Shiori Akino

Shiori Akino (秋野 詩織, Akino Shiori) is a character exclusive to the Death Note live-action film series. She is Light Yagami's girlfriend, classmate, and childhood friend.

Appearance
Shiori is a young woman, likely the same age as Light. She has long, dark hair and dark eyes.

Character
Shiori is a To-Oh University student who dreams of working in law enforcement. She feels some envy stemming from Light's good grades.

Shiori has a solid sense of right and wrong and is comfortable expressing her convictions. When Light takes bets for a basketball game and takes everyone's money, she calls it dirty money. Shiori disagrees with Kira's methods, stating that she does not like the terror they incite; she believes that the law should judge criminals. She argues with the "pro-Kira" Light, unaware of the fact that Light is actually Kira.

Shiori is shown to be shy; she won't kiss Light even when no one's in sight because they're in a public place. After the busjacking, she is so shaken that Light takes her to a hospital. She is a loyal friend, and never shows any doubt of Light when Naomi Misora confronts him.

Plot
During the first film, Shiori and Light are regularly together, and they discuss current events such as Kira.

When Light comes up with a plan to get Raye Iwamatsu's name by controlling the criminal Kiichiro Osoreda to hijack a bus, Shiori is on the bus with him. When they get off the bus, Light tells Iwamatsu to find him later if he wants to discuss anything, and leaves quickly with Shiori, since she is deeply shaken from the event.

When Naomi Misora begins investigating the death of her fiance Raye Iwamatsu, leading her to suspect Light, she introduces herself to Shiori under a false name. Shiori introduces Naomi to Light, but when Naomi's real intentions become clear, Shiori is quick to defend Light, and she and Light walk away.

Light orchestrates Shiori's death. According to the instructions in the Death Note, Naomi kidnaps Shiori, holds her hostage at Omei Art Gallery while trying to get a confession from Light, and then shoots Shiori once in the stomach and once in the chest when she tries to get away. Light does this by writing both Naomi and Shiori's names in the Death Note separately.

Shiori dies in Light's arms, and they kiss. As she dies, Naomi commits suicide by shooting herself in the head. Light uses this event as leverage to get onto the Task Force.

Shiori is posthumously in the second film, Death Note: The Last Name. Light and many others attend her funeral.

Creation
In an interview printed in Weekly Shonen Jump, the creators of the film stated that Shiori was added to the story to highlight Light's negative aspects.

Etymology

 * The name Shiori means "poetry, poem" (詩) (shi) and "weave, weaving" (織) (ori).
 * Shiori's surname Akino means "autumn" (秋) (aki) and "field, wilderness" (野) (no).

Trivia

 * In the French version, her last name is "Kashino".
 * In the manga, Yuri is the girl on the bus with Light during the busjacking. Unlike Shiori, who is shaken by the event, Yuri insists on continuing her date with Light.