawa returns shortly before L's death, after which he is one of the first to suspect Light of being Kira (although he continues to act compassionately towards Light until he is cornered and goes mad) and helps contribute to his eventual defeat. He becomes the leader of the investigation team afterward.

Kanzo Mogi

Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai (Japanese); John Murphy (English)

Kanzo Mogi (模木 完造, Mogi Kanzō) is one of the most dedicated members of the Kira investigation team, but also one of the most reserved. Mogi rarely speaks, even when someone presents an opinion he agrees with. Despite this, he has shown himself to be a particularly good detective. He is also an excellent actor, becoming an excited and cheery manager for Misa on demand and seemingly contradictory to his usual demeanor. He appears to be fond of Misa, as she nicknames him 'Motchi'. Mogi uses the alias Kanichi Moji (模地 幹一, Moji Kan'ichi) to protect his identity.

Hideki Ide

Voiced by: Hideo Ishikawa (Japanese); Brian Dobson (English)

Hideki Ide (伊出 英基, Ide Hideki) is one of the few police officers who remain with Soichiro during the Kira Investigation. He initially leaves when he disagrees with L's methods. Ide later returns and plays a relatively minor role in the Kira investigative team. He helps coordinate their efforts and performs actions such as organizing a blockade of police cars to trap Higuchi. Later, after L's death, he rejoins the investigation, though he states that he only did so to be with Aizawa. Ide trusts Light more than any of the other Task Force members, except for Light's father.

Hirokazu Ukita

Voiced by: Hidenobu Kiuchi (Japanese); Jeremy From (English)

Hirokazu Ukita (宇生田 広数, Ukita Hirokazu) is a member of the Kira investigation team that is led by L. He is characterized as a brave young man who is also a chronic smoker. When Misa has Sakura TV (さくらTV) broadcast a message from her as Kira, Ukita rushes to the station to stop the broadcast without any prompting by the rest of the team. Since Misa has the Shinigami Eyes, she kills Ukita as soon as he approaches the door.

Watari

Watari
Voiced by: Kiyoshi Kobayashi (Japanese); French Tickner, Ron Halder (English)

Watari (ワタリ) is L's assistant, providing logistics to the investigation team. Before the team is formed, he is the only person who has seen L, and the only one capable of contacting L directly. Like L, he represents himself with an Old English "W" on computer screens. He is also a fatherly figure to L. On the surface, he is Quillish Wammy (キルシュ・ワイミー, Kirushu Waimī), a famous inventor and founder of Wammy's House, an orphanage for gifted children in Winchester, England. Watari is well trained in espionage and marksmanship. Rem kills Watari, along with L, in order to protect Misa. At the end of the manga, Roger Ruvie, the manager of Wammy House, becomes the new Watari for the third L, Near.

Matt

Voiced by: Tomohiro Nishimura (Japanese); Drew Nelson (English)

Matt (マット, Matto), real name is Mail Jeevas (マイル・ジーヴァス, Mairu Jīvasu), is a cohort of Mello's. Matt was also a former resident of Wammy's orphanage, being one of its most talented despite his laziness. He is a chain smoker with a fondness for video games. Matt is Mello's helper as he performs espionage work and acts as an accomplice in Takada's kidnapping, which results in his death when he is shot by Takada's bodyguards.

Roger Ruvie

Voiced by: Hiroshi Ōtake (Japanese); Ron Halder (English)

Roger Ruvie (ロジャー・ラヴィー, Rojā Ruvī) acts as the manager of Wammy's House. He is aware of L and Watari's detective work. Despite his work with children, he detests them. At the end of the series, he becomes the new Watari for Near.

Beyond Birthday

Beyond Birthday (ビヨンド・バースデイ, Biyondo Bāsudei), nicknamed BB, is a character exclusive to the prequel novel, Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases. He is a serial murderer bent on surpassing L - not by being the world's greatest detective, but by being the world's greatest criminal. The novel takes place in August 2002, a year before Light became Kira. The only thing known about his past before going to Wammy's House is that his father was beaten to death by a thug and his mother died in a train crash. Like L, Mello, Matt and Near, he lived in Wammy's House and was known as B, which stood for "Backup." Beyond was born with the Shinigami Eyes, so he could see when humans would die and their names. Using his Shinigami Eyes, he would intentionally kill people on their destined day of death.

To fool Naomi Misora, he acted a bit strange during Naomi and L's investigation, calling himself Rue Ryuzaki (竜崎 ルエ, Ryūzaki Rue), with "Rue" being an anagram of the Japanese pronunciation of L (エル, Eru), and Ryuzaki being a nickname L later adopts. He was always in heavy makeup when with Naomi, so his true appearance is unknown. He killed 3 victims, Backyard Bottomslash, Quarter Queen, and Believe Bridesmaid, while leaving clues at each murder scene for Naomi Misora to "solve." In reality, he himself led her to each conclusion she made.

He attempted to commit suicide at the end of the novel, by setting himself on fire, to look like the final victim. He felt that L would never be able to solve the case if he, the murderer, were "murdered", meaning he would have outwitted L. Naomi Misora, however, figured out his plan at the last moment, saving Beyond Birthday's life while at the same time putting him under arrest for his murders. At the very end of the novel, the narrator, Mello, states that Beyond Birthday died of a mysterious heart attack several years later in prison. He was killed by Kira using the Death Note.

A

A is a former resident of Wammy's House and the original successor to L who is mentioned in Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases. He is said to have taken his own life years earlier due to the pressure of living up to L.

C-Kira

C-Kira is a character of unknown identity, gender and age featured in the one-shot chapter The C-Kira Story, who receives a Death Note from the Shinigami Midora three years after Light's death and is known to have made the Shinigami eye deal with her. This person only uses the notebook to euthanize elderly people in Japan that wish to die and is dubbed "C-Kira", short for "Cheap Kira", by Near. After Near (as L) announces he is not interested in the case and condemns this Kira as an "abominable murderer", C-Kira commits suicide by writing their own name in the Death Note.

Associates of L Lawliet

Aiber

Voiced by: Takuya Kirimoto (Japanese); David Orth (English)

Aiber (アイバー, Aibā), real name Thierry Morello (ティエリ・モレロ, Tieri Morero), is a professional con man in the employ of L. He plays the role of Eraldo Coil (エラルド・コイル, Erarudo Koiru), one of L's detective aliases, during the investigation of the Yotsuba Group. Aiber uses his initial "A", just like L, when communicating through computers. Aiber speaks many languages and uses many false identities. He also has a talent for using his good looks to convince women to pass information to him. Aiber enjoys living life on the edge and his biggest thrill comes from conning people.

After L's death, Light kills him using the Death Note. In the manga, Aiber dies from liver cancer at a hospital in Paris, France with his family at his bedside. In the anime, he dies of a heart attack in front of his wife and son. He, like Wedy, is referenced to, but does not appear in, Death Note: Another Note.

Wedy

Voiced by: Miki Nagasawa (Japanese); Venus Terzo (English)

Wedy (ウエディ, Uedi), real name Mary Kenwood (メリー・ケンウッド, Merī Ken'uddo, (romanized as Merrie Kenwood in Japanese media)), is a professional burglar in the employ of L. She installs bugs in the Yotsuba Group's meeting room to secretly observe the group's weekly meetings. She does the same for Higuchi's car, allowing the team to watch his desperate attempts to kill Matsuda.

Wedy uses her initial in computer communication; to avoid confusion with Watari ("W"), she deliberately uses the lowercase form, "w". After L's death, Light kills her using his Death Note; Wedy dies in a motorcycle accident in Colorado. She, like Aiber, is referenced to, but does not appear in, Death Note: Another Note.

Associates of Kira

Kiyomi Takada

Main article: Kiyomi Takada

Kiyomi Takada (高田 清美, Takada Kiyomi) first appears for a short period as Light Yagami's classmate and girlfriend; Light appeared with Takada in public to disguise the fact that he also conversed with Misa. She returns five years later in the story as an announcer of NHN chosen by Teru Mikami to be Kira's spokesperson to the world. Light realizes that he can use this connection with Takada to his advantage and sets up a meeting with her, presumably for the benefit of the investigation. While the two meet, Takada receives a call from Mikami and Light reveals himself to Mikami as Kira. They create a ploy to force the Kira Investigation Team to remove all bugs from the room, after which Light tells Takada that he wants her to be his goddess in the new world.

Hitoshi Demegawa

Voiced by: Chafurin (Japanese); Ward Perry (English)

Hitoshi Demegawa (出目川 仁, Demegawa Hitoshi) is a publicity hound and director of Sakura TV (さくらTV). He initially appears when Misa Amane sends four videotapes to Sakura TV in order to gain attention from the real Kira, and approves of broadcasting the tapes on live TV. However, he is forced to hand the tapes over to Soichiro, who crashes a police wagon into the studio and threatens him at gunpoint. He later helps the investigation force to lure out Higuchi by running a television program. Demegawa reappears after L's death, serving as Kira's spokesman for a while and even creating new programs in "honor" of Kira. Demegawa also leads the raid on Near's headquarters with Kira's supporters, but like all the other rioters, is distracted by the money that Near throws down. Later, when he takes matters into his own hands and builds a chapel to greet Kira, asking for donations, which would give Kira a bad image, Mikami kills him for being greedy, and he is replaced by Takada.

Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation agrees to assist L since some people believed that Kira killed some American criminals. After Kira kills several agents, the FBI withdraws its assistance.

Raye Penber

Raye Penber as portrayed in the anime
Voiced by: Hideo Ishikawa (Japanese); Michael Adamthwaite (English)

Raye Penber (レイ・ペンバー, Rei Penbā) is an American investigator from the FBI, sent to Japan with eleven other agents to aid in tracking down Kira early in the story. Described by How to Read It as a "talented" agent, Raye is assigned to investigate the Yagami family for any suspicious behavior; but he eventually stops suspecting Light after he appears to be one of the victims of a bus-jacking. However, Light staged the event to get Raye's name so he could kill him. He has a fiancée, retired FBI agent Naomi Misora, whom he tells not to involve herself in the investigation for her own safety. Light manages to track him down and use him "as a pawn" to kill the other eleven members of his team (he unknowingly used a page of Light's notebook to kill them). Light kills Raye soon after. Before Raye dies, he sees Light, realizing that he is indeed Kira.

He is known in the film series as Raye Iwamatsu (レイ・イワマツ, Rei Iwamatsu) and is portrayed by Shigeki Hosokawa.

Shogen portrays the version of Raye Penber in the TV drama.

Obata said that as Raye was of mixed American and Japanese descent, Obata "struggled over his design" and tried to make Penbar look more non-Japanese. Obata said that he wishes that he could have "drawn him a bit better." Hosokawa said that when he portrayed Raye he built Raye's strength, tenderness and the "feeling of mortification."

Naomi Misora

Naomi Misora as portrayed in the anime
Voiced by: Naoko Matsui (Japanese); Tabitha St. Germain (English)

Naomi Misora (南空 ナオミ, Misora Naomi) is Raye Penber's fiancée. A former first rate FBI agent, Naomi left the Bureau in October 2003 for the sake of starting a family in the United States. After the sudden death of her fiancé which she blames Kira for, Naomi decides to take part in the Kira case herself, and theorizes that Kira has other methods of killing besides heart attack. In her attempts to contact the Kira investigation team, she comes across Light Yagami. Cautious at first, she uses the false name Shoko Maki (間木 照子, Maki Shōko) in order to protect herself until she can reach L. However, Light manages to manipulate her into revealing her real name to him, resulting in her death by suicide. Her body is never found due to the specifications made by Light in the Death Note.

Naomi is one of the central characters in the spin-off novel Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases by author Nisio Isin. The story is set several years prior to the start of the series and focuses on a series of murder cases investigated by L with Naomi as his operative. The resulting capture of the murderer helped launch Naomi's reputation within the FBI.

She is also a key character in the 2006 film Death Note.

Steve Mason

Voiced by: Mitsuru Ogata (Japanese); John Novak (English)

Steve Mason (スティーブ・メイスン, Sutību Meisun, romanized Steeve Maison in Japanese media) is the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He assists L in investigating the Japanese police and withdraws FBI involvement after the FBI agents in Japan die. At a later point, he helps Near create the SPK. Mason dies due to the Death Note.

Yotsuba Group

The Yotsuba Group (ヨツバグループ, Yotsuba Gurūpu) is a group of eight members of the Yotsuba Corporation. On Light's instruction, Rem delivers the Death Note to one of them. They meet weekly to discuss the killing of key individuals from competing companies to maintain dominance in the business industry. While they realize that one of them is Kira, they do not know which one.

Kyosuke Higuchi

Voiced by: Issei Futamata (Japanese); Andrew Kavadas (English)

Kyosuke Higuchi (火口 卿介, Higuchi Kyōsuke) is the third "Kira", receiving the Death Note from Rem, who was instructed to give it to a "greedy, forceful, and selfish" individual who would use the Death Note to attain a higher status that was out of his reach. He was the head of Technology Development at the Yotsuba Corporation, and is part of the Yotsuba Group, eight members of the Yotsuba Corporation that use the Death Note to kill individuals from competing companies to dominate the business industry. He is introduced with a major main antagonist in série/mangá Death Note. Due to his brash attitude and ineptitude, the other members eventually figured out that he is Kira.

When he receives the Death Note, he is instructed by Rem to carry out routine killings of criminals, then do whatever he pleases with the Note outside of the killings. He then meets weekly with the rest of the Yotsuba Group to discuss the killing of key individuals from competing companies to maintain dominance in the business industry. While they realize that one of them is Kira, they initially do not know it is Higuchi. During L's probe on the group, Higuchi kills Hatori after Hatori produced a "careless outburst." Rem aids the capture of Higuchi by revealing his identity to Misa. Misa reveals her admiration of Kira and uses her status as the second Kira to get him to propose to her and admit to being Kira on tape.

He is then betrayed by his fellow Yotsuba Group members, which involves Matsuda appearing on Sakura TV to reveal that Higuchi is Kira. This leads to him acquiring the Shinigami Eyes, and he uses them to evade the police for a short time on his way to Sakura TV. He is eventually thwarted by a masked police blockade set up by L's task force. He attempts to kill himself to avoid capture, but Watari uses his expert marksmanship to shoot the gun out of his hand. He then reveals to everyone the existence of Death Notes. Light touches the Death Note while inspecting it, thereby regaining his memories of being the real Kira. Light then uses a Death Note scrap hidden in his watch to kill Higuchi.

Other members of the Yotsuba Group

Shingo Mido (三堂 芯吾, Midō Shingo)
Voiced by: Eiji Hanawa (Japanese); Trevor Devall (English)

Shingo Mido, the Vice President of Corporate Strategy and the Director of Financial Planning, feels reservations regarding the Yotsuba Kira and ponders leaving the other board members. Mido appears to have a sense of appreciation for Yotsuba. Misa Amane acknowledges that Mido bears a resemblance to Light Yagami.

Reiji Namikawa (奈南川 零司, Namikawa Reiji)
Voiced by: Hirofumi Nojima (Japanese); Ted Cole (English)

Reiji Namikawa is the Vice President of Sales, and the youngest member of the eight. He initially encourages the Yotsuba Kira. After receiving a telephone call from Light he ceases participation and observes the scenario. He is described as the most talented of the board members who has the potential to make it to the top without Kira, and that he detests useless subordinates. He has a talent in shogi at the professional 4-dan level.

Eiichi Takahashi (鷹橋 鋭一, Takahashi Eiichi)
Voiced by: Rintarō Nishi (Japanese); David Orth (English)

Eiichi Takahashi is the Vice President of Yotsuba Material Planning Division and Yotsuba Homes. Despite his position, he is stated to not have what it takes to be a true leader and that he was selected to attend the meetings to make Higuchi look good. The other members view Takahashi as foolish because he does not seem to put much thought into his comments.

Suguru Shimura (紙村 英, Shimura Suguru)
Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yokoo (Japanese); Brian Drummond (English)

Suguru Shimura is the Head of Personnel. He is described as paranoid and always keep a close eye on others. Shimura's ability to pay attention to small details allowed him to join the meetings; he noticed subtle changes in poker-faced Namikawa's face.

Masahiko Kida (樹多 正彦, Kida Masahiko)
Voiced by: Masaki Aizawa (Japanese); Martin Sims (English)

The Vice President of Rights and Planning, Masahiko Kida controls the finances of the committee and contacts "Eraldo Coil." Despite being calm and collected, he is not able to deal with surprises, leading him to panic when "Eraldo Coil" asks for more money.

Takeshi Ooi (尾々井 剛, Ooi Takeshi)
Voiced by: Kiyoyuki Yanada (Japanese); Michael Kopsa (English)

Takeshi Ooi is the Vice President of VT Enterprises. He is the eldest and most influential member and he appears to control the conferences. He individually contacts the members of the committee. He is described as a tough guy who doesn't sweat the details.

Arayoshi Hatori (葉鳥 新義, Hatori Arayoshi)
Voiced by: Yukitoshi Tokumoto (Japanese); Simon Hayama (English)

The Vice President of Marketing, Arayoshi Hatori is the illegitimate son of the company president and uses this fact to benefit himself. He has been shown to appear to be unable to handle the pressures of the meetings. After Hatori makes a careless outburst the Yotsuba Kira kills him.

After L dies, Light writes the names of the remaining six, killing them by way of a heart attack. Rumors of Kira's responsibility in the deaths causes Yotsuba's share prices to drop sharply. In the director's cut of Death Note, Mido dies by falling from a tall building, Shimura dies by being run over by a train, and Namikawa dies in a car accident.

SPK

The Special Provision for Kira, usually abbreviated "SPK", is a group of anti-Kira formed by members of Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation members headed by Near. Membership of the group remains small to preserve secrecy and the group decides to work separately from the Japanese task force. Many of the SPK are later killed with the Death Note by the mafia due to leaked information.

Anthony Rester

Voiced by: Masaki Aizawa (Japanese); Michael Adamthwaite (English)

Commander Anthony Rester (アンソニー・レスター, Ansonī Resutā), real name Anthony Carter (アンソニー・カーター, Ansonī Kātā), is the second-in-command and the lead crime scene investigator. Rester follows Near except in emergency situations. Near trusts Rester and sometimes reveals certain information solely to Rester. Rester's quiet personality and physical capabilities serve useful functions in the SPK, although he is far below Near in terms of intellectual prowess.

Halle Lidner

Voiced by: Akeno Watanabe (Japanese); Lisa Ann Beley (English)

Halle Lidner (ハル・リドナー, Haru Ridonā), real name Halle Bullook (ハル・ブロック, Haru Burokku), works for Near as part of his investigation team. Halle is a former CIA agent who leaks information to Mello in order to increase the chances of Kira being caught.

Stephen Gevanni

Voiced by: Hiroki Takahashi (Japanese); Sam Vincent (English)

Stephen Gevanni (ステファン・ジェバンニ, Sutefan Jebannī), real name is Stephen Loud (ステファン・ラウド, Sutefan Raudo), works for Near as part of his investigation team. Gevanni is assigned to follow Mikami for much of the case, and it is his meticulous analysis of Mikami's personal habits which allow him to find Mikami's Death Note and swap it with a fake. Gevanni skillfully follows and monitors suspects and has abilities such as the skill of picking locks.

Mafia

The Mafia, being used by Mello, increases its influence and intends to possess the Death Note and gain power. In the Death Note Rewrite 2 special, the mafia plot is omitted.

Rod Ross

Voiced by: Masaki Aizawa (Japanese); Brian Dobson (English)

Rod Ross (ロッド・ロス, Roddo Rosu, romanized Rodd Los in Japanese media), real name Dwhite Gordon (ドワイト・ゴードン, Dowaito Gōdon), is the head of the mafia. Ross follows Mello's orders. As his name is easily known, Light kills him. His name is also mentioned in L: Change the WorLd as the leader of an arms syndicate who deals with the mafia.

Jack Neylon

Voiced by: Takashi Matsuyama (Japanese); Ted Cole (English)

Jack Neylon (ジャック・ネイロン, Jakku Neiron), real name Kal Snydar (カル・スナイダー, Karu Sunaidā), is a member of Mello's gang. He is the holder of Sidoh's Death Note after it is given to the gang by the Kira investigation team. Before Mello joined, he was involved in drug trafficking and illegal weapons sales; neither charge stuck due to lack of evidence, despite four separate arrests. After Sidoh tracks down his Death Note, Jack was forced by Mello and Ross to perform the eye trade with the Shinigami. Light uses the Death Note to have him mail the address of Mello's hideout. Jack has been shown to harbor a strong dislike for Mello.

Shinigami

Rem

Voiced by: Kimiko Saitō (Japanese); Colleen Wheeler (English)

Rem (レム, Remu) is the Shinigami who gives Misa her Death Note. Like Ryuk, Rem possesses two Death Notes; however, Rem did not get hers through trickery. The Shinigami Gelus, who had fallen in love with Misa, intentionally killed someone who was going to murder Misa. Since he had knowingly used his Death Note to extend a human life (a violation of Shinigami law), he was reduced to ash, leaving only his Death Note. Touched by this act, Rem delivered Gelus's Death Note to Misa, since it was her life that he saved. Her appearance is quite skeletal, with long, spinal cord-like arms and bone-like skin.

While Ryuk takes amusement in everything in the human world, Rem is almost the exact opposite. She views most humans with contempt, seeing Shinigami as the more evolved race. Also, while Ryuk is ambivalent to Light's success or failure, Rem actively assists Misa, having inherited Gelus's love for her. She is even willing to sacrifice her life to defend Misa, as evidenced by her threat to kill Light should Misa die before her time. For Misa's sake, however, she still assists Light in his schemes, although she despises Kyosuke Higuchi, the human she gave the Death Note to and calls the Yotsuba Group "disgusting creatures" due to them using the Death Note for personal gain. Amusingly, Rem experiences difficulty while writing the Japanese language. Light manages to force Rem to work for him by presenting a situation in which harm would come to Misa otherwise. As such, she dies when she writes L's name.

Gelus

Voiced by: Kenichi Matsuyama (Japanese); Michael Dobson (English)

Gelus (ジェラス, Jerasu) appears in a flashback when Rem explains how to kill a Shinigami. He is a small, doll-like Shinigami who appears to be patched together out of mismatched fabric. He only has one eye, despite having two eye sockets. In the flashback, Rem recalls Gelus watching over a younger Misa Amane in the human world, which he spends most of his time doing. Knowing that it was Misa's final day, he watches with her, interested in how she will die. Having fallen in love with Misa, Gelus uses his Death Note to kill Misa's destined murderer, a crazed stalker, against Rem's protests. Gelus is reduced to a pile of "something that was not sand nor dust," as punishment for extending a human life, leaving behind only his Death Note. His remaining years are added to Misa's lifespan. Rem delivers his Death Note to Misa because it was she whom he saved. In the film, she simply drops it and it lands near Misa.

Sidoh

Voiced by: Kazuki Yao (Japanese); Sam Vincent (English)

Sidoh (シドウ, Shidō) is the Shinigami whose Death Note was stolen by Ryuk. By the time he realizes this, however, the note has already changed hands several times, ending up in the hands of Jack Neylon, a member of Mello's gang. After repeatedly hounding Ryuk for its return, he tracks down the gang to get it back. He discovers his notebook is in Los Angeles, California and upon arrival takes the notebook out of Mello's hands (making it look as if it just floated in mid-air) and touches it to the notebook's current owner, Kal Snyder (Jack Neylon's real name). After Snyder freaks out, he gets Mello and the others to touch the notebook. To regain his Note, Sidoh agrees to help Mello's gang against Near's SPK and the Kira investigation team. Snyder is forced to make the eye trade with Sidoh, who exposes the fake 13-day rule.

Sidoh wears heavy clothing, obscuring most of his features, and his head is wrapped in bandages. He shares Mello's great liking for chocolate, similar to Ryuk's liking of apples. Sidoh is fairly timid; Mello frightens Sidoh, despite the fact that Mello is a human. Sidoh is shown to be unintelligent and forgetful, rarely remembering the names of other Shinigami. After Light regains the Death Note from Mello, he returns it to Sidoh to keep him from interfering.

Armonia Justin Beyondormason

Voiced by: Hideyuki Umezu (Japanese); Michael Dobson (English)

Armonia Justin Beyondormason (アラモニア=ジャスティン=ビヨンドルメーソン, Aramonia-Jasutin-Biyondorumēson), is a briefly featured Shinigami who informs Sidoh that his Death Note was stolen by the Shinigami Ryuk and gives him the rules for different situations. As his names suggests, Justin's appearance is that of a skeleton adorned with all manner of jewellery. Justin is the right-hand man of the Shinigami King and sits on a throne. Highly intelligent, Justin knows everything there is to know about the Death Note, and Shinigami often go to him in trouble. Justin provides Sidoh with several scrolls describing the various rules that Shinigami have for interacting with humans, which Sidoh uses to guide his interactions with Mello in the human world. The scrolls are not mentioned in the anime.

Midora

Midora (ミードラ, Mīdora) is a large, salamander-like Shinigami with stubby limbs. Unlike most Shinigami, she does not wear any clothing or accessories. She enjoys moist weather but loathes dry seasons. Her enormous size gives her a dominating presence. While Midora is a background character in the main series, The C-Kira Story focuses on her. In the chapter, Ryuk's actions have made apples a commodity among the Shinigami. Midora uses this to bribe the Shinigami King into giving her a second Death Note, which she gives to a human in an attempt to replicate Ryuk's experience with Light. When this Kira is brushed off by Near as "cheap" and kills themselves as a result, Midora tells Ryuk about this, and he relates Light's claim that someone must have great spiritual strength and conviction to use the Death Note; Midora simply picked a "weakling". She admits that Ryuk is better at judging such things, then gives the extra Death Note to him. Midora also has a liking for bananas, similar to Ryuk's fondness for apples.

Shinigami King

The Shinigami King (死神大王, Shinigami Daiō), also known as the King of Death, is the ruler of the Shinigami. An unseen character in the main series, the Shinigami King governs the Shinigami and controls distribution of the Death Notes. It is not made clear if he creates them or just has a certain supply, as he is unwilling to replace lost ones. He appears to at least write the rules for the Death Notes, but whether or not he enforces them himself is unclear. The Shinigami King is regarded as a sort of father figure by lesser Shinigami, and is said to be almost immortal. Physically, the King is a large mass suspended in the air with chains. He has a skull for a head, which is surrounded by a larger, skull-like formation. He has four tentacle-like arms, each with only three fingers on the hands, which hang from his body.

One of the eyecatch rules given in the series states that extra Death Notes found by Shinigami are generally expected to be returned to the King, though Shinigami are not obliged to do this immediately. Likewise, lost notebooks must also be reported to him. Little information is given about the character himself, aside from Rem's assertion that the King is not easy to trick, which Ryuk successfully did. In contrast, he is quite easily bribed, as Midora was able to trade thirteen apples for a second Death Note after getting them from the human world.

Sachiko Yagami

Voiced by: Ai Satō (Japanese); Saffron Henderson (English)

Sachiko Yagami is the wife of Soichiro Yagami and the mother of Light. Like her daughter Sayu, she is unaware of Light ever being Kira even after his death.

Sayu Yagami

Voiced by: Haruka Kudō (Japanese); Kelly Metzger, Kristie Marsden (English)

Sayu Yagami (夜神 粧裕, Yagami Sayu) is Light's kindhearted younger sister. Like her mother she never learns of Light's possession of the Death Note or his identity as Kira. In the manga and anime, after Takimura's death, Mello's gang kidnaps her in exchange for the Death Note possessed by the investigation team. Although being returned unharmed, Sayu falls into a state of shock, eventually becoming unresponsive to the presence of others.

David Hoope

David Hoope (デイビット・ホープ, Deibitto Hōpu) is the President of the United States of America in the storyline. He assists in the formation of Near's SPK, and provides information and funding to Mello under threats of the Death Note. He turns to Light, despite knowing that he is not the real L, who manipulates him into providing assistance and attacking Mello's hideout. When the attack fails, President Hoope commits suicide to prevent Mello from writing his name and making him launch a nuclear strike. In the second Rewrite special, the mafia plot is omitted, with Light instead blackmailing him to leak information about the SPK. Light in turn forwards this information to Takada and Mikami, and they kill the SPK. In the anime, the character was merged with that of George Sairas.

George Sairas

Voiced by: Aruno Tahara (Japanese); Michael Dobson (English)

George Sairas (ジョージ・サイラス, Jōji Sairasu, George Psyeruth in Japanese media) is the Vice President of the United States. When Hoope dies Sairas becomes the President. He capitulates to Kira and officially announces support for him. In addition, Sairas leaks secret information about the SPK. Sairas Is described as weak-willed and lacking as a leader. In the anime, Sairas is US president from the start.

Koreyoshi Kitamura

Voiced by: Masaru Ikeda (Japanese); Howard Siegal (English)

Koreyoshi Kitamura (北村 是良, Kitamura Koreyoshi) is the deputy director of the NPA and Soichiro's superior. He feels weighted by Yotsuba's pressure.

Kanichi Takimura

Kanichi Takimura is the head director of the NPA. He is kidnapped by Mello in order to be used as a hostage in exchange for the Death Note. He is later controlled to commit suicide by Light Yagami.

Yamamoto

Yamamoto (山本, Yamamoto) is the newest member of the NPA who only appears in the final chapter. He works as Matsuda's junior, and was seen troubled by Matsuda bothering him with going to a bar. In the special one-shot chapter set three years later, he can be seen in the same room with the rest of the team, albeit not belonging to them, as noted by Matsuda.

Criminals and initial victims

Kurou Otoharada

An unemployed 42-year-old man, Kurou Otoharada (音原田 九郎, Otoharada Kurō) is the first criminal that Light kills. Otoharada's name is announced on television as he holds eight hostages in a nursery school. As this incident was reported only on local television, it helped L narrow down Kira's whereabouts.

Takuo Shibuimaru

Voiced by: Tomohiro Nishimura (Japanese); Lee Tockar (English)

Takuo Shibuimaru (渋井丸 拓男, Shibuimaru Takuo), nicknamed "Shibutaku" (シブタク, "Cool Taku"), is the second person that Light kills. Shibuimaru rides a motorcycle and travels with a group of bikers. After Light sees him harassing and chasing a woman (in the anime, he was about to rape the woman), Light writes his name down with a death by traffic accident. A truck slams into Shibuimaru's motorcycle, killing him. It was this death that fully convinces Light that the Death Note does work. In the manga Light feels some guilt since Shibuimaru is not a criminal.

Lind L. Tailor

Voiced by: Yukitoshi Tokumoto (Japanese); John Murphy, Matt Lagan (English)

Lind L. Tailor (リンド・L・テイラー, Rindo Eru Teirā) is a convicted criminal waiting on death row for an unspecified capital offence; this information was kept secretly away from the public. L places Tailor as his decoy on television in exchange for being pardoned by the government. The television states that the broadcast is worldwide and that Tailor's statements are being translated into Japanese. After Tailor states that he is "L", he reads a declaration stating that Kira is evil. Light, in a rage, kills Tailor with a heart attack. The real L announces that Tailor was a decoy, a criminal on death row, and discovers that Kira cannot kill the real L without having seen his face, and that Kira is in Kanto, as that was the only area that the appearance was actually broadcast in.

Kiichiro Osoreda

Voiced by: Katsuhisa Hōki (Japanese); Brian Dobson (English)

Kiichiro Osoreda (恐田 奇一郎, Osoreda Kiichirō) is a drug addict and criminal used by Light to trick Raye into revealing his FBI badge to Light. Osoreda had failed in an attempt to rob a bank, shooting a teller and two customers as he escaped. Light writes Osoreda's name in the Death Note, dictating his actions. Osoreda boards a bus and holds a gun to the driver's head. Osoreda threatens Light as he unwittingly picks up a piece of the Death Note. Due to this, Ryuk appears solely to Osoreda, frightening the criminal. Osoreda empties his ammunition into Ryuk, who does not die. Osoreda forces the driver to stop the bus and then runs into the street, where an automobile hits Osoreda's head, killing him; the authorities mistakenly believe that Osoreda's vision of Ryuk was a drug-induced hallucination.

Film-only characters

Sanami

Sanami (佐波) is a character exclusive to the Death Note film series. She is a member of the Task Force. She is portrayed by Miyuki Komatsu. She is the only female member of the Task Force, which differs from the all-male team in the manga and anime. In Death Note: The Last Name, she tends to Misa Amane during her captivity and is more critical of the methods used by the investigation team, often calling them cruel.

In the Matsuda spinoff short film, Sanami tries to help Touta Matsuda and passes him a note from Soichiro Yagami. The note tells Matsuda to visit Ryuzaki to help Matsuda find closure with the case.

Ryotaro Sakajo

Ryotaro Sakajo (坂城 良太郎, Sakajō Ryōtarō) is a character exclusive to the Death Note film serie. He is the assistant director during the filming of Misa Amane's "Misa-Misa's Happy Sweets" video. He is obsessed with Misa, collecting a used tissue of hers after she throws it in the trash. In a sequence bridged between the two films, Sakajo corners Misa and brandishes a knife, stating that he wishes to die with her. Gelus, a shinigami watching from the Shinigami realm, kills him to save Misa's life. In doing so, Gelus dies and Rem, who was watching, finds it only fitting to grant possession of his notebook to the human that he loved. Since Rem was the first Shinigami to touch the dead Gelus's notebook, she gained possession of that one.

Shiori Akino

Shiori Akino (秋野 詩織, Akino Shiori) is portrayed by Yuu Kashii. She is Light's girlfriend, classmate at To-Oh University (東応大学, Tōō Daigaku), and childhood friend. Shiori dreams of working in law enforcement and feels some envy stemming from Light's abilities. Shiori disagrees with Kira's methods, stating that she does not like the terror they incite; she believes that the law should judge criminals. Shiori argues with the "pro-Kira" Light, unaware of the fact that Light is Kira. Light writes Shiori's name and the name of Naomi Misora in the Death Note, arranging the scenario to make it look like Naomi killed Shiori in a botched kidnapping scenario trying to expose Kira. Despite doing so, Light still expresses some remorse and sadness for using the Death Note to kill Shiori.

Shusuke Kaneko, director of the film, said that he created Shiori after reading the original Death Note manga. In an interview printed in Weekly Shonen Jump, the creators of the film stated that Shiori was added to the story to highlight Light's negative aspects. Kaneko said that he needed Shiori to "deliver Light's badness to the audience."

In the production notes Kashii said that she felt excited to portray Shiori and wondered if the audience could accept her character. Kitty Sensei of OtakuZone had her opinions of the film portrayal of Shiori published in The Star, a Malaysian newspaper. In it Kitty Sensei said that she felt concern about what the addition of Shiori "would affect our dear, megalomaniac Light. Will he be a softer version of the Light from the manga?" Kitty Sensei said that after watching the film she felt that Shiori "only strengthens the portrayal of Light" and that she "provides one of the gasp-worthy moments of the movie."

L: Change the World

Maki Nikaido

Portrayed by: Mayuko Fukuda

Maki Nikaido (二階堂 真希, Nikaido Maki) is a 10-year-old schoolgirl and the daughter of Dr Kimihiko Nikaido. Her mother was presumably deceased prior to the events of the film. She shared a close bond with her father's assistant Dr Kimiko Kujo (also known as K) before the murder of her father. Maki appeared as a pretty girl with chin-length black hair with her bangs covering her eyebrows, and wherever she goes, she was always seen carrying a teddy bear that contains a recording of her mother's voice. She was also shown to be sensible, calm and kind and caring towards her kin, though she can be quite ruthless towards those whom she hated (notably Kujo for killing her father).

After witnessing her father's death at the hands of Kujo, who was in fact, the leader of the bioterrorist group who created the virus that destroyed a Thai village, Maki fled the laboratory with the virus sample and antidote formula her father inexplicitly entrusted to her to pass to Watari, and eventually she reached L's headquarters and sought refuge from him. Soon after, Kujo and her associates reached L's headquarters, having traced Maki's whereabouts and there, Maki faces them alone in a corridor. Filled with hatred towards Kujo for causing her father's death, Maki injected herself with the virus and was about to kill Kujo (and herself was going to get shot too) when L rescued her, taking her and Near out of the headquarters and managed to flee from the terrorists with the help of FBI agent Hideaki Sugura. Somehow, Maki did not show any symptoms even after she had injected herself with the virus; this led to the terrorists to speculate that Maki may have the antidote injected inside her (later on, when L met Dr Nikaido's lab partner Koichi Matsudo, Matsudo tested Maki and reasoned that Maki's apparent immunity to the virus was due to her low blood sugar, and this made the virus to not have sufficient energy from infecting her).

While they were travelling on the train to locate Dr Nikaido's lab partner, a television broadcast by Kujo (as part of her strategy to capture Maki) announced to the public that Maki was a patient infected with a lethal virus who escaped the hospital and her photo of herself in her school attire was presented on-screen. This led to widespread panic, especially to some train passengers who recognized Maki from her face and school uniform shown on the news. As such, L had Maki changed into a red dress (to prevent anyone from recognizing her) and they both, together with Near, had to stop using public transport to travel and used bicycles instead. During the time Maki spent with L and Near, while she bonded with both L and Near, she seemingly developed some signs of romantic feelings for the eccentric detective. Despite this possible affection, L generally views Maki as a younger sister and treats her like one.

After they met Dr Nikaido's lab partner Matsudo and ask for his help to create the antidote, Matsudo, who was initially reluctant due to a past incident of an accidental death as a result of his creations, finally relented and agreed to do the job after hearing L's persuasion. After several failed attempts, with the help of Near, the antidote was made. But by then, Maki sneaked off, intending to murder Kujo but was captured instead before L, having discovered her disappearance, could arrive on time to save her. L could only find her bag and teddy bear left abandoned at the harbor where Maki told Kujo to come meet her before her capture.

Maki was later brought onto a plane bound for the United States, where the terrorists intend to use the virus in her to cause infection on the plane and spread it in the US (in turn, the whole world). With the timely intervention from L, the antidote is administered to Maki and the infected passengers, as well as the surviving infected terrorists (including Kujo herself), thereby stopped the crisis. After being injected with the antidote, Maki saw an unconscious Kujo and once again attempting to murder Kujo, but stopped after L persuaded her from doing so. As she did so, Maki began to cry as L approached to console and hug her. Soon, the police arrived to arrest Kujo and her surviving associates.

Later on, together with the infected passengers, Maki was brought to hospital. It was the last time Maki would see L again before his death. Before the end of the movie, a fully-cured Maki awaken to find her teddy bear, with a new recording from L telling Maki to have a good day tomorrow. After hearing it, Maki looked up sideways at nowhere, saying L's name, presumably wondering where he is currently.

Kimiko Kujo

Portrayed by: Youki Kudoh

The main antagonist of the film L: Change the World, Dr. Kimiko Kujo (久條 希実子, Kujo Kimiko) is a scientist who leads a bioterrorist group that strives to use a virus to wipe out most of the mankind to create a new world, believing that the world is corrupt due to humanity's countless acts of undoing. Going by the alias K, Kujo was a former student of Watari, and was known to L. It is mentioned by L that Watari used to be proud of her, possibly due to her intelligence and academic achievements, for which this also implied that her extreme methods and disregard for humanity had led to Watari putting a possible end to their relationship, as hinted by some parts of the movie. In the movie, prior to the murder of Dr Nikaido, Kujo had a close relationship with Maki, Dr Nikaido's daughter.

Kujo, having collaborated with corrupt businessman Daisuke Matoba, initiates her group to infiltrate the facility she works in, and in the process, she allows her accomplices to kill all her colleagues in the facility before surrounding Dr Nikaido, with an attempt to force him to hand over the antidote, which Nikaido made to cure the virus; that virus is the same virus Kujo had earlier used to destroy a Thai village in the beginning of the film. Nikaido destroys the antidote instead of handing it to Kujo, claiming that he also destroyed the antidote formula beforehand, before proceeding to inject himself with the virus. Seeing Dr Nikaido succumbing to the virus, Kujo incinerates the laboratory which Nikaido was in, leaving him to die in the room. Unbeknownst to her, Maki had witnessed her murdering Nikaido, which gives birth to hatred in the heart of the 10-year-old, who quickly escapes the facility with grief for her father's death.

After correctly deducing that Maki could have the antidote formula and sought refuge from Watari, K contacts L, pretending to ask L to meet her the next day afternoon regarding the virus (she lies to L that her laboratory received the virus from the Thai village and is seeking his help). Afterwards, she and her terrorist group goes to L's location with attempt to capture Maki for the antidote formula. Filled with hatred towards Kujo for causing her father's death, Maki injects herself with the virus and is about to kill Kujo (and herself is going to get shot too) when L rescues her, taking her and Near out of the headquarters, and manages to flee from the terrorists with the help of FBI agent Hideaki Sugura. Somehow, Maki does not show any symptoms even after she had injected herself with the virus; this leads to the terrorists to speculate that Maki may have the antidote injected inside her.

As part of her next strategy to catch Maki, a television broadcast by Kujo announces to the public that Maki is a patient infected with a lethal virus who escaped the hospital and her photo of herself in her school attire is presented on-screen. Widespread panic ensues and many ambulances and police cars are set on patrol to look out for any signs of Maki. Meanwhile, after arriving at Dr Nikaido's lab partner's house to seek help to create the antidote, Maki sneaks off without L and the others noticing. Maki then contacts Kujo to meet her alone at the harbour where she plans to murder Kujo to avenge her father's death. However, Kujo and her associates manage to capture Maki upon reaching the harbour.

Maki is later brought onto a plane bound for the United States, where Kujo and the terrorists intend to use the virus in her to cause infection on the plane and spread it in the US (in turn, the whole world). With the timely intervention from L, the antidote is administered to Maki and the infected passengers, as well as the surviving infected terrorists (including Kujo herself), thereby stopping the crisis. Kujo refused to relent to L when confronted with the antidote, claiming that humanity should be destroyed, and that L is too late to stop it. L, in turn, states that Kujo is wrong and asks her if the destruction is what Watari would have wanted (implying it would not). After stating that he created a device that would make the plane crash into the sea and the virus would become harmless, which effectively makes it useless for Kujo to initiate the plan, L convinces her that humanity is still good at nature and would learn from their mistakes before injecting her with the antidote, choosing not to leave her to succumb to the infection with intent to let her pay for what she did by the law. L even convinces Maki to not be overcome by revenge before she can successfully murder Kujo.

After the police arrive, Kujo and her surviving associates are arrested.

Death Note: Light Up the New World

Tsukuru Mishima

Portrayed by: Masahiro Higashide

Tsukuru Mishima (三島 創, Mishima Tsukuru) is recruited by Soichiro Yagami to serve as leader of the Death Note task force that is created in response to a surge of killings by new Death Note users. In 2015, Mishima kills Mikami in order to claim the notebook Light entrusted to his son, Hikari. From then on, Mishima acts as the new Kira, intending to surpass Light and establish world peace. In order to hide his identity, he passes the notebook to cyber-terrorist Yuki Shien and loses his memories of being Kira. When Mishima meets Shien in 2016, he touches the notebook he gave to Shien and regains his memories. After being imprisoned for his crimes, Mishima is freed from confinement by a dying Ryuzaki, who appoints a remorseful Mishima as his successor. His real name is Ryo Nakagami (中上 亮, Nakagami Ryō).

Ryuzaki

Portrayed by: Sosuke Ikematsu

Ryuzaki (竜崎, Ryūzaki) is a biological clone of L and serves as his successor after his death. He serves as a private investigator and assists in the Death Note investigation on the new Death Note users. Ryuzaki is handed a notebook by the shinigami Arma, but refuses to use the notebook in honor of L. Before passing his notebook to Shien, Mishima writes Ryuzaki's name into the Death Note and sets the time of death several days in advance. After being exposed as the new Kira, Ryuzaki pardons Mishima and appoints him as his successor before his death. Ryuzaki's birthname was Masayuki Arai (新井正幸, Arai Masayuki)

Yuki Shien

Portrayed by: Masaki Suda

Yuki Shien (紫苑 優輝, Shien Yūki) is an expert hacker who begins to worship Kira after Light kills the murderer of Shien's parents. He receives Mishima's notebook from the shinigami Ryuk and begins a crusade to collect all 6 Death Notes that have been dropped all over the world by other shinigami. Shien attempts to kill both Mishima and Ryuzaki when the three men all meet in an abandoned building, but police officers ambush the building and shoot Shien to death.

Arma

Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro

Arma (アーマ, Āma) is a white female shinigami who becomes romantically involved with Ryuzaki after he finds her notebook. When Ryuzaki and Mishima are ambushed by police, Arma sacrifices herself to save their lives. She was designed based on the shinigami Sidoh.

Beppo

Voiced by: Tori Matsuzaka

Beppo (ベポ, Bepo) is a gold-colored shinigami whose notebook is found by serial killer Sakura Aoi. Aoi is killed by Shien, leading the notebook to fall into the hands of Mishima's Death Note task force.

Death Note (American film)

Antony Skomal

Portrayed by: Artin John

Antony Skomal is the criminal who murdered Light's mother. He is a felon who managed to be acquitted of all his crimes (including the one of Light's mother murder) using his wealth and power, Skomal's multiple crimes without conviction lead to the media nicknaming him "the Teflon Criminal". When Light discovers the Death Note, feeling enraged by the lack of punishment for his mother's murderer, he kills Skomal by making him impale himself on a steak knife during a dinner out.

Kenny Doyle

Portrayed by: Jack Ettlinger

Kenny Doyle is a bully from Light's high school and his first victim. When Ryuk first appears to Light, Kenny and his friend are roughing up another student outside the classroom. Ryuk convinces Light to take action by writing down Doyle's name and his manner of death. Light specifies "decapitation", and a series of events lead to a truck swerving in the road, causing a ladder to slide off the truck and striking Doyle's head with enough force to sever it from his body.

Mia Sutton

Portrayed by: Margaret Qualley
Main article: Mia Sutton

Mia Sutton is Light's classmate and girlfriend, who assists him in his worldwide massacre of criminals as the god-like vigilante: Kira, eventually seeking to kill those who seek to stop them and becoming dangerously obsessed with the book's power, secretly working with Ryuk to supplant Light as the primary Kira. In an interview with io9, director Adam Wingard revealed that rather than being an adaptation of the manga character Misa Amane as originally reported, Sutton was in-fact based on the sociopathic qualities of Light Yagami, with Light Turner having been based on the sympathetic amnesiac Light.

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