Humans

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These are the human characters in Death Note.

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Yagami Light
Light Yagami is the main protagonist of the series. At the start of the series, he discovers the Death Note and uses it to kill criminals, then becoming known to the people of Japan as "Kira" (based on the Japanese pronunciation of the English word "killer"). He is also known as Raito.

L
L, widely known only by the letter L, is a world renowned detective that takes on the challenge of catching the serial killer known only as Kira In his investigation. L becomes highly suspicous of Light Yagami, and makes it his goal to prove that Light is Kira.

Misa Amane
Misa Amane is a supporter of Kira, who eventually becomes the second Kira. After gaining a Death Note, she seeks out Kira in order to thank him for killing the man who murdered her family, and to offer him her help. Having made the trade for the Shinigami Eyes, Misa learns that the identity of Kira is Light Yagami. After a meeting with Light, she decides to dedicate her life to helping Light however she can, and becomes determined to use her eyes to uncover L's real name.

Near
Near is the youngest of L's two successors, raised in Watari's orphanage for gifted children (Wammy's House). After the death of L, Near begins his investigation of the Kira case, gathering evidence over a period of four years, Near takes his findings to the President of the United States and reveals himself to be the true successor of L. Soon after, Near becomes the head of the SPK and continues the hunt for Kira.

Mello
Mello is the oldest of L's two successors, raised at Wammy's House—Watari's orphanage for gifted children in Winchester, England. When Roger decides that Mello should work with Near to capture Kira, he refuses, citing an inability to work with somebody he is considered "second" to. He eventually seeks help from the Mafia.

Matt
Matt is an accomplice with the Kira case, acting as Mello's backup. He is also from Wammy house.

Watari
Watari is L's handler, as well as the supplier of logistics to the Japanese Task Force. He is also the founder of Wammy house and the man who recruited L.

Teru Mikami
Teru Mikami is a criminal prosecutor chosen as the new Kira by Light Yagami. Mikami takes ownership of the Death Note after Light feels it is much too dangerous for Misa Amane to keep it. He also performs an eye trade with Ryuk, earning him the Shinigami Eyes. When Mikami's decisions reveal that he can follow the thoughts and ideals of the first Kira, Light wonders if Mikami will become much-needed help, or a new threat.

Yagami Soichiro
Soichiro Yagami is Light Yagami's and Sayu Yagami's father, Chief of the NPA, and a police officer that initially leads the Japanese Task Force.

Touta Matsuda
Touta Matsuda is a young member of the NPA and the Japanese Task Force. He is considered by many of the characters as ignorant, but most commonly as an "idiot".

Naomi Misora
Naomi Misora is a former FBI agent and the fiancée of agent Raye Penber. After the death of Raye (who was a member of the FBI team being used by L, and charged with following the suspect Light Yagami), Naomi begins her own investigation into his death and comes to conclude that Kira is responsible. When Light Yagami overhears Naomi's plan to give her theory to the Task Force, he quickly decides to eliminate her.

Raye Penber
Raye Penber is an FBI agent investigating Light early on in the story. He is also Naomi Misora's fiancée. Unfortunately, he was killed by Light Yagami (Kira)'s Death Note, and could not live to report Kira's true identity.

Shuichi Aizawa
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Kanzo Mogi
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Hirokazu Ukita
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Hideki Ide
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Kiyomi Takada
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Kyosuke Higuchi
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Aiber
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Wedy
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