*LIGH YAGAMI ( KIRA): Bored but brilliant 17 year old school student. He finds notebook that has power to kill people. He become owner of Death Note. By using Death Note he assumes the identity of “ Kira” (Japanese pronunciation of the word killer). He starts to kill the world’s criminals in order to build a new world ( utopia) without crime.
*LAWLIET (RYUZAKI HIDEKI /ERAL COIL / ESPECIALLY L): L is the world’s greatest dedective at only 24 years old. He refuses to show his face preferring to talk to investigators through a computer screen showing only the letter L. He takes on the Kira investigation . Kira’s investigation force L to show his face to small band of Japanese investigators / police. Investigators call him Ryzaki during investigation.
*RYUK: Shinigami ( death god) who dropped the Death Note to the world. Shinigami Ryuk is supposed to write names of people in the notebook in order to extend their own life. According to Ryuk, shinigamis life become so boring that they are just napping or gambling for centuries. Ryuk hopes to live exciting and extraordinary things in the world because he thinks that world and people is more interesting than shinigamis. Ryuk loves apples and become addicted to world’s juicy apples all the time.
*MISA AMANE (SECOND KIRA): Kira punished the criminal that killed Amane Misa’s parents. After that point Amane Misa wants to meet Kira. She met Shinigami Rem and becomes a owner of Death Note too. She used to power of Death Note and the identity of Second Kira to get close to real Kira. After meeting real Kira (Yagami Light), she loves him madly and become little puppet of Yagami Light
*NEAR ( Nate Rivers): After L’s death Near takes the Kira investigation by convincing the President of United States to form the Secret Provision for Kira (SPK) with selected CIA and FBI agents to help him. Similar to L, Near is unemotional and withdrawn, preferring to stay indoors most of the time. He sees the Kira investigation as a game; one which he could either win or lose. Near possesses impressive deductive powers and insight, being able to figure out the existence of the Death Note, and the true nature of Kira without ever meeting Light. In addition, he is always seen playing with toys and puzzles during his investigations.
*MIHAEL KHEEL (MELLO) : . He is always jealous of Near because of that he is determined to catch Kira before Near does.
Personality-wise, he is the exact opposite of Near and L. He acts on his emotions rashly and usually without thinking things through. This makes him unpredictable to both Light and Near. However, he is still highly intelligent, often figuring out details about the Death Note and Kira at the same time as Near
*TERU MIKAMI: a fanatical follower of Kira’s Kingdom who is chosen by Light to be the owner of Misa’s Death Note after it becomes too dangerous for Misa to have it. Mikami was a sensitive young boy with deep sense of justice who was incessantly beaten by bullies. He grows up believing that those who are evil should be “deleted” from this world. He is highly intelligent and works as a prosecuting attorney. Even though he appears calm and stoic, Mikami shows his psychological imbalance when he fervently writes in the Death Note while muttering to himself “delete.”
THE INVESTIGATION TEAM
*SOICHIRO YAGAMI: Light Yagami’s father and the detective superintendent of the Japanese National Police Agency. He is also the leader of the small group of investigators who are working on the Kira case under L’s command.
*TOUTA MATSUDA: naive and somewhat excitable member of the investigation team. He often does bold things and says things without thinking (often asking if what Kira is doing is a good thing). He serves as a comic relief sometimes and often expresses that he genuinely likes Misa and Light.
*KANZO MOGI: a member of the investigation team. He is often silent and not much is known about him. When he is tricked by Mello to be questioned by Near, Mogi shows his loyalty to Light and the rest of the NPA by not speaking. However, he is one of the first of the investigators to suspect that Light may be Kira.
*SHUICHI AIZAWA: is a member of the investigation team. He quits the team and remains in the police force after protesting L’s methods. However, he continues to help the team as a police officer. Upon L’s death, he returns to the investigation team and works under Light.However, he begins to grow increasingly suspicious of Light. He contacts Near and tells him of his suspicions
*WATARI (QUILLSH WAMMY): At first show as mysterious shadowed figure in coat who personally sets up meetings between L and his clients.He is soon revealed as an aging man who is L’s asistant and he is provideing logistics to the investigation team and back up as a sharp shooter.
SOURCE: http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/spring07/Astudillo/dncharacters.html
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