Tasayoshi Yoda (世田多三吉, Yoda Tasayoshi) is a criminal killed by Light Yagami as a part of an experiment to test the Death Note.
Appearance[]
Yoda has a short crop of dark-colored hair and wears a suit.
Plot[]
Light Yagami writes Yoda's name into the Death Note to test its effects. He writes that on December 19, Yoda will escape prison and make it to a nearby restroom where he collapses from cardiac arrest.
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Film series[]
The character is renamed Tobe in the film series, but otherwise, the character and the circumstances of his death are the same. The character is not actually seen, but a photo shows his body's outline on the bathroom floor.
TV drama[]
The character is renamed Sankichi Setada (世田多三吉, Setada Sankichi) in the 2015 Death Note television drama, but he is otherwise essentially the same as in canon. Setada is a death row inmate in Nagoya. He escapes his cell to a staff bathroom and dies of a heart attack.
Trivia[]
- In addition to Yoda, Light's tests also work on Masaaki Shirami and Ken Yadanaka. His tests fail on Shiniichiro Yamasaki, Yuzo Butsura, and Hitoshi Kabeoka. The next day, he does another successful test on Matsushiro Nakaokaji.
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