Stephen Gevanni

Stephen Gevanni (ステファン=ジェバンニ, Sutefan Jebanī) is an SPK member working for Near in order to catch Kira. In some online manga scanlations, his last name is sometimes mispelled as the more correct pronunciation of "Giovanni".

Appearance
Gevanni is a tall attractive man with black hair with bangs that hang just over his light blue eyes. He is always seen wearing a black suit and often keeps a gun on his person for security measures.

Character
Gevanni is very talented, having skills which include lock-picking, investigating, monitoring and following suspects, and even the ability to forge writing. Even after numerous deaths in the SPK, Gevanni remains a loyal member; this means that he is very trusting of Near. Moreover, he has a key role in Near's plans, and becomes essential to solving the case by following Teru Mikami, and subsequently forging a Death Note. This becomes a crucial part of Near's plan to catch Kira. Series creator Tsugumi Ohba described Gevanni as a "good-looking hotshot" who received an invitation to join Near's team because of his ridiculously amazing skills. According to Death Note: How To Read 13, Gevanni likes "ships in bottles" and dislikes "unreasonable superiors."

Plot
In most of his early scenes, Gevanni comes across as being in charge of the SPK's computers and communications, such as when he puts Near through to "L" (Light Yagami) during one of their online confrontations, or re-establishing communications when the SPK moves to a new HQ. He also drives Aizawa to and from the SPK's HQ for a meeting with Near. Gevanni starts to play a more important role when the team moves to Japan. When Near suspects Mikami of being the new Kira, Gevanni is assigned to shadowing the young prosecutor almost full-time. His meticulous analysis of Mikami's personal habits plays a role in both Light's and Near's plan, but will ultimately allow Near to realize Light's true intentions and as such to swap the true Death Note with a fake, forged in record time by Gevanni himself. In the one-shot chapter set three years after Light's death, while he doesn't have any speaking lines or real involvement, Gevanni can be seen with Anthony Rester and Halle Lidner during Near's broadcast to the world as L.