When asked about L's ethnicity, creator Tsugumi Ohba responded, "I think of him as a quarter French or Italian, as well as a quarter Russian or a quarter English." . Rumors of Kira's responsibility in the deaths causes Yotsuba's share prices to drop sharply. As such, she dies when she writes L's name. On Light's instruction, Rem delivers the Death Note to one of them. 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. Touta Matsuda ( , Matsuda Tta, (romanized as Tota Matsuda in Japanese media[12])) is the youngest member of the Kira investigation team. 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. But after a few days of killing criminals/hostages, "L", the best detective in the world yet an absurd guy, gets the job to find "Kira" and punish him for the murders he is committing. He, like Wedy, is referenced to, but does not appear in, Death Note: Another Note. 8. Light Yagami ( Japanese: , Hepburn: Yagami Raito) is the main protagonist of the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. 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. Sayu Yagami ( , Yagami Sayu) is Light's kindhearted younger sister. 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. [9] In the second Death Note rewrite special, Mikami is the one to kill the SPK (after Light blackmails the US president to leak information about the SPK, which he, in turn, forwards to Takada and Mikami), rather than the mafia, as shown in the manga. Players were able to earn 2 free crossover essences by linking their Identity V in-game IDs and sharing on one of 3 platforms. Commander Anthony Rester (, Anson Resut), real name Anthony Carter (, Anson Kt), is the second-in-command and the lead crime scene investigator. In the Matsuda spinoff short film, Sanami tries to help Touta Matsuda and passes him a note from Soichiro Yagami. Teru Mikami ( , Mikami Teru) is a criminal prosecutor, a fanatical supporter of Kira, and the fourth Kira. 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. He has blond hair, dresses extravagantly, and is rarely seen without a bar of chocolate.[5][6]. M, Takami Nieda (Translator) 4.20. 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. Mogi uses the alias Kanichi Moji ( , Moji Kan'ichi) to protect his identity. [31], Suguru Shimura is the Head of Personnel. Ranking Of The Smartest Characters In The Whole DEATH NOTE Franchise, Please Kindly Share Your Generous Opinions. [29], The Vice President of Rights and Planning, Masahiko Kida controls the finances of the committee and contacts "Eraldo Coil." Osoreda boards a bus and holds a gun to the driver's head. His remaining years are added to Misa's lifespan. 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. Osoreda empties his ammunition into Ryuk, who does not die. Naomi is one of the central characters in the spinoff novel Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases by author Nisio Isin. Beppo (, Bepo) is a gold-colored shinigami whose notebook is found by serial killer Sakura Aoi. Touched by this act, Rem delivered Gelus's Death Note to Misa, since it was her life that he saved. 10 Kiyoma Takada Arma (, ma) is a white female shinigami who becomes romantically involved with Ryuzaki after he finds her notebook. Death Note is a Japanese suspense and detective manga series. Leave me requests if you want a certain character included, and tell me if you want me to write a certain scenario or character trait. Kanzo Mogi ( , Mogi Kanz) is one of the most dedicated members of the Kira investigation team, but also one of the most reserved. 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. In the chapter, Ryuk's actions have made apples a commodity among the Shinigami. Death Notes Official Stats Appearances Voice Actors Live-Action Actors " Kira is childish, and he hates losing. Aaron Peltz. 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. Light uses the Death Note to have him mail the address of Mello's hideout. It centers around Light's attempt to create and rule a world cleansed of evil using the notebook and the efforts of . [11] He retrieves the note and learns Mello's real name but is unable to kill him and is instead fatally wounded. 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. [35] In the anime, Sairas is US president from the start. Episodes DEATH NOTE Death Note Release year: 2006 Mogi rarely speaks, even when someone presents an opinion he agrees with. 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). Near trusts Rester and sometimes reveals certain information solely to Rester. She's a major character, but she's not the protagonist. 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. The wind rages outside the thin walls of your wooden cabin. The Death Note Crossover was a crossover that was announced on April 25th, 2021. You look at the meager . An unseen character in the main series, the Shinigami King governs the Shinigami and controls distribution of the Death Notes. Death Note ( Desu Nto?) Unmarked spoilers ahead! 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. Misa Amane ( , Amane 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 her parents' murderer. He is then betrayed by his fellow Yotsuba Group members, which involves Matsuda appearing on Sakura TV to reveal that Higuchi is Kira. Kujo, having collaborated with corrupt businessman Daisuke Matoba, initiated her group to infiltrate the facility she worked, and in the process, she allowed 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 was the same virus Kujo had earlier used to destroy a Thai village in the beginning of the film. 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. [35] In the second Rewrite special, the mafia plot is omitted, with Light instead blackmailing him to leak information about the SPK. Contents George Sairas (, Jji Sairasu) is the Vice President of the United States. She, like Aiber, is referenced to, but does not appear in, Death Note: Another Note.[20]. Warning! Shibuimaru rides a motorcycle and travels with a group of bikers. To regain his Note, Sidoh agrees to help Mello's gang against Near's SPK and the Kira investigation team. 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. [29], Takeshi Ooi is the Vice President of VT Enterprises. He becomes the leader of the investigation team afterward. 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. In the film, she simply drops it and it lands near Misa. Highly intelligent, Justin knows everything there is to know about the Death Note, and Shinigami often go to him in trouble. When Hoope dies Sairas becomes the President. The Shinigami King is regarded as a sort of father figure by lesser Shinigami, and is said to be almost immortal. The main characters of Death Note. Unbeknownst to her, Maki had witnessed her murdering Nikaido, which gave birth to hatred in the heart of the 10-year-old, who quickly escaped the facility with grief for her father's death. Using his Shinigami Eyes, he would intentionally kill people on their destined day of death. She is a member of the Task Force. After being exposed as the new Kira, Ryuzaki pardons Mishima and appoints him as his successor before his death. His name is also mentioned in L: Change the WorLd as the leader of an arms syndicate who deals with the mafia. Congratulations to the 2022 South Korean production of Death Note: The Musical for winning four awards at The 7th Korea Musical Awards! In order to hide his identity, he passes the notebook to cyber-terrorist Yuki Shien and loses his memories of being Kira. Light is aptly named because the player with white pieces moves first on the chess board. David Hoope (, Deibitto Hpu) is the President of the United States of America in the storyline. Due to length, it had to be split into subpages. 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. Despite being calm and collected, he is not able to deal with surprises, leading him to panic when "Eraldo Coil" asks for more money. Toward the end of Death Note, Tsugumi Ohba decided to make Aizawa the chief of the NPA because he did not want to create a new character in the final chapter. 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. 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. He becomes quite fond of Light throughout the series. Gevanni skillfully follows and monitors suspects and has abilities such as the skill of picking locks.[34]. However, Kujo and her associates managed to capture Maki upon reaching the harbour. He is also a fatherly figure to L. On the surface, he is Quillish Wammy (, Kirushu Waim), a famous inventor and founder of Wammy's House, an orphanage for gifted children in Winchester, England. His alias is Taro Matsui ( , Matsui Tar). However, she cannot see the lifespans of Death Note owners. 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". Her story begins and ends tragically. In 2015, Mishima kills Mikami in order to claim the notebook Light entrusted to his son, Hikari. Seeing Dr Nikaido succumbing to the virus, Kujo incinerated the laboratory which Nikaido was in, leaving him to die in the room. 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. Plus, Rem, also unlike Ryuk, cares deeply for the human she travels with. Later on, together with the infected passengers, Maki was brought to hospital. Stephen Gevanni (, Sutefan Jebann), real name is Stephen Loud (, Sutefan Raudo), works for Near as part of his investigation team. Matt was also a former resident of Wammy's orphanage, being one of its most talented despite his laziness. 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). Midora (, Mdora) is a large, salamander-like Shinigami with stubby limbs. Otoharada's name is announced on television as he holds eight hostages in a nursery school. Soichiro Yagami ( , Yagami Sichir) is Light's father and detective superintendent of Japan's National Police Agency. open/close all folders. Gelus (, Jerasu) appears in a flashback when Rem explains how to kill a Shinigami. L, in turn, stated that Kujo was wrong and asked her if the destruction is what Watari would have wanted (implying it would not). An older man, he works with L and seems to genuinely care for him, which is probably a hard task since L is constantly poking his nose in dangerous situations. Aiber (, Aib), real name Thierry Morello (, Tieri Morero), is a professional con man in the employ of L. He plays the role of Eraldo Coil (, Erarudo Koiru), one of L's detective aliases, during the investigation of the Yotsuba Group. From left to right: Misa Amane, Light Yagami, Ryuk, and L. The manga series Death Note features an extensive cast of fictional characters designed by Takeshi Obata with their storylines created by Tsugumi Ohba. 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". Steve Mason (, Sutbu Meisun) is the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 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. 1 Main characters 1.1 Light Yagami () 1.2 L 1.3 Misa Amane () 1.4 Near 1.5 Mello 1.6 Shinigami 2 Supporting characters 2.1 Kira Investigation Team 2.1.1 Soichiro Yagami 2.1.2 Touta Matsuda 2.1.3 Shuichi Aizawa 2.1.4 Kanzo Mogi 2.1.5 Hideki Ide 2.1.6 Hirokazu Ukita 2.2 Watari 2.3 Kiyomi Takada 2.4 Kyosuke Higuchi 2.5 Teru Mikami Hideki Ide ( , Ide Hideki) is one of the few police officers who remain with Soichiro during the Kira Investigation. As his names suggests, Justin's appearance is that of a skeleton adorned with all manner of jewellery. [11] After Light regains the Death Note from Mello, he returns it to Sidoh to keep him from interfering. Light in turn forwards this information to Takada and Mikami, and they kill the SPK. Since Misa has the Shinigami Eyes, she kills Ukita as soon as he approaches the door. [13] 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. Aizawa uses the alias Aihara () to protect his identity. Despite his work with children, he detests them. James Turner. Having fallen in love with Misa, Gelus uses his Death Note to kill Misa's destined murderer, a crazed stalker, against Rem's protests. Shiori argues with the "pro-Kira" Light, unaware of the fact that Light is Kira. He was killed by Kira using the Death Note. Matsuda believes that Near wrote in the Death Note to manipulate and restrict Mikami's actions. Matt is Mello's helper[15] 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. 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