Unnamed Shinigami



An unnamed Shinigami debuted in the Director's Cut special of Death Note aired in Japan; like Ryuk, he too was bored with the Shinigami realm. This Shinigami has a skeletal figure and dons a coat, a pair of goggles, uses a tie as a headband and what appears to be a guitar-like object which he uses like a hammer. He takes an interest in Ryuk's visit to the human realm, and bribes Ryuk with an apple in exchange for information how to undertake passage into the human world. Ryuk accepts, but instead recaps the story of Light Yagami's correlation with a Death Note. After meeting Ryuk, he ventures off with his sights set on the human world.

Members of the fanbase believe this Unnamed Shinigami to be the reincarnation of Light Yagami because of four things: His coat looks somewhat similar to Light's when he died; the way he tosses the apple to Ryuk; the fact he inexplicably knows Ryuk's love for apples (without asking the other Shinigami); and the fact that Ryuk says "Raito" as he looks up at the end (after the Unnamed Shinigami leaves before the credits). However, until further information is revealed, this speculation should be regarded as a myth.