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Mail Jeevas

Matt is a cohort of Mello's. He does some espionage work for him and is an accomplice in Takada's kidnapping. He follows orders without question, usually smoking a cigarette as he

Mary Kenwood

Wedy, real name Mary Kenwood, 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 m

Masahiko Kida

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 collecte

Mihael Keehl

Mello is the older of L's two successors raised in Wammy's House, Watari's orphanage for gifted children, in Winchester, England, United Kingdom. Similar to L's fondness for sweets

Misa Amane

Misa is a famous model, singer and actress and has an immense crush on Light Yagami. She usually refers to herself in the third person by calling herself "Misa-Misa" and tends to b

Naomi Misora

Naomi is a former "first rate" FBI agent who is engaged to Raye Penber. She is very intelligent, however she often lets her feelings get in the way of her investigative abilities.

Nate River

Near is the younger of L's two successors raised in Wammy's House—Watari's orphanage for gifted children, in Winchester, England. Of the successors, Near is the more level-headed o

Nori

She is a friend of Misa Amane. She features in chapter 48 "Give-and-Take". During the Yotsuba investigation, Misa is not allowed to go anywhere without being escorted by Mogi. Misa

Quillsh Wammy

Watari 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 di

Raye Penber

Raye Penber is an American Investigator from the FBI, who was sent to Japan along with 11 other FBI agents to track down Kira. Raye was assigned to investigate the Yagami family fo

Reiji Namikawa

Namikawa is the Vice President of Sales of the Yotsuba Corporation. He initially encourages the Yotsuba Kira. He is seen as the "most talented" of the board members who has the pot

Rem

Rem is the Shinigami who first gives Misa her Death Note and Shinigami eyes. Similar to Ryuk, Rem possesses two Death Notes; she purposely gives a Death Note to Misa. Rem inherited

Roger Ruvie

Roger is the manager of the “Wammy’s House” whenever Watari is not present.

Ryuk

The original Shinigami who dropped the Death Note in the human world, which Light Yagami ended up picking up. Acting out of pure boredom, Ryuk begins the story of Death Note on a w

Sachiko Yagami

Mother of Light and Sayu.

Sayu Yagami

Light's younger sister.

Shidoh

Shidoh is a Shinigami whose Death Note is stolen by Ryuk. In fact, Ryuk takes his Note and gives it to Light, which becomes Higuchi's note and is finally passed on to Mello's gang

Shingo Midou

Shingo Midou is one of the eight members of the Yotsuba Group.

Shuuichi Aizawa

Aizawa is an intelligent, respected member of both the NPA and Task Force. He takes his work very seriously and chooses to work strictly within the law. Out of all the members in t

Souichirou Yagami

Souichirou Yagami is Light's father and the leader of the remains of his investigation team under L's command. He is a kind man with a strong sense of justice. He cares greatly for

Stephen Loud

Stephen works for Near as part of his investigation team, along with Lidner and Rester, and later plays an important role in stopping Kira. When suspicions arise towards Mikami, Ne

Steve Mason

He is the FBI director and a member of the SPK. He helped L in the Kira's investigation sending FBI agents to Japan but gave up after all the agents were killed by Kira. He was too

Suguru Shimura

He is the Head of Personnel in the Yotsuba Corporation. He is a very paranoid person, and always keeps a close eye on others. Shimura's ability to pay attention to small details al

Takeshi Ooi

He is the Yotsuba Vice President of VT Enterprises. He works with the Yotsuba Group as the eldest and "most influential" member and he appears to control the conferences. He indivi