Kanzo Mogi

Kanzo Mogi (模木 完造, Mogi Kanzō) is one of the most dedicated members of the Kira investigation team, but also one of the most reserved. Mogi rarely speaks, even when someone presents an opinion he agrees with. He is shown to be an excellent actor, becoming an excited and cheery manager for Misa on demand and in seeming contradiction to his usual demeanor. Ironically he is killed by Misa early on in the second Death Note movie. He is voiced by Kazuya Nakai in the Japanese anime and John Murphy in the English dub. In the film, he is played by Kuji Nakamura.

Obata believes that Mogi's character design became not "very coherent" because Obata had not planned for Mogi to become a main character. Obata said that he did not draw Mogi "as a main character and then he lasts the whole series. [laughs]

Ohba believes that, if Mogi became the NPA chief by the end of the story, he would "lean toward L's side," with Near as L.