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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 ]s in the ] and ] 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. | |||
The writer, ], developed the basic character traits while ], the artist, created the visual character designs.<ref name="HowtoRead 59">"How to Think." ''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 59.</ref> | |||
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In his stories, Ohba chose character names that "seemed real but could not exist in the real world" because most of the characters were criminals and victims.<ref name="HowtoRead 59"/> | |||
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==Main characters== | ==Main characters== | ||
===Light Yagami=== | ===Light Yagami=== | ||
{{Main|Light Yagami}} | |||
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{{Nihongo|'''Light Yagami'''|夜神 月|Yagami Raito}} is the main protagonist of the series. After discovering the Death Note and its ability to kill after writing a person's name with their face in mind, he decides to use it to rid the world of criminals. Though starting with noble intentions, his ego and hubris elevates to the point where he believes he has been chosen to serve as the "God of the New World" and is the only one fit to rule society. His killings are noticed by the public at large, and they begin to call him "Kira"; this subsequently draws the attention of enigmatic detective L, who dedicates his life to bringing Kira to justice. | |||
:The protagonist of ''Death Note'', Light is an extremely intelligent but bored 17-year old student. When he finds the Death Note, dropped in the human world by Ryuk, he decides to use it to kill all criminals and earns the title ''Kira''. His ultimate goal is to cleanse the world of evil to create a world with out criminals and then reign over this new world as its ]. | |||
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=== | ===L=== | ||
{{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=== | |||
{{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=== | ===Misa Amane=== | ||
{{Main|Misa Amane}} | |||
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{{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=== | ===Near=== | ||
:{{voiced by|]|]}} | |||
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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. | |||
: A calm and stoic character that appears in the second half of the series. In the anime and manga versions, Near or his real name (Nate River) was a primary candidate to become L's successor and calls himself N during the course of his investigations. He shares a number of similarities with L. Much like how L plays with things such as sugar cubes and forks, Near is frequently shown playing with toys or his hair. Near also sits in an unusual manner similar to L, but with some slight differences. He offered to join forces with Mello to fight Kira, but Mello declined the offer. Near then gained the support of the ] and formed the Secret Provision for Kira (SPK). His true name is Nate River. | |||
:In the film '']'' L grants the name "Near" to a ] boy who is a mathematical genius; L intends for Near to succeed him.<ref>"." '']''.</ref> Near lacks the initiative to beat L and Mello is too emotional to beat L. However, Near believes that if he and Mello were to join forces they would be able to surpass L. | |||
===Mello=== | ===Mello=== | ||
{{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> | |||
:Mello, a character present in the anime and manga versions, was an orphan who grew up with Near in the Wammy House, Watari's shelter for gifted children. Like Near and Matt, Mello was one of the candidates to become L's successor. Similar to L's fondness for sweets, he is often seen eating bars of ]. Although Mello is quite intelligent, he often lets his emotions get the better of him. His true name is Mihael Keehl. His goal in life is to surpass L and Near. | |||
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===Teru Mikami=== | ||
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{{nihongo|'''Teru Mikami'''|魅上 照|Mikami Teru}} is a ] and fanatical worshiper of Kira. When Light needs a new proxy to hide his identity, Light uses his intuition alone to select Mikami to become the fourth Kira.<ref name="HTR73">'' Death Note: How to Read 13''. '']''. 73.</ref> Since childhood, Mikami has had a strong sense of justice, but his views have become warped due to years of bullying and trauma.<ref name="HTR81">'' Death Note: How to Read 13''. '']''. 81.</ref> As an example of this, Mikami wishes to punish those he considers to be evil, which, to Light's dismay, includes unproductive people and reformed criminals. Mikami mutters the word {{nihongo|"delete"|削除|sakujo}} repeatedly whenever he uses the Death Note to commit his executions. | |||
: ''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 forty-year-old who would have lived to the age of sixty would yield twenty 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 ]and]. | |||
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. | |||
==Supporting characters== | |||
Ohba said that he considered having all of the Task Force members die "in a heroic way."<ref name="HowtoThink66">"How to Think." ''Death Note How to Read 13''. '']''. 66.</ref> | |||
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. | |||
===Soichiro Yagami=== | |||
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{{nihongo|'''Soichiro Yagami'''|夜神 総一郎|Yagami Sōichirō}} is Light's father and a police officer that initially leads the Kira investigation team that later joins with L. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and ] in the English dub. 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, Light manipulates him into retrieving the Death Note stolen by Mello by having him obtain Shinigami Eyes and infiltrate Mello's hideout, though Light had planned for Matsuda to fill the role.<ref name="howtothink 63">"How to Think." ''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 63.</ref> He retrieves the note and learns Mello's real name, but he is fatally wounded. Because Light has given up his Death Note and therefore his lifespan is visible, Soichiro dies believing that Light is not Kira. In the film, Soichiro, portrayed by ], survives and discovers that his son is Kira, hiding the knowledge from his family. | |||
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> | |||
Soichiro was envisioned as an "honest police officer with a strong sense of justice" that the reader "would have to feel sorry for everything he has to go through." Though Ohba really did not want Soichiro to die, the writer felt that Soichiro had to because the character's continued existence would have interfered with too many of the already set up plot points. The writer did not want Light to kill him, so he wrote Soichiro's death as an accident.<ref name="howtothink 63"/> Obata designed Soichiro to look like a "stereotypical detective", retaining the mustache and glasses found in Ohba's concepts. Over the course of the series, he changes visibly by losing weight and aging poorly.<ref name="drawing design 129">"Takeshi Obata Production Note: Characters." ''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 129.</ref> Both Ohba and Obata found Soichiro to be the most pure character, and Ohba personally found him to be the third strongest character in the series "besides Light."<ref name="HowtoThink69">"How to Think." ''Death Note How to Read 13''. '']''. 69.</ref><ref name="HTR192">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. '']''. 192.</ref><ref name="HTR190">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. '']''. 190.</ref> | |||
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===Minoru Tanaka=== | ||
{{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. | |||
{{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 being "young" and "brave" and he smokes a lot of ]s.<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. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and ] in the English dub. In the film, he is portrayed by ]; Ukita does not die in the film. | |||
==Supporting characters== | |||
Ohba killed Ukita because he happened to have Ukita appear at Sakura TV. Ohba said that he did not choose Matsuda as Matsuda was "useful" and that he planned to use Mogi for "something big," so he chose between Aizawa and Ukita.<ref name="HowtoRead 62">"How to Think." ''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 62.</ref> Obata found Ukita easy to draw because Ukita is an "emotional and easy-to-understand". He did not know that Ukita was to die, so he was surprised after learning about it.<ref name="drawing design 130">"Takeshi Obata Production Note: Characters." ''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 130.</ref> | |||
===Kira Investigation Team=== | |||
====Soichiro Yagami==== | |||
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{{nihongo|'''Soichiro Yagami'''|夜神 総一郎|Yagami Sōichirō}} is Light's father and ] of Japan's ]. He initially leads the Kira investigation team that later joins with L. When L begins to suspect Light of being Kira, Soichiro is unwilling to believe his son would be capable of such a thing. After L's death, he is sent to retrieve the Death Note stolen by Mello by obtaining Shinigami Eyes and infiltrating Mello's hideout, though Light had planned for Matsuda to fill the role.<ref name="how to think 63">"How to Think." ''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 63.</ref> He retrieves the note and learns Mello's real name but is unable to kill him and is instead fatally wounded. Because Light has given up his Death Note, making his lifespan visible above his head, Soichiro dies believing that Light is not Kira. | |||
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====Touta Matsuda==== | ||
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{{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. 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. Mogi uses the alias {{nihongo|'''Kanichi Moji'''|模地 幹一|''Moji Kan'ichi''}} to protect his identity. Misa kills him instead of Ukita in ''Death Note: The Last Name''. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and ] in the English dub. In the film, he is played by ]. | |||
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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==== | |||
Mogi was originally introduced to "fill the cast", though Ohba later planned to use Mogi for "something really amazing" and "surprising" since Mogi is a "silent type."<ref name="HowtoRead 61">"How to Think." ''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 61.</ref> Obata also did not think of Mogi as important, so Mogi's design was not very clear.<ref name="drawing design 130"/> While trying to decide who would become the new NPA chief at the end of the series, Ohba felt that Mogi would be inclined to stick with Near.<ref name="EnglishHTROneNinetySeven">"The 13 Truths About Chapter 108." ''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 197.</ref> | |||
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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. | |||
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:{{voiced by|]|John Murphy}} | |||
{{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, though L would have paid for it. Aizawa uses the alias {{nihongo|'''Aihara'''|相原}} to protect his identity. Aizawa returns after L's death, where he is one of the first to suspect Light of being Kira, and helps contribute to his eventual defeat. He becomes the leader of the investigation team afterwards. Ohba decided to make Aizawa the chief of the NPA because he did not want to create a new character in the final chapter, and because he felt that Aizawa is the best candidate because of his connections to the police and Near.<ref name="EnglishHTROneNinetySeven"/> He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and ] in the English dub. In the film, he is played by ]. | |||
{{nihongo|'''Kanzo Mogi'''|模木 完造|Mogi Kanzō}} is one of the most dedicated members of the Kira investigation team, but also one of the most reserved. Mogi rarely speaks, even when someone presents an opinion he agrees with. Despite this, he has shown himself to be a particularly good detective. He is also an excellent actor, becoming an excited and cheery manager for Misa on demand and seemingly contradictory to his usual demeanor. He appears to be fond of Misa, as she nicknames him 'Motchi'. Mogi uses the alias {{nihongo|Kanichi Moji|模地 幹一|Moji Kan'ichi}} to protect his identity. | |||
====Hideki Ide==== | |||
Obata originally did not plan to draw Aizawa for an extended period of time, so he did not put a lot of effort into the design. After Aizawa began appearing more often, he decided that Aizawa's face was not presentable for a main character, so he decided to gradually improve Aizawa and increase the volume of his hair. Aizawa was completely redesigned after L's death in order to have Aizawa look older and really show that four years had passed. Aizawa was easy to draw for him because people that "act consistently", a character trait he wishes more people in Japan would have, are easy to draw.<ref name="drawing design 129"/> Aizawa is described by Ohba as "basically a guy who yells at Matsuda for being a goof" and a "family man" who prefers his family over his job, though the latter aspect changes after Soichiro dies.<ref name="HowtoRead 61"/> | |||
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{{nihongo|'''Hideki Ide'''|伊出 英基|Ide Hideki}} is one of the few police officers who remain with Soichiro during the Kira Investigation. He initially leaves when he disagrees with L's methods. Ide later returns and plays a relatively minor role in the Kira investigative team. He helps coordinate their efforts and performs actions such as organizing a blockade of police cars to trap Higuchi. Later, after L's death, he rejoins the investigation, though he states that he only did so to be with Aizawa. Ide trusts Light more than any of the other Task Force members, except for Light's father. | |||
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====Hirokazu Ukita==== | ||
:{{voiced by|]|Jeremy From}} | |||
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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. | |||
{{nihongo|'''Kiyomi Takada'''|高田 清美|Takada Kiyomi}} first appears for a short period as Light's classmate and girlfriend; Light appeared with Takada in public to disguise the fact that he also conversed with Misa.<ref name="HowtoThink67">"How to Think." ''Death Note How to Read 13''. '']''. 67.</ref> Takada is a popular girl also known as "Miss To-Oh", short for To-Oh University, or "'Refined' Takada". She returns later in the story as an announcer of NHN chosen by Mikami to be Kira's spokesperson to the world. Light eventually romances her in order to covertly deliver messages to Mikami, and have her use pages of the Death Note to judge criminals as part of Light's plan. Takada dislikes Misa and suggests to Light that he should kill Misa on several occasions.<ref name="HTR107">"How to Think." ''Death Note How to Read 13''. '']''. 107.</ref> She is eventually kidnapped by ], whom she kills, before Light kills her. As a university student, she is voiced by ] in the Japanese version and ] in the English dub. The older version of the character is voiced by ], ] reprises the role as an older version. | |||
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In the film, she is played by ]. Takada fills the "Higuchi" role in the film. Takada kills her rivals and becomes the lead anchor. Light kills her when the investigators arrest her. Shusuke Kaneko, director of the film, said that the film Takada bears importance in "reminding us the satanic power of the Death Note." Nana Katase, who read all of the ''Death Note'' volumes, describes her scenes, including those portrayed on video monitors, as "terrifying." Katase says that she and the film Takada have "a strong sense of justice," but that Katase personally would not kill anyone based on those ideals.<ref name="LastbutnotleastMalaysiaStar">"." '']''.</ref> | |||
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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. | |||
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Takada was created as a character that would go well with Light, which is why she was given her school idol identity.<ref name="HowtoThink67"/> Ohba felt that because of her "normal name" her unplanned death added unpredictability to the series.<ref name="HowtoRead 59"/> Takada was originally going to be reintroduced at the same time as Mello and Near, but Ohba forgot about her until he prepared for a ''Shonen Jump'' interview.<ref name="HowtoThink66"/> He felt that he may have reintroduced Takada because he could not forget the "refined Takada."<ref name="HowtoThink66"/> Obata felt that he did not put much thought into Takada's university student design because he has difficulty designing female characters. He found the process of aging Takada difficult because he could not get the design to "look like her." In contrast to Misa's wardrobe, he gave Takada formal clothing to go with her job as a newscaster.<ref name="drawing design 133">"Takeshi Obata Production Note: Characters." ''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 133.</ref> | |||
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{{nihongo|'''Matt'''|マット|Matto}}, real name is {{nihongo|Mail Jeevas|マイル・ジーヴァス|Mairu Jīvasu}}, is a cohort of ]'s. Matt was also a former resident of Wammy's orphanage, being one of its most talented despite his laziness.<ref name="HowtoThink69">"How to Think." ''Death Note How to Read 13''. '']''. 69.</ref> He is a chain smoker with a fondness for video games. Matt is Mello's helper<ref name="HowtoThink69" /> as he performs ] work and acts as an accomplice in Takada's kidnapping, which results in his death when he is shot by Takada's bodyguards. | |||
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====Roger Ruvie==== | ||
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{{nihongo|'''Roger Ruvie'''|ロジャー・ラヴィー|Rojā Ruvī}} acts as the manager of Wammy's House. He is aware of L and Watari's detective work. Despite his work with children, he detests them. At the end of the series, he becomes the new Watari for Near. | |||
{{nihongo|'''Teru Mikami'''|魅上 照|Mikami Teru}} is a criminal prosecutor and an avid supporter of Kira. Mikami is selected as the new Kira by Light, purely based on his intuition, when he needs a new Kira proxy to hide his identity.<ref name="HTR73">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. '']''. 73.</ref> He has a sense of righteousness that stems from his childhood, though his perspective was warped over the years.<ref name="HTR81">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. '']''. 81.</ref> Mikami wishes to punish those he considers to be evil, which even includes unproductive people and reformed criminals to Light's dismay, and worships Kira as God because of Light's judgments. Mikami mutters "delete" repeatedly to himself while writing in the Death Note, which Tsugumi Ohba felt made Mikami more interesting.<!--DO NOT replace with eliminate. WE are using delete. We decided it--><ref name="HowtoThink66"/> In the end, Mikami is captured by Near's team at the Yellow Box warehouse. While Mikami stabs himself and bleeds to death in the anime, he dies in prison in the manga. Matsuda believes that Near wrote in the Death Note to manipulate and restrict Mikami's actions.<ref>''Death Note'' Volume 12. '']''. 196.</ref> Ohba stated that he leaves it up to the readers to decide if his theory is true.<ref name="HTR198">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. '']''. 198.</ref> In the anime, he is voiced by ] in the original Japanese dub, and by ] in the English dub. | |||
====Beyond Birthday==== | |||
Mikami was introduced into the story to take Misa's role as Kira. After struggling to create Mikami, he created Mikami's backstory in order to establish Mikami and Light as "equals" and that Mikami is "special in some way." Mikami is the only character to receive a chapter dedicated to his past, and Ohba was reluctant to create the flashback because he personally does not like creating them. <ref name="HTR65">"How to Think." ''Death Note How to Read 13''. '']''. 65.</ref> Though he usually did not add detail about "Kira worshippers", he decided to pay special attention to Mikami's first appearance. He wanted to have Mikami be both smart and dangerous, and have a hatred for societal evil, which he transferred into Mikami's role as a prosecutor. He wanted it to be clear that Mikami was evil, but, at the same time, he did not want to focus on the aspects of right and wrong.<ref name="HowtoThink66"/> Ohba's second favorite human character in the series was Mikami as Ohba believed that Mikami was the second "strongest" character in the series "besides Light."<ref name="HTR190"/> | |||
{{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. | |||
Ohba has no visual preferences and therefore let Obata create the visual aspects.<ref name="HTR190"/> Obata based Mikami's design on Taro Kagami, the main character in the pilot chapter of the series. He was told that Mikami was supposed to be a "stoic character like Light" while not knowing that Mikami was a prosecutor and a follower of Kira. As the series progressed, Obata drew Mikami as an "insane fanatic." Obata said that he gave Mikami ] since "glasses ]." Obata added that "things were a little haphazard at this point..."<ref name="drawing design 133"/> | |||
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. | |||
===Touta Matsuda=== | |||
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{{nihongo|'''Touta Matsuda'''|松田 桃太|Matsuda Tōta|romanized as "''Tota Matsuda''" in the Japanese versions of the manga}} is the youngest member of the Kira investigation team. Matsuda has the drive to match the other members of the team, but his lack of experience sometimes hinders the investigation. He is described as a "typical young man" who is "easy to get along with" feels "very excited about trends and gossip." Matsuda has an inferiority complex because he works with very talented people. Many of Matsuda's 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 likes Light and believes that he is not Kira, but he severely wounds Light by shooting him five times during the final showdown.<ref name="HTR21"/> Matsuda is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and ] in the English dub. In the film, he is played by ]. Matsuda stars in a ''Death Note'' film version special, aired on Japanese television, that takes place after Light's death; in it Matsuda has to come to terms with L's eventual death.<ref>"." '']''.</ref> | |||
====A==== | |||
Ohba describes Matsuda as a "very simple guy" easily used in the story.<ref name="HowtoRead 61"/> Matsuda is very useful as a character because he acts only on his emotions, which according to Ohba is "probably" why Matsuda survives in the story.<ref name="HowtoThink67"/> Despite working to capture Kira, Matsuda admits that a part of him recognizes the good Kira is doing, though he does not let it get in the way of his work. This trait was given to him because Ohba felt that any group would have at least one individual who supports Kira to help balance it.<ref name="HowtoRead 61"/> Obata described Matsuda as "hard to predict and thus hard to draw." Obata felt that Matsuda's character concept consisted of an "average young detective", and that because Matsuda's character was not unique and his actions were not consistent, something Obata sees in himself, he did not like the character or how it pointed out his "own inconsistency".<ref name="drawing design 129"/><ref name="HTR194">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. '']''. 194.</ref> Obata described Matsuda as the sole character who "looks younger" during the Near and Mello arc.<ref name="drawing design 129"/> His birthday is December 14, 1978 (1981 in the anime).<ref name="HTR21"/> | |||
'''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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====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. | |||
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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. On the surface he is {{nihongo|'''Quillsh 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 ], ], ]. Watari is well trained in espionage and ]ship. Rem kills Watari to protect Misa. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and ] in the English dub. In the film, he is played by ]. Fujimura felt that Watari's presence would "come alive" if Fujimura projected "the mood of this mysterious old gentleman without the air of livelihood."<ref name="SinchewCast">"." '']''.</ref> | |||
===Associates of L Lawliet=== | |||
Watari's name was originally going to be "Shadow" in reference to being L's shadow, but the editor disapproved, which lead to the name "Watari", which references his role as a handler.<ref name="HowtoRead 60">"How to Think." ''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 60.</ref> The design team decided on Watari's design during the second chapter. Obata didn't put much thought into Watari's disguise because his face did not appear, but afterwards, the rough drafts had Watari as an elderly man with a single strip of hair. Obata decided to keep him as an old man because older characters were more fun to draw than youger ones because of the "weird angles" that could be created with their wrinkles, while younger characters may be designed as "attractive, normal, or ugly." Obata likes leather coats, so he had Watari wear one.<ref name="drawing design 131">"Takeshi Obata Production Note: Characters." ''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 131.</ref> Watari is Obata's third favorite human character because he likes older characters and that because Watari "seemed to be hiding a lot of ability" and "had depth."<ref name="HTR190"/> | |||
====Aiber==== | |||
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{{nihongo|'''Aiber'''|アイバー|Aibā}}, real name {{nihongo|Thierry Morello|ティエリ・モレロ|Tieri Morero}}, is a professional ] in the employ of L. He plays the role of {{nihongo|Eraldo Coil|エラルド・コイル|Erarudo Koiru}}, one of L's detective aliases, during the investigation of the Yotsuba Group. Aiber uses his initial "A", just like L, when communicating through computers. Aiber speaks many languages and uses many false identities. He also has a talent for using his good looks to convince women to pass information to him. Aiber enjoys living life on the edge and his biggest thrill comes from conning people.<ref name="EnglishHTR26">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 26.</ref><ref name="DeathNoteVolume5129">'']'' Volume 5. 129.</ref> | |||
After L's death, Light kills him using the Death Note. In the manga, Aiber dies from ] at a hospital in Paris, France with his family at his bedside.<ref name="EnglishHTR149">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 149.</ref><ref name="Volume7153">''Death Note'' Volume 7. '']''. 153.</ref> In the anime, he dies of a heart attack in front of his wife and son. He, like Wedy, is referenced to, but does not appear in, ''Death Note: Another Note''.<ref name="DN">''Death Note: Another Note'' (p 144)</ref> | |||
===Yotsuba Group=== | |||
The Yotsuba Group is a group of eight characters present in the anime and manga versions of ''Death Note''; the characters are 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. The group that holds the "Meetings of Death" consists of: | |||
* {{nihongo|'''Kyosuke Higuchi'''|火口 卿介|Higuchi Kyōsuke}} {{anime voices|Issei Futamata|Andrew Kavadas}} | |||
** ''How to Read 13'' describes Higuchi, the head of Technology Development, as a "greedy," "forceful," and "selfish" individual who uses 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> | |||
* {{nihongo|'''Shingo Mido'''|三堂 芯吾|Midō Shingo}} {{anime voices|Eiji Hanawa|Trevor Devall}} | |||
** 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 "seems" 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. | |||
* {{nihongo|'''Reiji Namikawa'''|奈南川 零司|Namikawa Reiji}} {{anime voices|Hirofumi Nojima|Ted Cole}} | |||
** Namikawa is the Vice President of Sales. He initially encourages the Yotsuba Kira. After receiving a telephone call from Light he ceases participation and observes the scenario. ''How to Read'' describes him as the "most talented" of the board members who has the potential to "make it to the top" without Kira.<ref name="HTR28"/> He has a talent in '']'' at the professional 4-dan level.<ref>''Death Note'' Volume 5. ]. 179.</ref> ''How to Read 13'' states that he detests useless subordinates. | |||
* {{nihongo|'''Eiichi Takahashi'''|鷹橋 鋭一|Takahashi Eiichi}} {{anime voices|Rintarō Nishi|David Orth}} | |||
** Takahashi is the Vice President of Yotsuba Material Planning Division and Yotsuba Homes. ''How to Read 13'' states that he "never had what it takes to be a true leader" and that he was selected to attend the meetings to "make Higuchi look good." The book adds that 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}} {{anime voices|Hiroyuki Yokoo|Brian Drummond}} | |||
** Shimura is the Head of Personnel. ''How to Read 13'' describes him 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. ''How to Read'' states that he does not like his predicament.<ref name="HTR30">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 30.</ref> | |||
* {{nihongo|'''Masahiko Kida'''|樹多 正彦|Kida Masahiko}} {{anime voices|Masaki Aizawa|Martin Sims}} | |||
** The Vice President of Rights and Planning, Kida controls the finances of the committee and contacts "Eraldo Coil." ''How to Read 13'' describes him as "calm and collected." However 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}} {{anime voices|Kiyoyuki Yanada|Michael Kopsa}} | |||
** 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. ''How to Read 13'' states that Ooi is "seemingly" a "tough guy who doesn't sweat the details."<ref name="HTR29"/> | |||
* {{nihongo|'''Arayoshi Hatori'''|葉鳥 新義|Hatori Arayoshi}} {{anime voices|Yukitoshi Tokumoto|Simon Hayama}} | |||
** The Vice President of Marketing, Hatori is the illegitimate son of the company president and uses this fact to benefit himself. ''How to Read 13'' states that he "appears to be something of a lightweight" and that he cannot handle the pressures of the meetings. After Hatori makes a "careless outburst" the Yotsuba Kira kills him.<ref name="HTR30"/> | |||
====Wedy==== | |||
Kyosuke Higuchi, the third "Kira," takes the Death Note.<ref>Volume 6, Issue 3. ''Shonen Jump'' (English). March 2006. '']''. 324.</ref> 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 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.<ref name="HTR151">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. '']''. 151.</ref> 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. | |||
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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" /> | |||
Tom S. Pepirium, an editor of '']'' website, describes Higuchi in a review of the ''Death Note'' episode "Performance" as having "more in common with ] than anyone from Death Note, announcing his nefarious plans to no one in particular. Even throwing in a few evil chuckles for good measure." <ref>"." '']''.</ref> | |||
===Associates of Kira=== | |||
====Conception and development of the Yotsuba Group==== | |||
====Kiyomi Takada==== | |||
Ohba created the characters as "] intended to make the main characters look good." Ohba said that he had always planned for Light to regain his status as Kira, so the specifics of a certain member of the Yotsuba group being Kira would not matter to the plot; Ohba wanted the readers to guess which of the characters was Kira. After seeing Obata's designs Ohba selected Higuchi as Kira. Ohba said that he wanted for Mido to appear to be "the most suspicious" of the Yotsuba group. Ohba added that he created the profiles of the characters while eating ] with the editor. He believes that he did not "put much thought" into the character profiles. He said that he included a lot of information to serve as ].<ref name="HowtoRead 64">"How to Think." ''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 64.</ref> | |||
{{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==== | |||
Obata said that he felt excited when he learned that he had to draw eight Kira characters. Obata said that he created the characters "in the mold of '']''" by giving each Yotsuba board member his own individual appearance. Obata said that he remembers making Mido and Namikawa look attractive to make the readers believe that they may be Kira.<ref name="drawing design 132">"Takeshi Obata Production Note: Characters." ''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 132.</ref> | |||
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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=== | |||
Ohba selected Higuchi to be Kira for several reasons. He used Mido as a "red herring" character and therefore he could not establish Mido as Kira. Takahashi, labeled "even more foolish than Higuchi" by other characters, is also a red herring. Once Namikawa received Light's telephone call he could not be Kira. Ohba said that Shimura "doesn't have the right personality." Ohba explained that if one would have to "be foolish" to use the Death Note and therefore the Yotsuba Kira would have to be "foolish" and "in Yotsuba's case, a very greedy person." Ohba said that he used the process of elimination to select Higuchi to be Kira.<ref name="HTR72">"How to Think." ''Death Note 13: How to Read''. Viz Media. 72.</ref> | |||
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> | |||
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====Raye Penber==== | ||
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===Aiber=== | |||
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{{nihongo|'''Aiber'''|アイバー|Aibā}}, whose real name is '''Thierry Morello''' ({{nihongo|'''Tierry Morrello'''|ティエリ・モレロ|''Tieri Morero''}} in the Japanese version), appearing in the anime and manga, 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. "Supposedly" he has a talent for using his "good looks" to convince women to pass information to him. Aiber enjoys "life on the edge" and his "biggest thrill" comes from conning people.<ref name="EnglishHTR26">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 26.</ref> Since he is a professional criminal, he is known solely in the underworld.<ref name="DeathNoteVolume5129">'']'' Volume 5. 129.</ref> | |||
{{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. | |||
He is known in the film series as '''Raye Iwamatsu''' (レイ・イワマツ, ''Rei Iwamatsu'') and is portrayed by ].<!--Please ensure "Raye Iwamatsu" stays mentioned in this section. "Raye Iwamatsu" redirects there. Removing the mentions means a Wikipedian reviewing redirects may not understand why "Raye Iwamatsu" redirects there. Additionally, while I (WhisperToMe) understand there is a desire to avoid fancruft, these sections still need to be comprehensive--> | |||
After L's death, in the manga Light kills him using the Death Note. Aiber dies from ] at a hospital in ], ] 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 Aiber dies in front of his family. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime, and ] in the English version. He (like Wedy) is referenced to, but does not appear in, Death Note: Another Note. | |||
] 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> | |||
Ohba said that he created Aiber and Wedy so he could use characters with "special abilities" to advance the storyline. He said that Aiber "did some things."<ref name="HTR65"/> | |||
According to Obata, his editor told him that Aiber was a "sarcastic, comic relief" character. Obata said that he wishes that he could have drawn Aiber to be "more comedic." Obata believes that if he drew Aiber and Wedy to look "a little bit more original," Ohba could have included the characters in a larger role in ''Death Note''.<ref name="drawing design 132"/> | |||
===Criminals and initial victims=== | |||
*An unemployed 42-year old man, {{nihongo|'''Kurou Otoharada'''|音原田 九郎|Otoharada Kurō|Romanized as ''Kuro Otoharada'' in the Japanese ''How to Read''}} is the first criminal that Light kills in the anime and manga versions. Otoharada's name is announced on television as he holds eight hostages in a nursery school. | |||
*{{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 chasing a woman, Light writes his name down with a death by traffic accident. A truck slams into Shibuimaru's motorcycle, killing him. In the manga, Shibuimaru and his group harass the woman, while in the anime the men try to sexually assault her. In the manga Light feels some guilt since Shibuimaru is not a criminal. ] (Japanese) and ] (English) voice him in the anime. | |||
**In the first film Shibuimaru is a criminal who was never prosecuted for killing five children. Light finds his name in a police database after he hacks onto the NPA server. Light finds Shibuimaru in a lounge, bragging about the fact that he was not prosecuted. When a man asks Shibuimaru how he felt, Shibuimaru brags about his acquittal and laughed at the fact that parents of his victims screamed when they discovered the acquittal. Shibuimaru finds Light looking over his shoulder and threatens the law student with a knife. Shibuimaru backs away and laughs, taunting Light by stating that no-one can prosecute him. At a later point, Shibuimaru sees Light at a train crossing, gawking at the law student. Light, who had previously killed another criminal, writes Shibuimaru's name into the Death Note. As a train passes between Light and Shibuimaru, the criminal collapses of a heart attack. | |||
*{{nihongo|'''Lind L. Tailor'''|リンド・L・テイラー|Rindo Eru Teirā}} is a convicted criminal sentenced to die; this information was kept secret from the public. L places Tailor as a dummy on television. 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 and that Kira is in Kanto. ] (Japanese) and ] (English) voice Tailor in the anime. ] portrays Tailor in the film. | |||
*{{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> ] (Japanese) and ] (English) voice Osoreda in the anime. Osoreda also appears in the first film. | |||
===Federal Bureau of Investigation=== | |||
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> | |||
====Steve Mason==== | |||
'''Steve Mason''' ({{nihongo|'''Steeve Maison'''|スティーブ・メイスン|''Sutību Meisun''}} in the Japanese version), appearing in the anime and manga, is the head of the ]. He assists L in investigating the Japanese police and withdraws FBI involvement after the agents die. At a later point he helps Near create the SPK. Mason dies due to the Death Note. | |||
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> | |||
] voices him in Japanese, with ] providing his voice in English. | |||
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====Naomi Misora==== | ====Naomi Misora==== | ||
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{{nihongo|'''Naomi Misora'''|南空 ナオミ|''Misora Naomi''}} is the fiancée of Raye Penber. Described by ''How to Read'' as formerly a "first rate" FBI agent<ref name="HTR25">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. '']''. 25.</ref>, Naomi left the Bureau in October of 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, described by ''How to Read'' as having a "remarkable investigative ability,"<ref name="HTR25"/> decides to take part in the Kira case herself. 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. | |||
{{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> | |||
In the live-action films her character, played by ], plays a larger role in the story. After witnessing her fiancé die at the hands of Kira, an enraged Naomi decides to investigate the case herself. Beginning with Light as her prime suspect she uses Shiori to get to him. Using the alias Shoko Maki to protect herself and with a strong belief that Light is Kira, she tries to make him confess that he is. However, her real name is uncovered by Light through the wedding documents held by the church where she and Raye had planned to marry. Naomi's fate ends in a similar manner to the anime and manga as she is forced to commit suicide, the only exception being she takes the life of Shiori before doing so. Her character also makes a brief appearance in '']''. | |||
She is also a key character in the 2006 film '']''. | |||
For the production and filming of the movie, Seto stated that she "tried to project that awesome spirit" of Naomi, referring to the character's tenacity and drive while trying to defeat Kira.<ref name="SinchewCast"/> | |||
====Steve Mason==== | |||
Naomi is one of the central characters in the spinoff novel ''Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases'' by author ]. The story is set several years prior to the start of Death Note and focuses on a series of murder cases investigated by L with Naomi as his operative. The resulting capture of the muderer helped launch Naomi's reputation within the FBI. | |||
:{{voiced 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=== | |||
=====Conception and development of Naomi===== | |||
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. | |||
Naomi's character was originally intended to have a larger role in the storyline which included investigating possible suspects for the Kira Case and expanded interaction with her fiancé. However, once Raye's character was killed author Tsugumi Ohba believed that having Naomi search for Kira was a "natural and interesting development" in the story. Within the cast of characters at the time Sayu was the only notable female. In adding Naomi, Ohba could finally have the "cool" female character he had always wanted. He initially planned for Naomi to have a long involvement in the story but underestimated the character's deductive abilities. Because she was able to uncover crucial plot information "faster than...thought", Ohba decided to end her character early or face complications with the story development later on. He described the storyline issue of Naomi as the greatest difficulty that he created for himself since the beginning of the series.<ref name="howtothink 63"/> | |||
====Kyosuke Higuchi==== | |||
According to artist Takeshi Obata, after hearing about the storyline he looked forward to drawing her character since it would be his first time designing one like Naomi. Using the color black to convey her mourning over her fiancé he gave Naomi a leather jacket then designed her face and hair to match her clothes. Because of this ordering Obata states that Naomi was essentially "born from her clothes".<ref name="drawing design 131"/> | |||
:{{voiced by|]|Andrew Kavadas}} | |||
{{nihongo|'''Kyosuke Higuchi'''|火口 卿介|Higuchi Kyōsuke}} is the third "Kira", receiving the Death Note from Rem, who was instructed to give it to a "greedy, forceful, and selfish" individual who would use the Death Note to attain a higher status that was out of his reach.<ref name="HTR28">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 28.</ref><ref name="Volume 6 2006">Volume 6, Issue 3. ''Shonen Jump'' (English). March 2006. '']''. 324.</ref> He was the head of Technology Development at the Yotsuba Corporation, and is part of the ], eight members of the Yotsuba Corporation that use the Death Note to kill individuals from competing companies to dominate the business industry. He is introduced with a major main antagonist in série/mangá ]. Due to his brash attitude and ineptitude, the other members eventually figured out that he is Kira. | |||
When he receives the Death Note, he is instructed by Rem to carry out routine killings of criminals, then do whatever he pleases with the Note outside of the killings. He then meets weekly with the rest of the Yotsuba Group to discuss the killing of key individuals from competing companies to maintain dominance in the business industry. While they realize that one of them is Kira, they initially do not know it is Higuchi. During L's probe on the group, Higuchi kills Hatori after Hatori produced a "careless outburst."<ref name="HTR30" /> Rem aids the capture of Higuchi by revealing his identity to Misa. Misa reveals her admiration of Kira and uses her status as the second Kira to get him to propose to her and admit to being Kira on tape. | |||
====Raye Penber==== | |||
{{nihongo|'''Raye Penber'''|レイ・ペンバー|Rei Penbā}} is an investigator from the FBI, sent to Japan with twelve other agents to aid in tracking down Kira early in the story. Described by ''How to Read'' as a "talented" agent,<ref name="HTR25"/> Raye 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. Light manages to track him down and use him "as a ]"<ref name="HTR25"/> to kill the other members of his team. Light kills Raye soon after. Raye is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and ] in the English dub. In the films, he is known as {{Nihongo|'''Raye Iwamatsu'''|レイ・イワマツ|Rei Iwamatsu}} and he is played by ]. In the films he is a counter-terrorism agent headquartered in ], ]. | |||
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> | |||
Ohba said that at the beginning he thought of the idea of the FBI going after Light, and so he created Raye to fill the plot point.<ref name="howtothink 63"/> | |||
====Other members of the Yotsuba Group==== | |||
Obata said that as Raye was of mixed American and Japanese descent, Obata "struggled over his design" and tried to make Penber look more non-Japanese. Obata said that he wishes that he could have "drawn him a bit better."<ref name="drawing design 131"/> | |||
;{{nihongo|'''Shingo Mido'''|三堂 芯吾|Midō Shingo}} | |||
:{{voiced by|Eiji Hanawa|]}} | |||
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. | |||
;{{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. | |||
Hosokawa said that when he portrayed Raye he built Raye's "strength, tenderness and the feeling of mortification."<ref name="SinchewCast"/> | |||
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===SPK=== | ||
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. | |||
{{nihongo|'''Hideki Ide'''|伊出 英基|''Ide Hideki''}}, appearing in the anime and manga, is one of the few police officers who remains 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. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and ] in the English dub. | |||
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====Anthony Rester==== | ||
:{{voiced by|Masaki Aizawa|]}} | |||
Ohba said that Ide reappeared since Ohba wanted to use Ide during the Higuchi arrest; according to Ohba having Ide reappear would create "a nice solidarity scene" and that using more characters would make the arrest "better."<ref name="HowtoRead 61"/> | |||
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==== | |||
Obata said that he liked Ide because he could understand the mental process of Ide leaving and rejoining the team. Obata said that he finds it easier to draw characters that reveal their motivations for their actions.<ref name="drawing design 130"/> | |||
:{{voiced by|]|]}} | |||
{{nihongo|'''Halle Lidner'''|ハル・リドナー|Haru Ridonā}}, real name {{nihongo|Halle Bullook|ハル・ブロック|Haru Burokku}}, works for Near as part of his investigation team. Halle is a former CIA agent who leaks information to Mello in order to increase the chances of Kira being caught. | |||
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====Stephen Gevanni==== | ||
:{{voiced by|]|]}} | |||
{{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 {{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. | |||
{{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> | |||
*In the manga and anime, 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, Mikami kills him for being greedy, and he is replaced by Takada. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and ] in the English dub. | |||
*In the films, he is played by ]. | |||
===Yitzak Ghazanin=== | |||
'''Yitzak Ghazanin''' ({{nihongo|'''Isak Gathane'''|イサク・ガザン|''Isaku Gazan''}} in the Japanese version), real name {{nihongo|'''Joe Morton'''|ジョー・モルトン|''Jō Moruton''}} and appearing in the manga, is the head of a special forces unit that is stationed in the ]. The captain's team raids Mello's hideout to recover the Death Note. The mafia, aided by Sidoh, kill him and his team. He does not make an appearance in the anime, as these events are not included. | |||
===Koreyoshi Kitamura=== | |||
{{nihongo|'''Koreyoshi Kitamura'''|北村 是良|Kitamura Koreyoshi}}, the NPA deputy director, is Soichiro's superior. He feels weighted by Yotsuba's pressure. ] voices Kitamura. ] provides his voice in English. ''How to Read 13'' states that he "isn't a bad guy."<ref name="HTR23"/> | |||
===Mafia=== | ===Mafia=== | ||
The Mafia |
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==== | ====Rod Ross==== | ||
:{{voiced by|Masaki Aizawa| ]}} | |||
'''Rod Ross''' ({{nihongo|'''Rodd Los'''|ロッド・ロス|''Roddo Rosu''}} in the Japanese version), real name '''Dwhite Gordon''' ({{nihongo|'''Dwhite Godon'''|ドワイト・ゴードン|''Dowaito Gōdon''}} in the Japanese version) is the head of the ]. Ross follows Mello's orders. His name is easily known, so Light kills him. | |||
{{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. | |||
====Jack Neylon==== | |||
] voiced Ross in the anime. ] plays Rod Ross in the English Version. | |||
:{{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=== | |||
When asked by an interviewer who the most "evil" character in ''Death Note'' is, Ohba replied Ross, citing that Ross is "pretty darn evil" as he is the leader of the mafia.<ref name="HTR191">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. '']''. 191.</ref> | |||
====Rem==== | |||
: {{Voiced by|]|Colleen Wheeler}} | |||
{{Nihongo4|'''Rem'''|レム|Remu}} is the Shinigami who gives Misa her Death Note. Like Ryuk, Rem possesses two Death Notes; however, Rem did not get hers through trickery. The Shinigami Gelus, who had fallen in love with Misa, intentionally killed someone who was going to murder Misa. Since he had knowingly used his Death Note to extend a human life (a violation of Shinigami law), he was reduced to ash, leaving only his Death Note. Touched by this act, Rem delivered Gelus's Death Note to Misa, since it was her life that he saved. Her appearance is quite skeletal, with long, spinal cord-like arms and bone-like skin. | |||
While Ryuk takes amusement in everything in the human world, Rem is almost the exact opposite. She views most humans with contempt, seeing Shinigami as the more evolved race. Also, while Ryuk is ] to Light's success or failure, Rem actively assists Misa, having inherited Gelus's love for her. She is even willing to sacrifice her life to defend Misa, as evidenced by her threat to kill Light should Misa die before her time. For Misa's sake, however, she still assists Light in his schemes, although she despises Kyosuke Higuchi, the human she gave the Death Note to and calls the Yotsuba Group "disgusting creatures" due to them using the Death Note for personal gain. Amusingly, Rem experiences difficulty while writing the ]. Light manages to force Rem to work for him by presenting a situation in which harm would come to Misa otherwise. As such, she dies when she writes L's name. | |||
====Jack Neylon==== | |||
{{nihongo|'''Jack Neylon'''|ジャック・ネイロン|''Jakku Neiron''}}, whose real is name '''Kal Snydar''' ({{nihongo|'''Kal Snyder'''|カル・スナイダー|''Karu Sunaidā''}} in the Japanese version), 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 performs the eye trade with him. Light uses the Death Note to have mail him the address of Mello's hideout. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime and ] in English. | |||
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====Gelus==== | ||
:{{voiced by|]|]}} | |||
*The mafia uses {{nihongo|'''Zakk Irius'''|ザック・イリウス|''Zakku Iriusu''}} (he uses his real name) to converse with the Japanese police at the airport. The organization kills Irius after he guides Soichiro to the correct aircraft. He dies by heart attack when the airplane lands; his gang wrote his name in the Death Note. | |||
{{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. | |||
*'''Glen Humphreys''' ({{nihongo|'''Gurren Hangfreeze'''|グレン・ハンフリーズ|''Guren Hanfurīzu''}} in the Japanese version), real name {{nihongo|'''Ralph Bay'''|ラルフ・ベイ|''Rarufu Bei''}}, is a veteran gang member. The Death Note kills him prior to the police raid. | |||
*'''Rashual Bid''' ({{nihongo|'''Rushuall Bid'''|ラシュアル・ビッド|''Rashuaru Biddo''}} in the Japanese version), real name {{nihongo|'''Al Meem'''|アル・ミーム|''Aru Mīmu''}}, is a veteran gang member. When Kira eliminates the gang he dies with most of the members. | |||
*'''Miller''' is a member who was used as a test subject as to whether the Death Note was real during the exchange. He was killed because he was stealing drugs from the gang to sell, and was described as an "incompentent guy". | |||
*'''Jose''' is not affected by the Death Note instructions that kill the other members. He fakes his death and fatally shoots Soichiro, he later dies when the rest of the Japanese Police enter the room and shoot him. | |||
*'''Roy''' and '''Skyer''' are not affected by the Death Note instructions that kill the other members. They attempt to retrieve the Death Note; the task force disarms and subdues the two, they later (presumably) die when Mello blow up the entire building. | |||
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====Sidoh==== | ||
:{{voiced by|]|]}} | |||
]{{nihongo|'''Matt'''|マット|''Matto''}}, whose real name is {{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''}}, is a cohort of Mello's. A character in the manga and anime versions, Matt was also a former resident of Wammy's orphanage; Ohba described him as the "third most talented member" of the house.<ref name="HowtoThink69"/> Matt is Mello's helper<ref name="HowtoThink69"/> as Matt performs does ] work and acts as an accomplice in Takada's kidnapping, which results in his death when he is shot by Takada's bodyguards. He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime. It is unknown yet who his english voice is. | |||
{{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. | |||
According to How to Read, Matt enjoys video games<ref name="HowtoThink69"/> and dislikes going out. He also seems to be a chain smoker. He uses his last breath to smoke his cigarette. He is also behind Near and Mello in succeeding L. | |||
====Armonia Justin Beyondormason==== | |||
Ohba said that he created Matt because when Mello started to act alone Ohba believed that he would find difficulty in advancing the story unless Mello had a character to interact with. Ohba said that to a reader Matt may appear to play video games and have no other actions, but he said that Matt's existence was "important" in the story.<ref name="HowtoThink69"/> In response to a question inquiring about which characters the creators had the most difficulty creating, Ohba cited Matt and said "I didn't even know what kind of person he was!"<ref name="HTR191"/> | |||
:{{voiced by|]|]}} | |||
{{nihongo4|'''Armonia Justin Beyondormason'''|アラモニア=ジャスティン=ビヨンドルメーソン|Aramonia-Jasutin-Biyondorumēson}}, is a briefly featured Shinigami who informs Sidoh that his Death Note was stolen by the Shinigami Ryuk and gives him the rules for different situations. As his names suggests, Justin's appearance is that of a skeleton adorned with all manner of jewellery. Justin is the right-hand man of the Shinigami King and sits on a throne. Highly intelligent, Justin knows everything there is to know about the Death Note, and Shinigami often go to him in trouble.<sup></sup> Justin provides Sidoh with several scrolls describing the various rules that Shinigami have for interacting with humans, which Sidoh uses to guide his interactions with Mello in the human world. The scrolls are not mentioned in the anime. | |||
====Midora==== | |||
Obata said that he did not receive advance notice regarding Matt, who had the character concept of "a young man who loves gaming and doesn't really care much about the world." Obata said that he remembered seeing the thumbnails and asking his editor "Who's this character?!" The thumbnails gave Matt a bowl haircut and goggles; Obata instead drew "what I liked." Obata added that he could "create Matt naturally" as he had a "he probably won't do much" mentality regarding characters introduced in the Near and Mello ect.<ref name="drawing design 136">"Takeshi Obata Production Note: Characters." ''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 136.</ref> | |||
{{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> | |||
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====Shinigami King==== | ||
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> | |||
{{nihongo|'''Roger Ruvie'''|ロジャー・ラヴィー|''Rojā Ravī''}}, appearing in the manga and anime versions, acts as the manager of Wammy's House when Watari is not present; he is aware of the statuses of L and Watari. At the end of the manga he becomes the new Watari for Near. | |||
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> | |||
He is voiced by ] in Japanese and ] in English. | |||
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=== Sachiko Yagami === | ||
:{{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=== | |||
The characters in the Special Provision for Kira, usually abbreviated 'SPK', appear solely in the anime and manga versions. The SPK is a group of "elite" anti-Kira ] 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> | |||
:{{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=== | |||
Ohba said that, in terms of visual character design, he wrote descriptions such as "Commander" and "Spy" in rough drafts. He let Obata create the rest of the details.<ref name="HowtoThink68">"How to Think." ''Death Note How to Read 13''. '']''. 68.</ref> | |||
{{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=== | |||
Obata said that he drew the SPK "without thinking too much" when the group first appeared in Chapter 60. Obata heard that Mello send a spy so he tried to make a character look "suspicious looking." Obata said that he had to "work hard" on all of the characters since he did not know which ones would survive. Obata said that he believes that his drawing skills relating to "foreign characters" are poor; he says that he imagines the characters being "from so far away" and that he forgets how to draw them.<ref name="drawing design 136"/> | |||
:{{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. | |||
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===Koreyoshi Kitamura=== | ||
:{{voiced by|]|Howard Siegal}} | |||
{{nihongo|'''Stephen Gevanni'''|ステファン・ジェバンニ|''Sutefan Jebanī''}}, whose 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. | |||
{{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" /> | |||
===Kanichi Takimura=== | |||
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> | |||
'''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=== | |||
He is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime. With ] providing the English voice. | |||
{{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=== | |||
Ohba described Gevanni as a "good-looking hotshot" who received an invitation to join Near's team because of his skills.<ref name="HowtoThink69"/> | |||
====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. | |||
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====Takuo Shibuimaru==== | ||
:{{voiced by|]|]}} | |||
{{nihongo|'''Halle Lidner'''|ハル・リドナー|Haru Ridonā}}, whose real name is {{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. She is voiced by ] in the Japanese anime with ] providing the English voice. | |||
{{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==== | |||
Ohba said that Halle, who has a "strong core," wanted to capture Kira as the Yotsuba Kira killed an acquaintance "close to her."<ref name="HowtoThink68"/><ref name="HTR32">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 32.</ref> | |||
:{{voiced by|Yukitoshi Tokumoto|John Murphy, Matt Lagan}} | |||
{{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. | |||
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====Kiichiro Osoreda==== | ||
:{{voiced by|]|]}} | |||
Commander {{nihongo|'''Anthony Rester'''|アンソニー・レスター|''Antonī Resutā''}}, real name {{nihongo|'''Anthony Carter'''|アンソニー・カーター|''Antonī 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. ''How to Read'' states that Rester's "quiet personality" and physical capabilities serve useful functions in the SPK. The book also states that Rester is "far below" Near in terms of intellectual prowress.<ref name="HTR31"/> | |||
{{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== | |||
Rester is voiced by ] in Japanese with ] providing the English voice. | |||
===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. | |||
Ohba said that Rester was the captain of special forces squad before joining Near's team.<ref name="HowtoThink68"/> | |||
====Other SPK members==== | |||
*{{nihongo|'''Ill Ratt'''|イル・ラット|''Iru Ratto''}}, real name {{nihongo|'''Shawn Dunleavy'''|ショーン・ダンリービー|''Shōn Danrībī''}}, is a member of the SPK who is also a spy for Mello. He dies due to the Death Note by shooting himself in the head. | |||
*'''John McEnroe''' ({{nihongo|'''John Matckenraw'''|ジョン・マッケンロー|''Jōn Makkenrō''}} in the Japanese version), real name {{nihongo|'''Larry Conners'''|ラリー・コナーズ|''Rarī Konāsu''}}, is a SPK member and FBI officer. When his members were purged his death is assumed. He is voiced in English by ]<ref name="HTR32">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 32.</ref> | |||
*'''Ellickson Gardner''' ({{nihongo|'''Ellickson Guardner'''|エリクソン・ガードナー|''Erikuson Gādonā''}} in the Japanese version), real name {{nihongo|'''Ellickson Thomas'''|エリクソン・トーマス|''Erikuson Tōmasu''}}, is a SPK member who dies from the Death Note after an SPK leak; he succumbs to a heart attack.<ref name="HTR32">''Death Note: How to Read 13''. ]. 32.</ref> | |||
===Ryotaro Sakajo=== | ===Ryotaro Sakajo=== | ||
{{nihongo|'''Ryotaro Sakajo'''|坂城 良太郎|Sakajō Ryōtarō}} is a character |
{{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. | ||
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===Shiori Akino=== | ||
{{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}} | |||
{{anime voices|Ai Satō|Saffron Henderson}} | |||
], director of the film, said that he created Shiori after reading the original ''Death Note'' manga.<ref name="WhoShioriTheStar" /> In an interview printed in '']'', the creators of the film stated that Shiori was added to the story to highlight Light's negative aspects. Kaneko said that he needed Shiori to "deliver Light's badness to the audience."<ref name="WhoShioriTheStar" /> | |||
{{nihongo|'''Sachiko Yagami'''|夜神 幸子|''Yagami Sachiko''}} is 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. She is portrayed by ] in the live-action films. | |||
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> | |||
Artist Takeshi Obata did not have any real concept behind the design of Sachiko stating his difficulty in drawing female characters who played minor roles.<ref name="drawing design 130"/> Author Tsugumi Ohba considers both Sachiko and Sayu as the purest characters in the series stating that he could not "sense any evil or twistedness from these two at all." The Yagami family is thought to be the most "pitiful" characters in the book by both creators with Ohba later adding that he felt sympathy for mother and daughter.<ref name="HTR192"/> | |||
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====Maki Nikaido==== | |||
{{anime voices|Haruka Kudō|Kelly Metzger}}, and ] (English). | |||
:{{portrayed by|]}} | |||
{{nihongo|'''Maki Nikaido'''|二階堂 真希|Nikaido Maki}} is a 10-year-old schoolgirl and the daughter of Dr Kimihiko Nikaido. Her mother was presumably deceased prior to the events of the film. She shared a close bond with her father's assistant Dr Kimiko Kujo (also known as K) before the murder of her father. Maki appeared as a pretty girl with chin-length black hair with her bangs covering her eyebrows, and wherever she goes, she was always seen carrying a teddy bear that contains a recording of her mother's voice. She was also shown to be sensible, calm and kind and caring towards her kin, though she can be quite ruthless towards those whom she hated (notably Kujo for killing her father). | |||
After witnessing her father's death at the hands of Kujo, who was in fact, the leader of the bioterrorist group who created the virus that destroyed a Thai village, Maki fled the laboratory with the virus sample and antidote formula her father inexplicitly entrusted to her to pass to Watari, and eventually she reached L's headquarters and sought refuge from him. Soon after, Kujo and her associates reached L's headquarters, having traced Maki's whereabouts and there, Maki faces them alone in a corridor. Filled with hatred towards Kujo for causing her father's death, Maki injected herself with the virus and was about to kill Kujo (and herself was going to get shot too) when L rescued her, taking her and Near out of the headquarters and managed to flee from the terrorists with the help of ] agent Hideaki Sugura. Somehow, Maki did not show any symptoms even after she had injected herself with the virus; this led to the terrorists to speculate that Maki may have the antidote injected inside her (later on, when L met Dr Nikaido's lab partner Koichi Matsudo, Matsudo tested Maki and reasoned that Maki's apparent immunity to the virus was due to her low blood sugar, and this made the virus to not have sufficient energy from infecting her). | |||
{{nihongo|'''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 or his identity as Kira. In the manga and anime, 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 and later becomes unresponsive to everyone. In the live-action films her character is portrayed by actress ]. | |||
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. | |||
Though not having any real concept behind Sayu's design, artist Takeshi Obata states that he often encounters difficulty in drawing female characters not central to the storyline.<ref name="drawing design 130"/> Author Tsugumi Ohba considers Sayu and her mother as the one of the purest characters in the series stating that he could not "sense any evil or twistedness from these two at all." Both creators added that they considered the Yagami family to be the most pitiful characters in the book; Ohba later adding feeling sympathy for Sayu and her mother.<ref name="HTR192"/> | |||
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. | |||
===Sanami=== | |||
{{nihongo|'''Sanami'''|佐波}} only appears in the film adaptation of ''Death Note'', portrayed by ]. She is the only female team member of the Kira investigation team, 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. | |||
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. | |||
===Shiori Akino=== | |||
{{nihongo|'''Shiori Akino'''|秋野 詩織|Akino Shiori}} is a film-exclusive character, portrayed by ]. She is Light's girlfriend, classmate at {{nihongo|To-Oh University|東応大学|''Tōō Daigaku''}}<ref>. ''Death Note: The Last Name''</ref>, 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. Shiori argues with the "pro-Kira" Light, unaware of the fact that Light is Kira. Kashii describes Shiori as a "very innocent" and "ordinary" girl who "believes in justice." Kashii believed that Shiori's way of thinking is closest to that of audiences of the ''Death Note'' film.<ref name="WhoShioriTheStar">"." '']''.</ref> | |||
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. | |||
Shusuke Kaneko, 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.<ref>http://raws.kefi.org/random/dn01movie.jpg</ref> Kaneko said that he needed Shiori to "deliver Light's badness to the audience."<ref name="WhoShioriTheStar"/> | |||
====Kimiko Kujo==== | |||
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"/> | |||
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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. | |||
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 do to "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>"." '']''.</ref> | |||
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. | |||
===United States Executive Branch=== | |||
====David Hoope==== | |||
{{nihongo|'''David Hoope'''|デイビット・ホープ|''Deibitto Hōpu''}} is the ] in the storyline. He assists in the formation of Near's SPK, and provides information and funding to Mello under threats of the Death Note. He turns to Light, believing that he is 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. ''How to Read 13'' states "It's believed that Kira disposed of him."<ref name="HTR35">''Death Note: How to Read 13.'' '']''. 35.</ref> | |||
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. | |||
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. ] provides the English voice, and uses an slight impersonation of ]. | |||
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. | |||
====George Sairas==== | |||
'''George Sairas''' ({{nihongo|'''George Psyeruth'''|ジョージ・サイラス|''Jōji Sairasu''}} in the Japanese version) is the ] in the manga version. 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. ''How to Read 13'' describes Sairas as "weak-willed" and "clearly lacking as a leader."<ref name="HTR35"/> | |||
After the police arrive, Kujo and her surviving associates are arrested. | |||
===Wedy=== | |||
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{{nihongo|'''Wedy'''|ウエディ|Uedi}}, real name '''Marrie Kenwood''' ({{nihongo|'''Merrie Kenwood'''|メリー・ケンウッド|''Merī Kenuddo''}} in the Japanese versions<!-- Her OFFICIAL name in the original Japanese version is Merrie, not Mary according to the Japanese Death Note: How to Read 13. !-->), 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. Since she is a professional criminal, she is known solely in the underworld.<ref name="DeathNoteVolume5129"/> | |||
====Tsukuru Mishima==== | |||
:{{portrayed by|]<ref name="ann">{{cite news |last=Antonio Pineda|first=Rafael|url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-26/screen-daily-unveils-2016-death-note-film-new-visual/.99110|title= Screen Daily Unveils 2016 Death Note Film's New Visual|date= February 26, 2016|access-date= February 26, 2016|work= ]}}</ref>}} | |||
{{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==== | |||
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; Mary Kenwood dies in a ] accident<ref name="EnglishHTR26"/> in ]. She is voiced by ] in the Japanese version and ] in the English version. She (like Aiber) is referenced to, but does not appear in, Death Note: Another Note. | |||
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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==== | |||
Ohba said that he created Aiber and Wedy so he could use characters with "special abilities" to advance the storyline. He said that he wanted to use Wedy more than Aiber. As an example he explained a scenario involving Light controlling Wedy, making her place cameras in the headquarters so Misa could see L's face "... or something."<ref name="HTR65"/> | |||
:{{portrayed by|]<ref name="ann"/>}} | |||
{{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. | |||
====Arma==== | |||
According to Obata, he drew Wedy as a female model as he did not know what kind of character she would be. Obata added that Wedy has the "stereotypical female spy look." Obata believes that if he drew Aiber and Wedy to look "a little bit more original," Ohba could have included the characters in a larger role in ''Death Note''.<ref name="drawing design 132"/> | |||
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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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{{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. | |||
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'''Beyond Birthday''', a character exclusive to the Death Note spin-off novel, "Death Note: Another Note", is a crazed serial murderer bent on surpassing L - not by being the world's greatest detective, but by being the world's greatest criminal. Originally came from Wammy's House, like L, Mello, and Near, he was known as B; which stood for "Backup". He was born with ], so he could see when humans would die, and their names. | |||
====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==== | |||
He acted and dressed like L during Naomi and L's investigation, calling himself '''Rue Ryuuzaki''' so he could fool Naomi Misora. He was always in heavy makeup when with Naomi, so his true apperance is unknown. He killed 3 victims, Backyard Bottomslash, Quarter Queen, and Believe Bridesmade . He attempted to commit suicide at the end of the novel, by setting himself on fire. At the very end of the novel, the narrator states that Beyond died of a heart attack several years late. Due to the description of the heart attack ("mysterious"), and considering it took place in 2004 (January 21st), he may have been a victim of Light as Kira. | |||
:{{portrayed by|Jack Ettlinger}} | |||
'''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==== | |||
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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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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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