Light Yagami/Films

"Justice? I am justice! I am the god of the new world, saving it from evil and ridding it of fear. Those who betray God are the evil ones."

- Light Yagami

Light Yagami is the main protagonist of the Death Note film series. After finding the Death Note, He uses it to rid the world of criminals as the vigilante known as "Kira." His crimes attract the attention of the detective, L, and a model and actress, Misa Amane.

Appearances
Light in the first film wears a beige jacket, and in the second film, he wears a black jacket. Light's physical appearance is pretty much the same as in the manga/anime.

Character
Light is a first year college student studying law. He has a huge frustration of the justice system and has this motivation when using the Death Note. He'll do anything for his conquest, even killing his own girlfriend, Shiori Akino, and try to sacrifice his own father after having Rem "kill" L and Watari.

History
Light's background is pretty much the same as his manga counterpart.

Death Note
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Death Note: The Last Name
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L: Change the WorLd
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Death Note: Light Up the NEW World
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Character changes
Light is a first year college student instead of a high school student and has a girlfriend named Shiori Akino. In the second film, L fakes his death and Light assumes he won. He finds out that it was staged and L already wrote his name in the notebook. Light is shot by Matsuda and has a breakdown, yelling a Ryuk to kill everyone in the room. Instead, Ryuk writes Lights name and Light dies in his father's arms.

Behind the scenes
Light is played by Tatsuya Fujiwara. Fujiwara was 23 years old at the time of the filming of Death Note (2006). He is voice acted by Brad Swaile in the English dub.

Trivia

 * Fujiwara and Matsuyama became so immersed in their roles that they didn't talk until after production ended.

Quotes

 * "Let's look for cameras, maybe there's a blind spot"
 * "SHOW SOME COMPASSION, BELIEVE ME, I"M NOT KIRA!!"