Characters — Browse every character across the manga and anime catalogue

Anthony Carter

Anthony Lester is the Captain of a special force squad, and is now the SPK's number 2 and its operation leader. He can be seen as Near's guardian and personal assistant, simil

Arayoshi Hatori

Arayoshi Hatori is one of the eight members of the Yotsuba Group.

Carl Darlingbin

After the founding of the SPK, Ratt walked outside their HQ and asked a citizen to borrow his phone so that he could inform Mello with information on the Death Note that he had fou

David Hoope

He is the President of the United States. He gives permission to form the SPK after having a discussion with Near. He is threatened by Mello with the Death Note, forced into giving

Dwhite Gordon

He s the leader of the Mafia organization that Mello joins after leaving Wammy's House.

Eiichi Takahashi

He is the Vice President of Yotsuba Material Planning Division and Yotsuba Homes. He's never had what it takes to be a true leader and was selected to attend the meetings to make H

Eriko Aizawa

She is the wife of Shuichi Aizawa and mother of Yumi Aizawa and a baby son. She and her children are usually sad because Aizawa is overworked and unable to spend time with them.

George Cyrus

He is the Vice President of the United States in the manga. When David Hoope dies, Sairas becomes the President in his place. He capitulates to Kira and officially announces his su

Guuk

Guuk is one of the thirteen shinigami, he has what looks to be a rams skull for is head and fair patches around his body. His shingami rank is seven and he is often seen gambling w

Halle Bullook

Halle Lidner, real name Halle Bullook, works for Near as part of his investigation team, along with Gevanni and Rester. She is mentioned to be a former CIA agent.

Hideki Ide

Hideki Ide is one of the few police officers who remains with Souichirou Yagami during the Kira Investigation. However, he swiftly leaves when begins to disagree with L's meth

Hirokazu Ukita

Hirokazu Ukita is the most emotional of the Kira investigation team that is lead by L.

Hitoshi Demegawa

Hitoshi Demegawa is a publicity hound and the director of Sakura TV.

Jealous

Jealous only appears in a flashback when Rem explains a method to kill a Shinigami. In this flashback, Rem recalls Jealous watching over a woman in the human world. Surprised by hi

Kanichi Takimura

He is the head of the Japanese National Police Agency.

Kanzo Mogi

One of the most dedicated members of the investigation team. Little else is known of him. He remains mostly silent. This silence is marked when he refuses to answer Near's que

Kiichiro Osoreda

He is a drug addict and a criminal used by Light to trick Raye Penber into revealing his FBI badge to Light so he can kill him.

Kiyomi Takada

Kiyomi Takada is the former college classmate and girlfriend of Light Yagami who later becomes Kira's spokeswoman on the NHN television station.

Koreyoshi Kitamura

He is the Deputy Director of the National Police Agency and Soichiro Yagami's superior. He and his family, as well as Yagami's, were investigated by FBI agent Raye Penber over the

Kyosuke Higuchi

Kyosuke Higuchi is the head of Technology Development at the Yotsuba Corporation and one of the eight members of the Yotsuba Group: a group inside of the Yotsuba Corporation that u

L Lawliet

L Lawliet is a world-renowned detective who takes on the challenge of catching Kira. In his investigation, L becomes suspicious of Light Yagami and makes it his goal to prove that

Larry Conners

McEnroe is an SPK member and FBI officer. He is sent to the Japanese National Police Agency HQ in order to request that the Death Note that they have is handed over to the United S

Light Yagami

Light is a third year high school student (12th Grade) at Daikoku Private Academy who also attends supplemental classes at Gamou Prep Academy in the beginning of the story. Light h

Lind L. Tailor

Lind L. Tailor is a convicted criminal sentenced to die. L places Tailor as a decoy on television in order to lure out Kira. Light, in a foolish rage, ends up killing Tailor with a