Hideki Ide

Hideki Ide (伊出 英基 Ide Hideki) is a member of the Japanese Task Force. He helps coordinate their efforts, and performs actions such as organizing a blockade of police cars to trap Higuchi.

Character
He has a short fuse and hates foolishness, especially those that Matsuda does. He is a great friend of Aizawa and says he decided to join the team of L because of it.

Plot
He appeared along with other Task Force members who were watching on TV, L facing Kira. Once all of the other Task Force members have resigned, he along with others that decided to stay, were invited to meet L. However, he was angry that L by the method proposed to decrease the amount of Task Force members and he decided to leave too. He appeared again with a battalion of police to rescue Soichiro Yagami ofthe TV station, Sakura TV. After a while, he appeared among Aizawa, with several police cars, to block the passage of Higuchi to arrest him and then joins the team L by the end of the series.

Conception
Obata said that he liked Ide because he could understand his mental process when leaving and rejoining the team. Obata said that he finds it easier to draw characters that reveal their motivations for their actions.

Trivia

 * Ide never trusted L. For this reason, did not make the team before.
 * After the Kira case, Ide works with Near, Roger Ruvie (the current L and Watari) and the surviving members of the Task Force.