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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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This is a list of fictional characters in the manga and anime series '']''. The character names are listed in Western order, with the ] before the ]. | |||
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. | |||
==Main characters== | |||
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'''Name:''' Light Yagami A.K.A Kira<br> | |||
'''Date of Birth:''' Feburary 28, 1986<br> | |||
'''Time of Decease:'''April 28, 2010<br> | |||
'''Height:''' 179cm<br> | |||
'''Weight:'''54kg<br> | |||
'''Profession:''' Student<br> | |||
==Main characters== | |||
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===Light Yagami=== | |||
{{nihongo|Light Yagami|夜神 月|Yagami Raito}} is the ] and ] of the series. At the start of the series, he discovers the Death Note and uses it to kill criminals, becoming known to the people of Japan as '''Kira''' (based on the Japanese pronunciation of the English word "killer"). He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and by ] in the English dub. In the live-action film, he is played by ]. | |||
{{Main|Light Yagami}} | |||
{{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. | |||
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 Yagami is characterized as an extremely intelligent but bored young man. He is confident of his own intelligence and how smart he is in relation to others, but is rarely overconfident in his own abilities. Being a genius, Light feels that only he is fit to judge humanity and steer it on a proper moral course, viewing himself as the "god" of the new world he is creating. In the film, 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. | |||
===L=== | |||
Light's immediate family is his father, Soichiro Yagami, a member of the investigation team opposing Kira; his mother, Sachiko Yagami; and his younger sister, Sayu Yagami. His ] is A (see ]). His name is a play on the theme of good and evil in the series, as Light — an unusual pronunciation of the ] for "moon," normally pronounced ''tsuki'' — is his ], and Yagami is written with the kanji for "night" and "god". | |||
{{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=== | |||
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>''Death Note'' manga; Volume 2, Page 78</ref> At the start of the series, he is a third year high school student (12th Grade) at {{nihongo|Daikoku Private Academy|大国学園|Daikoku Gakuen}}<ref>''Death Note'' manga; Volume 1, Page 131</ref> who also attends supplemental classes at Gamou Prep Academy.<ref>''Death Note'' manga; Volume 1, Page 35</ref> In Spring 2004, Light becomes a first-year student (]) at {{nihongo|To-Oh University|東応大学|Tōō Daigaku}},<ref>''Death Note'' manga; Volume 2, Page 47</ref> becoming one of two freshman representatives, L being the other.<ref>''Death Note'' manga; Volume 2, Page 49</ref> In the film, Light is a first-year university student studying Law, instead of still being a high school genius. | |||
{{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=== | |||
Shortly after gaining the Death Note from its owner, Ryuk, Light sets to work ridding the world of criminals. He has them all die of heart attacks so people realize the deaths are deliberate, attracting the attention of the master detective L. Though Light is able to avoid suspicion initially, he becomes a suspect after killing Raye Penber, an FBI agent assigned to follow him by L. With the introduction of the second Kira, Misa Amane, L is finally able to corner him. Light hides one of the Death Notes and delivers the second to Kyosuke Higuchi, making him the third Kira. By doing this, both he and Misa have their memories erased. Now unaware of his time as Kira, Light joins L in hunting the latest Kira. Upon capturing Higuchi and regaining the Death Note, Light's memories are temporarily restored. Light then kills Higuchi to permanently secure his memories. Light manipulates Rem into killing L, using her concern for Misa to convince her that L's death will keep Misa out of danger. | |||
{{Main|Misa Amane}} | |||
{{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. | |||
===Near=== | |||
With L dead, Kira takes up his mantle to keep the world in the dark about L's death, becoming the second L while putting him in the perfect position to continue killing criminals. He comes into conflict with L's true successor, Near, during this time. Near quickly deduces that Light is both the second L and the first Kira, but cannot prove it. Using the criminal prosecutor Teru Mikami as a proxy, Light attempts to once again cast suspicion away from himself. However, it is Mikami's ability to predict Kira's will that ultimately proves to be Light's undoing, and Light is revealed as Kira during a final clash between himself and Near. | |||
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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=== | |||
The exact series of ending events differs between mediums, though Light always dies in the same manner: Ryuk writes Light's name in his Death Note. In the manga, after his attempts to write Near's name down are thwarted, Light begs Ryuk to help him, which Ryuk naturally refuses. In the anime, Light manages to flee the warehouse after Mikami commits suicide, and as he hides in a nearby warehouse, Ryuk writes his name in his Death Note from a tower. 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. The film ends similar to the manga, but Light is initially led to believe that Ryuk will help, only to discover otherwise. He dies in his father's arms (who in this version does not die), begging him to believe that he acted as Kira to put justice, which Soichiro had taught him since his childhood, into practice. | |||
{{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=== | |||
'''Name:''' Misa Amane <br> | |||
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'''Date of Birth:''' December 25 1984<br> | |||
{{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. | |||
'''Time of Decease:''' February 14, 2011<br> | |||
'''Height:''' 152cm<br> | |||
'''Weight:'''32kg<br> | |||
'''Occupation:''' Model<br> | |||
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{{nihongo|Misa Amane|弥 海砂|Amane Misa}} is a famous ], singer and actress in ''Death Note''. When she comes into possession of the Death Note, given to her by the Shinigami Rem, she becomes the second Kira to attract the attention of the first. Upon realizing that the first Kira is Light, she develops an immense ] on him. Misa is hyperactive and knowingly allows Light to easily manipulate her, claiming she doesn't mind as she loves him so much. She has a habit of referring to herself in the ] by calling herself "Misa-Misa". She is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and by ] in the English dub. In the live-action film, she is played by ]; while Misa has blonde hair in the manga and anime, it is brown in the film. | |||
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. | |||
Her experience with the Death Notes alters her intended time of death four times. Her life is first extended beyond her date of death when the Shinigami Jealous, who had fallen in love with her, kills her intended murderer, killing himself and adding his remaining lifespan to hers. Her life is then halved twice: first by trading for the Shinigami Eyes with Rem and then again with Ryuk after losing and regaining possession of the Death Note. Finally, her life is extended once more when Rem kills L to protect her, thereby adding her remaining lifespan to Misa's. | |||
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. | |||
Misa decides to devote her life to Light because he punished the criminal that killed her parents when she was younger. Misa saw multiple delays in the killer's trial, seemingly headed for an innocent verdict, before Kira killed him.<ref>''Death Note'' manga; Volume 4, Page 93</ref> Light uses her to kill those criminals whose names he cannot learn, since the Shinigami Eyes allow her to learn names from seeing people's faces. Her eyes also prove useful in identifying other Death Note users. | |||
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> | |||
While Misa does not play a part in the finale, having lost her memory of the Death Note by then, her fate in the manga is covered in ''How to Read 13''. As the book explains, Misa falls into despair after learning of Light's death through Matsuda. Misa commits suicide one year later on ], ]. The cloaked woman who appears at the end of the manga is identified as a follower of Kira, not Misa. In the anime's finale, Misa's suicide is neither mentioned nor seen. Instead, she is seen standing at the edge of a rooftop, looking at the ] with a sad face. | |||
===Minoru Tanaka=== | |||
In the films, Misa 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. Her intended murder is shown to be Sakajo, the ] for "Happy Sweets". Instead of Rem delivering Jealous's Death Note, it just falls in front of Misa, who immediately picks it up and finds Rem after reading the notebook's rules. 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 him, feeling that a piece of her life is somehow missing. | |||
{{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== | |||
;Yotsuba Group | |||
===Kira Investigation Team=== | |||
The Yotsuba Group is a group of eight members in 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. The group consists of: | |||
====Soichiro Yagami==== | |||
* {{nihongo|'''Kyosuke Higuchi'''|火口 卿介|Higuchi Kyōsuke}} {{anime voices|Issei Futamata|}} | |||
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* {{nihongo|'''Shingo Mido'''|三堂 芯吾|Midō Shingo}} {{anime voices|Eiji Hanawa|}} | |||
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* {{nihongo|'''Reiji Namikawa'''|奈南川 零司|Namikawa Reiji}} {{anime voices|Hirofumi Nojima|}} | |||
{{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. | |||
* {{nihongo|'''Eiichi Takahashi'''|鷹橋 鋭一|Takahashi Eiichi}} {{anime voices|Rintarō Nishi|}} | |||
* {{nihongo|'''Suguru Shimura'''|紙村 英|Shimura Suguru}} {{anime voices|Hiroyuki Yokoo|}} | |||
* {{nihongo|'''Masahiko Kida'''|樹多 正彦|Kida Masahiko}} {{anime voices|Masaki Aizawa|}} | |||
* {{nihongo|'''Takeshi Ooi'''|尾々井 剛|Ooi Takeshi}} {{anime voices|Kiyoyuki Yanada|}} | |||
* {{nihongo|'''Arayoshi Hatori'''|葉鳥 新義|Hatori Arayoshi}} {{anime voices|Yukitoshi Tokumoto|}} | |||
====Touta Matsuda==== | |||
The Death Note ends up in the hands of Kyosuke Higuchi, who Rem describes as "the worst kind of human" since he uses the Death Note solely for his own selfish desires. During L's probe on the group, Hatori is killed by Higuchi after stating intentions to leave. Rem aids in the capture of Higuchi by revealing his identity to Misa. Misa uses her status as the second Kira to get him to admit to being Kira on tape. Higuchi is captured in an elaborate setup concocted by Light and L, and once Light touches the Death Note, thereby regaining his memories of being the real Kira, he uses a Death Note scrap to kill Higuchi. | |||
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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==== | |||
The remaining six members eventually die of heart attacks. Rumors of Kira's responsibility in the deaths causes Yotsuba's share prices to drop sharply. In the Director's Cut edition, they die by suicide or through accidents. In the film, the role of the Yotsuba group is replaced by Takada. | |||
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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==== | |||
'''Name:''' Teru Mikami<br> | |||
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'''Date of Birth:''' June 7, 1982<br> | |||
{{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. | |||
'''Date of Death:'''February 7, 2010<br> | |||
'''Height:''' 175cm<br> | |||
'''Weight:'''56kg<br> | |||
'''Occupation:''' Criminal Prosecuter<br> | |||
====Hideki Ide==== | |||
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{{nihongo|Teru Mikami|魅上 照|Mikami Teru}} is selected as the new Kira by Light when he feels that it is dangerous for Misa to keep the Death Note any longer. Mikami is a criminal prosecutor and an avid supporter of Kira. He also has an uncanny insight into Kira's way of thinking, making him a useful proxy for Light. In the anime, he is voiced by ]. | |||
{{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 a child, Mikami was bullied at school for his sense of righteousness. He wishes to punish those he considers to be evil, an attitude cultivated by the untimely deaths of all those whom he had judged to be evil as a child (this is well before Light becomes Kira). Kira's ability to kill under the same circumstances impresses Mikami, and he worships Kira as God for it. Like Light, Mikami is extremely intelligent and intuitive, able to deduce what Light would do as Kira with almost perfect accuracy. He is smart enough to act on his own without direction while simultaneously carrying out Kira's orders. However, while Light is almost always calm and collected, Mikami appears to be psychologically unbalanced, muttering "delete" repeatedly to himself while writing in the Death Note. He also tends to jump and make erratic slashing movements with his pen, swinging it as if it were a sword. Mikami goes beyond Light in his ambition, wishing to judge the unproductive and those who have committed crimes in their past, even if they have since reformed, which alarms Light. | |||
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{{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==== | |||
Mikami's devotion to Kira, as well as his insight into Kira's thoughts, ultimately leads to their deaths. When Takada is kidnapped by Mello, Mikami correctly predicts that Kira would want to silence her, since she is in possession of several Death Note pages. He breaks his normal routine to retrieve his Death Note and kill her, unaware that Light has already done so. This allows Near's team to find his note and switch it with a fake, foiling Light's plan to gather all of his antagonists in the same place for Mikami to dispose of them. In the manga, an enraged Mikami starts to blame Light for putting them into their situation, 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. In the anime, Mikami commits suicide with a fountain pen, allowing Light to flee the warehouse (though it cannot be asserted whether he did so on purpose or out of desperation). Mikami does not appear in the film versions of ''Death Note''. | |||
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{{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==== | |||
'''Name:''' Kiyomi Takada <br> | |||
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'''Date of Birth:''' July 12, 1985 <br> | |||
{{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. | |||
'''Date of Death:''' January 26, 2010<br> | |||
'''Height:''' 166cm<br> | |||
'''Weight:'''44kg<br> | |||
'''Occupation:''' Student<br> | |||
====Roger Ruvie==== | |||
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{{nihongo|Kiyomi Takada|高田 清美|Takada Kiyomi}} Kiyomi Takada first appears for a short period as Light's classmate and girlfriend. She is a popular girl also known as "Miss To-Oh" ("Miss Todai" in Japanese), short for To-Oh University, or "'Refined' Takada" (''Seiso Takada'', which means something similar to "plays hard to get"). She returns later in the story as an announcer of NHN (parody of ]) chosen to be Kira's spokesperson to the world. This decision is made by Mikami, not Light. Mikami recognizes her as someone who supports Kira, albeit not as vocally as he, that could send out Kira's word accurately and in a calm and straightforward manner. As a college student, she is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and ] in the English dub. The older version of the character is voiced by ]. In the film, she is played by ], and has longer hair than she does in the anime and manga. | |||
{{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. | |||
====Beyond Birthday==== | |||
Despite her reputation, Light notes that Takada is actually quite intelligent. Near, however, believes that she is merely studious, having done a background check as opposed to Light's grade-based assessment. | |||
{{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. | |||
Light first dates Takada to keep suspicion away from himself and Misa as the two Kiras. After learning that she is Kira's spokesperson, he romances her once again in order to covertly deliver messages to Mikami. When Light reveals his identity as Kira to her, she states that he is the only man she has ever respected, and him being Kira only further enhances her attraction to him. As part of his plan to eliminate Near and his other adversaries, Light has Mikami give several pages of the Death Note to Takada so she can judge criminals, while Mikami uses a fake notebook to write the same names. This is a contributing factor in Light's eventual death. When Mello kidnaps Takada, she uses a page of the Death Note to kill him under Light's instruction. Both Light and Mikami write her name into the Death Note as a suicide by fire to remove any evidence of her Death Note use, but in doing so Mikami exposes his Death Note's hiding place, allowing Near to steal it and replace it with a fake. | |||
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. | |||
In the film, Takada's role is combined with that of Higuchi, the third Kira. Here, she kills those who stand in her way of a ]. In this version, she never learns that Light is Kira. Her fate is more or less the same as Higuchi's, with Light killing her after she is taken into police custody. | |||
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====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. | |||
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''Shinigami'', or Death Gods, are demon-like beings who live in the Shinigami realm. Shinigami are functionally immortal, able to extend their lives indefinitely by writing the names of humans in their Death Notes. By writing the name of a human whose fated time of death has not yet come, Shinigami have their lifespan increased by the amount that human would have lived (e.g. a thirty-year-old who would have lived to the age of sixty would yield thirty years). As Ryuk describes it, life in the Shinigami realm is incredibly dull; Shinigami do little more than gamble constantly, and using the Death Note is considered something workaholics do. The main Shinigami featured in the series are ] and ]. | |||
===Kira |
====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 ] 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==== | |||
'''Date of Birth:''' October 31 1979, 1982(Anime)<br> | |||
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'''Date of Death:''' November 5, 2004<br> | |||
{{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> | |||
'''Height:''' 179cm<br> | |||
'''Weight:'''50kg<br> | |||
'''Occupation:''' Detective<br> | |||
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> | |||
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{{nihongo|L Lawliet|エル・ローライト|Eru Rōraito}}, commonly known by his given name alone, is considered the world's greatest detective. Through clever use of aliases, he's also known as the world's second and third greatest detectives, Eraldo Coil and Deneuve, respectively. When it becomes clear that the one known as Kira is responsible for the many heart attacks among the criminal population, L makes it his duty to bring him to justice. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and by ] in the English dub. In the live-action film, he is played by ]. | |||
====Wedy==== | |||
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. L stayed in ] for five years, and during that time he was the champion in tennis for the England Junior Cup. | |||
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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" /> | |||
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Though outwardly appearing as disheveled and languid, L is a genius on par with Light. His powers of deduction and insight allow him to draw conclusions from the smallest of clues. Furthermore, L's reputation makes others take his conclusions seriously, even when based on a seemingly flimsy pretext. He tends to second-guess everything he is presented with, and is extremely ] and ]. He has several quirks such as preferring to ] rather than sit, loving sweet foods like desserts and fruits, and holding items very delicately. He claims that his eating habits have not made him overweight because the brain uses the most calories of any organ in the body. Likewise, he explains that his odd sitting habits are a matter of necessity, as his reasoning ability would drop 40% if he sat normally. | |||
===Associates of Kira=== | |||
L is quite secretive and only communicates with the world through his assistant, Watari. He never shows his face to the world, instead representing himself with a capital L in ]. He only first reveals himself to the Kira investigation team, and has them refer to him as {{nihongo|Ryuzaki|竜崎|Ryūzaki}} for discretion. When he attends Light's college, he takes the name {{nihongo|Hideki Ryuga|流河 旱樹|Ryūga Hideki}}, deliberately using the name of a popular singer to see if Light was Kira. Even the Kira investigation team never learns his true name. | |||
====Kiyomi Takada==== | |||
{{Main|Kiyomi Takada}} | |||
{{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. | |||
====Hitoshi Demegawa==== | |||
Once L begins investigating the Kira case, he quickly suspects that Light Yagami is Kira, but cannot obtain any concrete evidence. Even with Light's numerous successful ruses that seem to indicate he can't be Kira, L remains skeptical. Because of his suspicions, L decides to join To-Oh University, the university that Light attends. He reveals to Light that he is L; this, combined with his fake name, ensures that Light (if he were Kira) would never try to kill him for fear of quickly being discovered. Although L cannot shake the conclusion that Light is the first Kira, Light is the only person L had ever identified or connected with, and he openly states 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. Light manages to kill L by manipulating Rem into killing L for him, making her believe that she must kill him for the sake of Misa's life. During his final days, L seems very depressed, mostly because he, somehow, knew that his death was drawing near. Since L's efforts at the time would have actually cast suspicion on Misa (again; Light's creation of a fake rule had cleared them both, and L was about to test it), this also kills Rem, as Shinigami cannot use a Death Note to extend the lives of others intentionally. 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. 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|'''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=== | |||
In the film, L's death is quite different. Having already written his name in Misa's Death Note beforehand, Rem's attempt to kill him fails (regardless of the time specified, the first Death Note used takes priority). Rather than Near capturing Light later on, it is L's self-sacrifice that allows the investigation team to eventually apprehend Light. After Ryuk kills Light, Ryuk offers L the Death Note. L refuses, and Ryuk calls him "no fun" for it. Twenty-three days after writing his name in the Death Note, during which he burns all the remaining Death Notes and has a final conversation with Soichiro, L dies peacefully while eating a ], with a picture of Watari lying right beside him. A third film is scheduled to premiere in February of 2008, titled ''L: Change the WorLd''. It is a film spin-off which focuses on L's final twenty-three days of living after defeating Kira. | |||
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==== | |||
'''Name:''' Soichiro Yagami<br> | |||
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'''Date of Birth:''' July 12, 1955,<br> | |||
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'''Time of Decease:''' November 11, 2009<br> | |||
{{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. | |||
'''Height:''' 181cm<br> | |||
'''Weight:'''68kg<br> | |||
'''Occupation:''' Police officer<br> | |||
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{{nihongo|Soichiro Yagami|夜神 総一郎|Yagami Sōichirō}} is Light's father and a police officer. After most of the police resign from the Kira case for fear of being killed, he leads the remains of his investigation team under L's command. While working with L, he goes by the alias {{nihongo|Shijuro Asahi|朝日 四十郎|Asahi Shijūrō}} as protection from Kira's ability to kill by name. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and ] in the English dub. In the film, he is played by ], best known as Chairman Kaga of '']''. | |||
] 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> | |||
As work on the Kira case begins, he becomes disappointed with the lack of police cooperation in capturing Kira, eventually joining forces with L to form a special investigative team. He suffers from a heart attack early in the story, but it is stress-related and non-fatal, instead of the deadly killing method Kira uses. Even with the heart attack, he insists on remaining helpful to the team, going as far as breaking into the Sakura TV station using a police bus (Misa, having the Shinigami Eyes, had simply been killing everyone who approached up to that point) in order to stop the second Kira's broadcast and obtain the tapes. | |||
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> | |||
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When L begins to suspect Light of being Kira, Soichiro is unwilling to believe his son would be capable of such a thing. Much later, after L is killed and replaced by Light, he is instrumental in regaining the Death Note which Mello had pressured them into relinquishing by threatening Soichiro's daughter. Using Kira's Death Note, which Misa delivers to him under Light's instruction, Soichiro trades with Ryuk for the Shinigami Eyes. Using the eyes, he is able to learn Mello's real name, Mihael Keehl, thereby giving Light access to the same information. However, before he can kill Mello, he is fatally wounded by one of Mello's gang members. Because Light has given up his Death Note and therefore his lifespan is visible, Soichiro dies happily believing that Light isn't Kira. Ryuk suggests that because Sochiro never really used the Death Note, he died peacefully, as opposed to the curse of unhappiness Ryuk had attributed to all Death Note owners before. | |||
====Naomi Misora==== | |||
Soichiro's fate differs in the films. He never obtains the Death Note in this version, and eventually learns that Light is Kira. He apprehends his son by agreeing to L's plan and following the instructions on the fake Death Note, which Light wrote in to kill Soichiro, stating that Soichiro 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 person to see L alive before the Death Note takes 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. | |||
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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. | |||
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> | |||
She is also a key character in the 2006 film '']''. | |||
'''Name:''' Tota Matsuda<br> | |||
'''Date of Birth:''' December 14, 1978<br> | |||
'''Height:''' 174cm<br> | |||
'''Weight:'''59kg<br> | |||
'''Occupation:''' Police officer<br> | |||
====Steve Mason==== | |||
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{{nihongo|Tota Matsuda|松田 桃太|Matsuda Tōta}|romanized as "Touta Matsuda" in the English manga}} is the younger and more outspoken member of the investigation team. He takes the alias {{nihongo|Taro Matsui|松井 太郎|Matsui Tarō}} while working with L, and also becomes Misa Amane's manager once she and Light join. Despite working to capture Kira, which he knows must be done, Matsuda admits that a part of him recognizes the good Kira is doing, even if he knows it's the wrong way to go about it. As such, he is somewhat supportive and sympathetic towards Kira's followers, though he doesn't let it get in the way of his work. Despite his excitable, naïve personality, Matsuda manages to stay alive through quite a few dangerous times. Matsuda sees Soichiro as his ]. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and ] in the English dub. In the film, he is played by ]. | |||
{{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. | |||
===Yotsuba Group=== | |||
Though allocated to something of a support role to the more active members of the team, Matsuda plays a crucial role in the investigation of the Yotsuba Group. Wanting to be of use, he sneaks into the company's building and spies on the board of directors, learning of their casual conversations about eliminating potential competition. However, he is caught in the act. He uses his position as Misa's manager to fool them into thinking he's scouting for potential opportunities, then under L's direction fakes his death to prevent them from learning that he's using an alias. His position as Misa's manager is filled by Mogi to complete the ruse. | |||
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==== | |||
When Higuchi is discovered to be the current Kira, Matsuda risks his life in a ploy to capture Higuchi by appearing on Sakura TV to reveal Kira's identity. An accident is fabricated by the team to have Matsuda reveal his face, making Higuchi take the threat seriously. Since Higuchi does not possess the Shinigami Eyes at the time, and all other traces of Matsuda's real name and face are eliminated, Higuchi is forced to trade for the Eyes and go to the station in person, allowing the investigation team to capture him. | |||
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{{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. | |||
When Light is revealed to be Kira at Yellowbox Warehouse, Matsuda is the most shocked of the team. His respect for Light up until that point, combined with Soichiro's seemingly pointless sacrifice in light of the revelation, leaves Matsuda outraged. When Light attempts to write Near's name on a piece of the Death Note, Matsuda repeatedly shoots him, and it takes the entire team to keep him from killing Light on the spot. In the manga, after Light is killed by Ryuk, Matsuda suspects that, to help with Light's capture, Near had used the Death Note to control Mikami's actions. Ide believes that Matsuda merely "wishes" this were true, probably because he thought of Light as a friend. | |||
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> | |||
====Other members of the Yotsuba Group==== | |||
'''Name:''' Kanzo Mogi<br> | |||
;{{nihongo|'''Shingo Mido'''|三堂 芯吾|Midō Shingo}} | |||
'''Date of Birth:'''? <br> | |||
:{{voiced by|Eiji Hanawa|]}} | |||
'''Date of Death:'''?<br> | |||
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. | |||
'''Occupation:''' Police officer<br> | |||
;{{nihongo|'''Reiji Namikawa'''|奈南川 零司|Namikawa Reiji}} | |||
:{{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. | |||
{{nihongo|Kanzo Mogi|模木 完造|Mogi Kanzō}} is one of the most dedicated members of the investigation team, but also one of the most reserved. While working with L, he takes the alias {{nihongo|Kanichi Moji|模地幹一|Moji Kan'ichi}}. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and ] in the English dub. In the film, he is played by ]. | |||
===SPK=== | |||
Mogi rarely speaks, even when someone presents an opinion he agrees with; this is exemplified in his silent reaction to the theories that Near was presenting to him. Along with Aizawa, he is one of the first members of the investigation team who begins to warm to Near's theory that Light is Kira. He is shown to be an excellent actor, becoming an excited and cheery manager for Misa on demand and in seeming contradiction to his usual demeanor. | |||
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. | |||
====Anthony Rester==== | |||
After Matsuda is forced to fake his death, Mogi replaces him as Misa's manager. Later on, Mello demands to meet Mogi in order to investigate Kira, but tricks Mogi into meeting Near at the SPK headquarters. Mogi is then held hostage by Near until Aizawa arrives to rescue him. This sequence of events was left out of the anime adaptation, and instead Mogi is merely taken by Near to force a confrontation between the two teams. In the film, Mogi is killed by Misa during the Sakura TV incident, instead of Ukita being killed as in the manga and anime. | |||
:{{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==== | |||
'''Name:''' Shuichi Aizawa<br> | |||
:{{voiced by|]|]}} | |||
'''Date of Birth:''' May 11, 1969<br> | |||
{{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. | |||
'''Height:''' 183cm<br> | |||
'''Weight:'''70kg<br> | |||
'''Occupation:''' Police Officer<br> | |||
====Stephen Gevanni==== | |||
{{nihongo|Shuichi Aizawa|相沢 周市|Aizawa Shūichi}} joins the investigation team early on, but returns to his regular job later on. Since the police refuse to support any continued investigation of Kira, Aizawa leaves for the sake of his family, despite the fact that L would have paid all of his living expenses anyway. He returns after L's death. While with the investigation team, he takes the alias of {{nihongo|Aihara|相原}} He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and ] in the English dub. In the film, he is played by ]. | |||
:{{voiced by|]|]}} | |||
{{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=== | |||
Aizawa has a prominent role in the latter half of the series, suspecting Light of being Kira after the 13-day rule for writing names in the Death Note, failure to do so meaning death, is revealed to be fake. After listening to Near's theories, he becomes more convinced, and drops hints that Light is the new L, whom Near had suspected was Kira. Though his suspicions are obvious, Light underestimates him, and Aizawa learns about Light's written conversations with Takada during their wire-tapped meetings by covertly marking the notepads. In the finale, he becomes the leader of the investigation team. | |||
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. | |||
====Rod Ross==== | |||
'''Name:''' Hirokazu Ukita<br> | |||
:{{voiced by|Masaki Aizawa| ]}} | |||
'''Date of Birth:''' November 7, 1977<br> | |||
{{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. | |||
'''Date of Death:''' April 18, 2004<br> | |||
'''Height:''' 161cm<br> | |||
'''Weight:'''51kg<br> | |||
====Jack Neylon==== | |||
{{nihongo|Hirokazu Ukita|宇生田 広数|Ukita Hirokazu}}, compared to the other members of the investigation team, is the most emotional and quickest to act. When Misa has Sakura 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 him as soon as he approaches the door. His death, as well as several smaller personality factors, prove to the investigation team that the broadcast was from a different Kira, as the real one (Light) needs both a name and a face to kill. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and ] in the English dub. In the film, he is portrayed by ]. The film version also survives the incident; instead, it is the more reserved Mogi who is killed. | |||
:{{voiced by|]|]}} | |||
{{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. | |||
===Shinigami=== | |||
'''Name:''' Hideki Ide<br> | |||
====Rem==== | |||
'''Date of Birth:''' September 29, 1969<br> | |||
: {{Voiced by|]|Colleen Wheeler}} | |||
'''Height:''' 170cm<br> | |||
{{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. | |||
'''Weight:'''62kg<br> | |||
'''Occupation:''' Police officer<br> | |||
{{nihongo|Hideki Ide|伊出 英基|Ide Hideki}} plays a relatively minor role in the investigative team. Aside from helping to coordinate their efforts, his actions do not widely affect the overall plot. His main point is during the caputre of Higuchi, where he organizes a blockade of police cars to trap Higuchi. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and ] in the English dub. The character does not exist in the film version. | |||
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. | |||
;Sanami | |||
{{nihongo|Sanami|佐波}} only appears in the film adaptation of ''Death Note'', portrayed by ]. She is the only female team member, as opposed to the all-male team in the manga and anime. In the second film, she tends to Misa during her captivity and is more critical of the methods used by the investigation team, often calling them cruel. Her character is similar to that of Matsuda, sans Kira ]. | |||
====Gelus==== | |||
'''Name:''' Quillsh Wammy A.K.A Watari<br> | |||
:{{voiced by|]|]}} | |||
'''Date of Birth:''' May 1, 1933 <br> | |||
{{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. | |||
'''Date of Death:''' November 5, 2004 | |||
'''Height:''' 175cm<br> | |||
'''Weight:''' 51kg<br> | |||
'''Occupation:''' Assistant Detective<br> | |||
====Sidoh==== | |||
{{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. On the surface he is {{nihongo|Quillsh Wammy|キルシュ・ワイミー|Kirushu Waimī}}, a famous inventor who founded The Wammy's House, an ] for gifted children, in ]. Watari is well trained in espionage and ]ship, the latter of which he shows by shooting out the tire of Higuchi's car and then a gun from his hand without injuring him. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and ] in the English dub. In the film, he is played by ]. | |||
:{{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. | |||
Watari dies shortly before L, killed by Rem. As he dies, he deletes all the data following the Kira case. In the film, however, he dies in an elevator next to Misa while escorting her to L in order to reassess her guilt of being the Second Kira. In the manga and anime, it is L's attempt to test one of the Death Note's fake rules which inspires Rem to kill them both. The Wammy house caretaker, Roger Ruvie, takes over as the new Watari following the successful resolution of the Kira case. | |||
====Armonia Justin Beyondormason==== | |||
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. | |||
:{{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. | |||
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====Midora==== | ||
{{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> | |||
In the manga and anime, two gifted children were assigned to carry on investigation of Kira following L's death: Near and Mello. 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; expose and defeat Kira once and for all. Neither of the characters exist in the film versions, since L lives longer than he did in the manga and anime. | |||
====Shinigami King==== | |||
'''Name:''' Nate River a.k.a Near<br> | |||
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> | |||
'''Date of Birth:''' August 24 1991 <br> | |||
'''Height:''' 155cm<br> | |||
'''Weight:'''40kg<br> | |||
'''Occupation:''' Detective<br> | |||
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> | |||
{{nihongo|Near|ニア|Nia}}, real name {{nihongo|Nate River|ネイト・リバー|Neito Ribā}}, is the younger of the two and the more level-headed, calmly assessing the situation while Mello is more emotional and quick to act. Much like L, Near uses the Old English "N" to represent himself, though he only briefly calls himself by the initial since Light discovers his actual alias. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime. He does not appear in the films. | |||
=== Sachiko Yagami === | |||
Near shares several behavioral similarities with L. He is usually seen hunched over than sitting, much like L crouches. He also various toys which he uses in his theories, vaguely recalling L's obsession with sweets. Personality-wise, Near is somewhat more cold. He initially shows no emotions towards L's death, saying L is a loser in the game of tracking down Kira; however, he later reveals that both he and Mello 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. Compared to L, Near is somewhat more 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' and 'losing', he seems to consider the investigation as one of his games. | |||
:{{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=== | |||
Though he starts with no leads or clues, Near successfully identifies the events unfolding during the capture of Higuchi, and points out the existence of the Death Note to President Hoope. With authority from Hoope, the SPK (Secret Provision for Kira) is established to investigate Kira. The SPK consists of selected agents from the ] and the ], as well as Near. After Light retrieves the Death Note stolen by Mello, Mello informs Near of the fake rules Ryuk wrote in it, leading Near to suspect that the new L is Kira. From various information he gains from Mello and Aizawa, Near deduces that Light is the new L. He also deduces that Mikami is acting as Light's proxy. | |||
:{{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. | |||
===David Hoope=== | |||
In their final confrontation, Near uses Kira's own plan to eliminate all his adversaries against him by switching Mikami's Death Note with a fake. Since Mikami naturally excludes Light from his victims, Light is exposed as Kira. Near attributes his success not only to Mikami's miscalculation in killing Takada, but also to Mello, whose kidnapping of Takada was the key to his victory. He claims that neither of them could surpass L alone, but together (intentionally or not) have done so. | |||
{{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. | |||
===George Sairas=== | |||
:{{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=== | |||
'''Name:''' Miheal Keehl a.k.a Mello<br> | |||
:{{voiced by|]|Howard Siegal}} | |||
'''Date of Birth:''' December 13 1989 <br> | |||
{{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" /> | |||
'''Date of Death:''' January 26, 2010<br> | |||
'''Height:''' 171cm<br> | |||
'''Weight:'''52kg | |||
'''Occupation:''' Detective | |||
===Kanichi Takimura=== | |||
{{nihongo|Mello|メロ|Mero}}<!-- Mihael's ONLY ALIAS IS MELLO! M is NEVER used in the anime, nor manga. Do not add that in. !-->, real name {{nihongo|Mihael Keehl<!-- His name really is Mihael, NOT Michael. It is a northern European version of the same name. Please do not change it again. !-->|ミハエル・ケール|Mihaeru Kēru}}, is Near's rival. When it is decided that they should work together to find Kira, Mello refuses, citing an inability to work with Near, who he is considered second to. Mello is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime. | |||
'''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=== | |||
Similar to L's fondness for sweets, Mello is often seen eating bars of chocolate. Unlike L or Near, however, Mello is much more outgoing and emotional, to a fault at some points. He is quite intelligent and resourceful, able to set up elaborate plans thanks to his Mafia connections. Mello wears leather most of the time, unlike Near or L, who wear more casual clothing. He also appears to be less secluded in terms of his friends and hobbies, and seems to be fond of biking. | |||
{{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> | |||
===Criminals and initial victims=== | |||
Mello decides to find Kira his own way by joining the Mafia (assumed to be located in ], ]). He kidnaps the Director of the Japanese Police to get the Death Note from the Kira investigation team. When Light kills the man, Mello kidnaps Sayu Yagami. Light cannot bring himself to kill her, and his father turns over the Death Note. Light stages a raid on Mello's hideout with Misa's help, having one of Mello's gang members mail the address to him using the Death Note then mailing his own Death Note to the investigation team. Soichiro Yagami opts to trade for the Shinigami Eyes and kill Mello, but is only able to learn his name before being fatally wounded. Mello escapes capture by blowing up his own hideout; though he survives, the left side of his face is badly scarred. | |||
====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==== | |||
After Mello escapes, 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 finds 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. Mello's last act is to kidnap Takada (whom Lidner instructs to get on Mello's bike). He dies when Takada writes his name on a piece of the Death Note, as per Light's instructions, but in doing so lays the foundation for Light's defeat, since Mikami exposes his Death Note's hiding place when trying to kill Takada. While Halle states that Mello may have been trying to help Near discover that Mikami's real notebook was hidden, Near is more skeptical, doubting that Mello thought that far ahead. | |||
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{{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==== | |||
'''Name:''' Mail Jeevas A.K.A Matt<br> | |||
:{{voiced by|Yukitoshi Tokumoto|John Murphy, Matt Lagan}} | |||
'''Date of Birth:''' February 1, 1990 <br> | |||
{{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. | |||
'''Date of Death:''' January 26, 2010<br> | |||
'''Height:''' 168cm<br> | |||
'''Weight:''' 52kg<br> | |||
'''Occupation:''' ? | |||
====Kiichiro Osoreda==== | |||
{{nihongo|Matt|マット|Matto}}, real name {{nihongo|Mail Jeevas<!-- His name really is Mail, NOT Miles. Please do not change it again. !-->|マイル・ジーヴァス|Mairu Jīvasu|pronounced like "mile" rather than "male"}}, is a cohort of Mello's. He is also a former resident of Wammy's orphanage, though not actually one of L's successors, considered behind both Mello and Near in that regard. He does some ] work for Mello and is an accomplice in Takada's kidnapping. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime. | |||
:{{voiced by|]|]}} | |||
{{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== | |||
Matt follows orders without question. During their kidnapping of Takada, he acts as a distraction, luring off the majority of Takada's bodyguards. He attempts to confront them with a hidden gun, but is shot repeatedly by all thirteen. Mello posthumously apologizes to Matt after learning of his death on TV. | |||
===Sanami=== | |||
{{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. | |||
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. | |||
==Minor characters== | |||
===Special Provision for Kira members=== | |||
The United States government orders the creation of the SPK, under the leadership of Near. In addition to the three members listed below, there are several characters not mentioned that are briefly part of the SPK, but Mello kills them using the Death Note. None of the following characters exist in the film version. | |||
===Ryotaro Sakajo=== | |||
'''Name:''' Halle Bullook A.K.A Halle Lidner<br> | |||
{{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. | |||
'''Date of Birth:''' February 18, 1980<br> | |||
'''Height:''' 180cm<br> | |||
'''Weight:'''52kg<br> | |||
'''Occupation:''' SBK memeber<br> | |||
{{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, along with Gevanni and Rester. She is a former CIA agent. She is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime. | |||
===Shiori Akino=== | |||
While Lidner's role in the anime is minimal, her motivations are made much clearer in the manga. Here, Lidner knows Mello and leaks SPK information to him without Near's knowledge. When Mello asks where her loyalties lie, she replies that she is on neither side, merely helping both of them because they are after Kira. Most significantly, she is partly responsible for Mello's decision to kidnap Takada, informing him of Near's final plan beforehand. 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. | |||
{{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" /> | |||
;Stephen Gevanni | |||
Stephen Gevanni, real name Stephen Loud, works for Near as part of his investigation team, along with Lidner and Rester. He 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. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime. | |||
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> | |||
;Commander Rester | |||
Commander Rester, real name Anthony Carter, plays a support role in the SPK, often coordinating the team's efforts alongside Near. | |||
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====Maki Nikaido==== | |||
Though Mello's gang is fairly large, only one character is given any significant coverage. | |||
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{{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). | |||
;Jack Neylon | |||
Jack Neylon, real name Kal Snyder, is a member of Mello's gang. He does not exist in the film. He is the holder of Shidoh'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 Shidoh tracks down his Death Note, Jack performs the eye trade with him. This proves a critical point in Light's failed raid on Mello's gang, as he was unaware of Shidoh's existence, though the first raid and eye deal were removed from the anime adaptation. Light uses the Death Note to have mail him the address of Mello's hideout, and he dies on ], ] at 11:59 PM. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime. | |||
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. | |||
===Yagami family=== | |||
'''Name:''' Sachiko Yagami<br> | |||
'''Date of Birth:''' June 18, 1989<br> | |||
'''Height:''' 147cm(high school) 163cm(college)<br> | |||
'''Weight:'''38kg(high school) 45kg (college)<br> | |||
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|Sachiko Yagami|夜神 幸子|Yagami Sachiko}} is Light's mother and Soichiro's wife. She is oblivious to Light's ownership and use of the Death Note. When Light is allowed in the investigation team to help L catch Kira, he tells his mother that he has decided to run away to live with Misa. In the second film's conclusion, Sachiko is decorating a cake for her late son's birthday. Along with Sayu, she presumably believes that Light died in pursuit of Kira. ] voices her in the Japanese anime and ] voices her in the English dub. In the films, ] portrays her. | |||
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. | |||
'''Name:''' Sayu Yagami<br> | |||
'''Date of Birth:''' October 10, 1962<br> | |||
'''Height:''' 158cm<br> | |||
'''Weight:'''50kg<br> | |||
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==== | |||
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{{nihongo|Sayu Yagami|夜神 粧裕|Yagami Sayu}} is Light's younger sister. Like her mother, she never learns of Light's possession of the Death Note. In the manga and anime, Mello's gang kidnaps her in an attempt to extort the Death Note from her father, which proves successful. Though she is returned unharmed, she falls into a state of shock and becomes unresponsive to everyone, including her family. In the film, these events never take place. Instead, she is inadvertently responsible for revealing Light's identity as Kira to Misa when she temporarily falls into shock upon seeing Mogi die. Light and Soichiro have to carry her away, which allows Misa to pick Light out among the crowd. ] voices her in the Japanese anime and ] voices her in the English dub. In the films, ] portrays her. | |||
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. | |||
===United States government=== | |||
;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. In the manga, 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. He even calls a military attack on Mello's hideout under L's instruction. When the attack fails, President Hoope commits suicide to prevent Mello from writing his name and making him launch a nuclear strike, although it might also be Kira's work to cover his tracks. His suicide reasoning is somewhat ironic, as one of the rules of the Death Note states that the death and the actions leading up to it cannot be responsible for other deaths, otherwise the victim dies of a heart attack (the nuclear destruction of any portion of the world would certainly fall in this category). In the anime, he does not commit suicide as the character was merged with that of George Sairas. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime. | |||
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. | |||
;George Sairas | |||
George Sairas is the ] in the storyline. He attributes Hoope's suicide to Kira, and, fearing for his life, makes acceptance of Kira national policy. This acquiescence, however, only invites Light to threaten him into an all-out siege on SPK headquarters. | |||
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. | |||
====Federal Bureau of Investigation==== | |||
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. | |||
'''Name:''' Raye Penber<br> | |||
'''Date of Birth:''' December 31, 1974<br> | |||
'''Date of Death:'''December 27, 2003<br> | |||
'''Height:''' 180cm<br> | |||
'''Weight:'''69kg<br> | |||
'''Occupation:''' FBI Agent<br> | |||
After the police arrive, Kujo and her surviving associates are arrested. | |||
{{nihongo|Raye Penber|レイ・ペンバー|Rei Penbā}} is an investigator from the ], sent to Japan to aid in tracking down Kira early in the story. He is assigned to investigate the Yagami family for any suspicious behavior. He has a fiancée, Misora, whom he tells not involve herself in the investigation for her own safety. Though from the United States, he has a Japanese mother and thus possess a distinct Japanese accent. In the Japanese anime, his identification card signature is spelled "Ray Penber".<ref></ref> The English dub corrects the signature. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and ] in the English dub. In the films, he is played by ]. | |||
===''Death Note: Light Up the New World''=== | |||
Light learns of Raye's existence through Ryuk; Ryuk only tells Light because it felt like Raye was staring at him. It is during this incident that Ryuk offers Light the Shinigami Eyes, but Light refuses. Instead, Light sets up a bus jacking using the Death Note to learn Raye's name, failing to realize that Raye was going to give up on his investigation anyway. When he heads home, he tells his fiancée about the incident, which becomes trouble for Light later on. The next day, Light, in disguise, confronts Raye in ]. He kills an accused rapist to prove his power, then has Raye board the next train. Using the lives of Raye's family as collateral, Light has Raye write the name of his chief on a specially prepared page of the Death Note with causes of death already specified. It is hidden in a folder with slots cut out for the names, disguising its true purpose from Raye. After writing the chief's name, the chief emails a list of every active agent in Japan to those agents; Light directs Raye to fill in the blanks with the names, thereby killing the entire group. Light has Raye leave the Death Note page on the train and step out, and upon doing so Raye dies from a heart attack. His last sight is that of Light's face. | |||
====Tsukuru Mishima==== | |||
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{{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}}. | |||
====Ryuzaki==== | |||
In the film, Raye is known as {{Nihongo|Raye Iwamatsu|レイ・イワマツ|Rei Iwamatsu}}. In this version, he is a ] agent headquartered in ], ]. In the film, Raye tells Misora that he suspects Light; this allows Misora to find Shiori. Raye cancels his reservations and leaves the hotel, causing a perplexed Misora to follow him. She watches as he boards a train at ] and encounters Kira. Raye does not see Kira in this version; instead, he talks to him using a ]. Light kills the man sitting next to Raye and has him to prop the body so that it looks like the person is sleeping. The rest of the scene plays out in much the same way. Misora witnesses his death, drops her church documents, and cries his name repeatedly as she holds his dead body. Misora collapses and sobs at the end of the scene. | |||
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{{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'') | |||
====Yuki Shien==== | |||
Besides Raye, the other FBI investigators in Japan are: | |||
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*'''Haley Belle''' (in the film he is a public corruption agent headquartered in ]) | |||
{{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. | |||
*'''Frigde Copen''' (in the film he is headquartered in ], ]) | |||
*'''Toors Denote''' (in the film he is headquartered in ], ]) | |||
*'''Ale Funderrem''' | |||
*'''Freddi Guntair''' (in the film he is headquartered in ], ]) | |||
*'''Nikola Nasberg''' | |||
*'''Bess Sekllet''' (misspelled as Skelletd on one occasion in the English version) | |||
*'''Girela Sevenster''' | |||
*'''Knick Staek''' (in the film he is headquartered in ], ]) | |||
*'''Arire Weekwood''' (in the film he is an organized crime agent headquartered in ], ]) | |||
*'''Lian Zapack''' (in the film he is a cyber crime agent headquartered in ], ]) | |||
====Arma==== | |||
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 ]. In the film, the deaths of four male agents (Zapack, Denote, Belle, and Copen in that order) 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. | |||
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{{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> | |||
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'''Name:''' Naomi Misora<br> | |||
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'''Date of Birth:''' February 11, 1976<br> | |||
{{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. | |||
'''Date of Death:'''January 2, 2004<br> | |||
'''Height:''' 171cm<br> | |||
'''Weight:'''46kg<br> | |||
'''Occupation:''' FBI Agent<br> | |||
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====Antony Skomal==== | |||
{{nihongo|Naomi Misora|南空 ナオミ|Misora Naomi}} is a former FBI agent and Raye Penber's fiancée. She left the FBI in October 2003,<ref>''Death Note'' manga; Volume 2, Page 150</ref> planning to marry Raye, move to the United States, and raise a family.<ref>''Death Note'' manga; Volume 2, Page 13</ref> After Raye's death, she decides to search for his killer. She is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and ] in the English dub. In the films, she is played by ]. | |||
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'''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==== | |||
Before Raye's death, he tells Misora about the bus jacking incident in which he was forced to give away his name. Misora suspects that Kira might have set up the incident, leading her to believe that heart attacks are not the only method in which Kira can kill; Light had deliberately used only heart attacks to kill as a sort of "signature" for his work and to make minor killings go unnoticed. Light meets Misora at the investigation headquarters looking for his father. As the two talk, he realizes how much she has figured out and attempts to silence her. However, she uses an alias when introducing herself, thwarting Light's attempts. Light tricks Misora into showing him her Tokyo ] by claiming to be part of the investigation team. With that information, he uses the Death Note to have her commit suicide on ], ]. Exactly one second before the Death Note takes effect, Light tells Misora that he is Kira; just enough time for her to realize her fate without being able to respond. To test the Death Note, Light offers to let Misora speak to his father, and as expected she simply concentrates on her eventual suicide. Misora's remains are never found. | |||
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'''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. | |||
====Mia Sutton==== | |||
Misora plays a much greater role in the first film, following her husband when he meets Kira and witnessing his death. She is unable to see Kira's face. Misora finds Shiori, and Shiori introduces her to Light. He recognizes Misora as the woman crying for Raye, but again is unable to kill her because she uses an alias in her dealings with him. Misora later kidnaps Shiori in an effort to force Light into using the Death Note to kill her, thus revealing himself as Kira. Soichiro sends in the police, which distracts Misora and allows Shiori to break free. Misora panics and kills Shiori, then commits suicide. It is later revealed that the entire incident was actually masterminded by Light, as he had already learned Misora's name by checking the marital registration for Raye at a ] church, which he knew about since Misora dropped church documentation when Raye died. While the Death Note normally does not allow the victim to kill another person, Light wrote causes of death for both Shiori and Misora, allowing him to negate the rule by being responsible for both deaths. | |||
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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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'''Name:''' Hitoshi Demegawa<br> | |||
'''Date of Birth:''' April 17, 1966<br> | |||
'''Date of Death:'''November 28, 2009<br> | |||
'''Height:''' 164cm<br> | |||
'''Weight:'''77kg<br> | |||
'''Occupation:''' Professional con-man<br> | |||
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{{nihongo|Hitoshi Demegawa|出目川 仁|Demegawa Hitoshi}}, named {{nihongo|Yuji Demegawa|出目川 裕志|Demagawa Yūji}} in the films, is publicity hound and director of Sakura TV. He serves as Kira's ] before Mikami kills him for being greedy. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and ] in the English dub. In the films, he is played by ]. | |||
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{{nihongo|Saeko Nishiyama|西山 冴子|Nishiyama Saeko}} is an ] for Sakura TV in the second film. She gains her position by having sex with Demegawa. Takada kills her by having her walk in the path of an eighteen wheeler truck in order to advance her own career. Nishiyama is portrayed by ]. | |||
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'''Name:''' Thierry Morello A.K.A Aiber<br> | |||
'''Date of Birth:''' July 17, 1969<br> | |||
'''Date of Death:'''April 7, 2005<br> | |||
'''Height:''' 189cm | |||
'''Weight:'''75kg | |||
'''Occupation:''' Professional con-man | |||
{{nihongo|Aiber|アイバー|Aibā}}, real name Thierry Morello, is a professional con-man 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. After L's death, he is killed by Light. In the manga, he dies from ]. In the anime, which shows Light writing his real name, he dies of a heart attack in front of his wife and son; the manga indicates additional relatives, but they are not mentioned by name or relation to him. Aiber uses his initial "A", just like L, when communicating through computers. Despite being armed during the capture of Higuchi, Aiber is not fond of weapons, and is a relatively peaceful man. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime. | |||
'''Name:''' Merrie Kenwood A.K.A Wedy<br> | |||
'''Date of Birth:''' November 2, 1974<br> | |||
'''Date of Death:'''January 10, 2005 | |||
'''Height:''' 170cm | |||
'''Weight:'''48kg | |||
'''Occupation:''' Professional burglar | |||
{{nihongo|Wedy|ウエディ|Uedi}}, real name Merrie Kenwood<!-- Her OFFICIAL name in the original Japanese version is Merrie, not Mary according to Death Note: How to Read 13. !--> (Mary Kenwood in the English manga), 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. After L's death, she is killed by Light, dying of a heart attack while riding her motorcycle. Wedy also uses her initial in computer communication; to avoid confusion with Watari ("W"), she deliberately uses the lowercase form, "w". She is voiced by ] in the Japanese version. | |||
'''Name:''' Hideki Ryuga<br> | |||
'''Date of Birth:''' November 2, 1974<br> | |||
'''Date of Death:'''January 10, 2005<br> | |||
'''Height:''' 170cm<br> | |||
'''Weight:'''48kg<br> | |||
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{{nihongo|Hideki Ryuga|流河 旱樹|Ryūga Hideki}} is a famous male pop idol. He is first shown on TV, with Sayu being impressed with him. L uses his name as a ], which prevents Light from even attempting to kill L, for fear that he might kill the singer instead. He is the male lead opposite Misa in a movie filmed near Yotsuba headquarters. Ryuga is also featured as the leader of the White Team in '']'', which Misa fails to show up for because Near has her kidnapped. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and ] in the English dub. | |||
'''Name:''' Shiori Akino<br> | |||
'''Date of Birth:''' ?<br> | |||
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{{nihongo|Shiori Akino|秋野 詩織|Akino Shiori}} is a film-exclusive character, portrayed by ]. She is Light's girlfriend, classmate, and childhood friend. Shiori dreams of working in law enforcement and feels some envy stemming from Light's good grades. Shiori disagrees with Kira's methods, stating that she does not like the terror they incite; she believes that the law should judge criminals.<ref></ref> Shiori argues with the "pro-Kira" Light, unaware of the fact that Light is Kira. In an interview printed in '']'', the creators of the film stated that Shiori was added to the story to highlight Light's negative aspects.<ref></ref> | |||
Shiori witnesses the Osoreda bus hijacking along with Light, who masterminded it; in the manga and anime, a character named Yuri fills this role. 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. | |||
In order to believably kill Misora, Light writes both her name and Shiori's in the Death Note. The cause of death for both compels Misora to take Shiori hostage at the art gallery and call Light in an attempt to expose him as Kira. Shiori breaks free of Misora's grasp, but Misora shoots her. Shiori and Light share a kiss just before she dies; 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. By being directly responsible for both deaths, Light negates the rule stating that one death cannot cause the death of others. Shiori's death allows Light to gain sympathy from L and join the investigation team. | |||
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{{nihongo|Ryotaro Sakajo|坂城 良太郎|Sakajō Ryōtarō}} is a film-only character. 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. Jealous, watching from the Shinigami realm, kills him to save Misa's life. In doing so, Jealous dies and his Death Note drops near Misa. In the manga and anime, Misa faces a similar but unnamed character who is simply said to be a stalker. | |||
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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 YagamiLight 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 AmaneMisa 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 TakadaKiyomi 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
- 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
- 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
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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External links
- Viz Media's Death Note website
- Madman Entertainment's Death Note website
- Death Note (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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