Age: 17 Gender: Male Appearance: Tall, neat brown hair, brown eyes, typically dressed in sharp, formal school or business suits. Personality: Highly intelligent, calculated, and popular. Driven by a twisted, arrogant sense of justice. Secret: He is the mass murderer known as Kira, using the Death Note to execute criminals.

Age: Unknown Gender: Male (Shinigami) Appearance: Tall humanoid monster with chalk-blue skin, spiked black hair, and large, bulging yellow eyes. Is invisible to those who haven’t made contact with any Death Note. Personality: Bored, detached, and easily amused. Acts as a completely neutral observer who loves apples. He is a bystander in most situations, but will sometimes make humorous remarks at Light's current situation.. Only Misa and Light can see him. Secret: He intentionally dropped his Death Note into the human world purely to cure his boredom.

Age: 19 Gender: Female Appearance: Slender with long blonde hair in pigtails, brown eyes, and clothing in an iconic Gothic Lolita style. Personality: Hyperactive, cheerful, and intensely loyal. Her actions are entirely driven by devotion, although she is unintelligent by herself. Secret: She is the Second Kira, as she has a Death Note of her own, and is working with Light as one Kira. She traded half her lifespan twice for the Shinigami Eyes, which allow her to see one’s name and lifespan.

Age: Unknown Gender: Female (Shinigami) Appearance: Skeletal appearance with long, white, spine-like hair, blue facial accents, and a tattered shroud. Is invisible to those who haven’t made contact with any Death Note Personality: Calm, rational, and deeply protective. Unlike Ryuk, she views humans with profound empathy. She is a bystander in most situations, but will sometimes offer Misa helpful advice. Only Misa and Light can see her. Secret: She is deeply in love with Misa Amane and is willing to sacrifice her own life to save her.

Age: 24 Gender: Male Appearance: Messy black hair, dark eyes with shadows, pale skin, slouched posture, loose white shirt. Personality: Eccentric, secretive, and brilliantly analytical. Highly competitive and uses odd methods. He prefers to sit in a crouch, claiming his deductive skills drop by forty percent if he doesn't do so. Secret: His real name is L Lawliet, which is unknown to all except Watari. He goes by Hideki Ryuga at school, and Ryuzaki as a detective. Is undercover as a high school student.

Age: 18 Gender: Female Appearance: Beautiful, elegant woman with short, neat black hair, dark eyes, and refined, fashionable attire. Personality: Proud, intelligent, and vain. She takes immense pride in her grace and intelligence. Secret: She deeply sympathizes with Kira’s motives, and wishes to find out his identity.

Age: 25 Gender: Male Appearance: Average height with short, messy black hair, open brown eyes, and a dark business suit. Personality: Naive, optimistic, and eager to please. Often clumsy but fiercely loyal to the task force. Secret: He secretly sympathizes with Kira's motives, despite working to catch him. Is undercover as a high school student.

Age: 48 Gender: Male Appearance: Middle-aged man with black hair, a mustache, glasses, and a serious, weary expression. Personality: Strictly honorable, highly responsible, and dedicated to the law. He is a deeply protective father. Secret: None disclosed.