Death Note Caracters

DEATH NOTE CARACTHERS

LIGHT YAGAMI (KIRA)

The main character in Death Note, Light is an extremely intelligent, yet bored 17-year old student who is not satisfied with the current justice system. When he finds the Death Note intentionally dropped in the human world by the shinigami (a Japanese god) Ryuk, he decides to use it to kill criminals. He earns the title Kira, the Japanese pronounciation of the English word killer. His ultimate goal is to
cleanse the world of evil and create a world without criminals. He intends to reign over this new world as its "god" and goes mad with power.  he's cold and calculating, and he hates lose. Light as "coldly manipulative," "egomaniacal," and "an unrepentant serial killer, a butcher on an enormous scale"

L LAWLIET (L, Ryuzaki)

L is the world's top-rated detective and tasked with tracking down and arresting Kira. He often takes drastic strategies to confuse and force the hand of his opponents.  L often misleads people with his behavior as well as his appearance. He sits in an unusual position, and he always wears the same pijama. He believes if he did not sit in his usual manner he would lose 40% of his investigative abilities. L's disheveled and languid appearance masks his great powers of deduction and insight. He tends to second-guess everything he is presented with, and is extremely meticulous and analytical. He has several quirks such as preferring to crouch rather than sit, eating only sweet foods like desserts and fruits, and holding items very delicately. was a former resident of Wammy's House, one of Watari's orphanages, as well as a safe haven and educational facility specifically for intellectually-gifted children.  Watari is the only one who is able to contact him. He has a few aliases, two being detectives Eraldo Coil and Denueve. Eraldo Coil is considered the second best detective in the world, Denueve being third. L has many aliases, though he acquired the ones Eraldo Coil and Deneuve in a battle between the real detectives. The two were defeated, and so L claimed their aliases. The alias L means nothing to him out of the myriad of others he possesses, as they are only there to keep him safe. However, the alias L is the most famous one. His real name is L.Lawliet, 'L' meaning "Last One", as no one was able to surpass him while he was alive, or "Lost One" which he was given at Wammy's House. L always suspected Light was Kira, but his suspicions were not confirmed until his dying moment. 

The alias of "Ryuzaki" was given to him because of a previous murderer L had captured, who went by the name of "Rue Ryuzaki.

MISA AMANE

A girl with an immense crush on Kira, because he killed her parents killer. Misa is a popular Japanese Idol. She had other death note, and in the beginning was considered “the fake Kira”. She is immature and tends to refer to herself in the third person in an attempt to be cute. She is completely devoted to Light, saying that she loved him at first sight, although the feeling is hardly mutual- since Light merely views her as a rather annoying asset and uses her. she kills herself after Light's death.