History Characters / DeathNoteNovelPilotAndMovies

%%* IllGirl

* RedHerring: [[Throughout the movie, we're led to think he's the new protagonist and Yuki Shien the villain. But in fact, ''he's'' Neo Kira. And his real name is Ryo Hakagami.]]

* DarkIsNotEvil: While his amorality (or not) has yet to be revealed, an early poster for the movie has him dressed all in black, contrasted with villain Shien Yuki who wears white.

[[folder:Bepo]]
An original Shinigami for ''Film/DeathNoteLightUpTheNewWorld'' that accompanies Sakura Aoi.

* BatDeduction: ''TheDaVinciCode'' type clues he left require astounding leaps of "[[InsaneTrollLogic logic]]".

* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: Appears for all of one scene and is never seen or referenced again.]]

* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: Promotional blurbs for the film states that he "inherited the DNA" of Light Yagami.]]

An original Shinigami for ''Film/DeathNoteLightUpTheNewWorld''.

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The antagonist of the 2016 film, ''Death Note: Light Up the New World''. A cyber-terrorist who idolizes Kira.

[[folder:'''Characters only in movies]]

[[folder:'''Novel & Pilot''']]

[[WMG:'''Beyond Birthday''']]

* TheDeterminator [=/=] DeterminedDefeatist: [[spoiler: [[FreudianExcuse Because of his Eyes B knows that everything dies, everything falls apart]] [[VillainousValour but he presses on anyway.]] He also already knows that his death alone won't be enough to make L ''notice'' but creating a puzzle he can't solve will.]]

* EmbarrassingNickname: [[BerserkButton Backup]]

[[WMG:'''A''']]

Tropes associated with A:

[[WMG:'''Taro Kagami''']]

Tropes associated with Taro:

[[folder:'''Characters only in movies''']]

[[WMG:'''Shiori Akino''']]

Tropes associated with Shiori:

[[WMG:'''K''']]

Tropes associated with K:
* [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil A Pupil Of Mine Until She Turned To Evil]]: "Watari had such high hopes for you."

[[WMG: '''Daisuke Matoba''']]

Tropes associated with Matoba:

[[WMG:'''Hideaki Suruga''']]

Tropes associated with Suruga:

* ButNotTooForeign: {{Lampshaded}} when no one will believe he's an F.B.I. agent beacause he's Japanese.

[[WMG:'''Sanami''']]

Tropes associated with Sanami:

[[WMG:'''F''']]

Tropes associated with F:

[[WMG:'''Dr. Nikaido''']]

[[WMG:'''Maki Nikaido''']]

Tropes associated with Beyond:

[[WMG:'''Shien Yuki''']]

[[WMG: '''Ryuzaki II''']]

* KnightTemplar: Little Miss ''CaptainPlanet'' wants to KillAllHumans to save the earth.

[[WMG:''Shien Yuki'']]

* LightIsNotGood: [[http://otakumode.com/news/57197eb27780044f0a691f0e/Key-Visual-and-Title-Announced-for-2016-Death-Note-Movie? Early promotional posters]] for the movie depict him dressed completely in light. And he's the villain. Quite fitting, as he's emulating his predecessor Light Yagami, who was a quite literal example of the trope.

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[[WMG: ''Ryuzaki II'']]
L's counterpart for the new film. Named as "Ryuzaki II" in promotional material.

[[/folder]]

* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: one of B's victims was 14 year old Quarter Queen.]]

%5* MysteriousPast

* NamedLikeMyName: [[spoiler: "Ryuuzaki" copied the copycat when choosing an alias.]]

* CarryABigStick: clubbed to death, knifed to death, beaten to death- he's not too picky as long as he carries out his objective of making his target dead.

* SparedInTheAdaptation: In the film.

* {{Otaku}}: [[spoiler: He leaves a clue in an ''AkazukinChaCha'' manga collection.]]

* FromNobodyToNightmare: Seemingly insignificant and unpopular kid who eventually has the entire student body scared out of their wits

* AlliterativeName
* AlwaysSecondBest
* AxeCrazy
* BadassBookworm

* BetaTestBaddie

* BloodierAndGorier

* CanonForeigner

* TheChessmaster
* CloudCuckooLander
* ColdBloodedTorture
* CrazyPrepared
* CreateYourOwnVillain
* CreepyMonotone

* DarkAndTroubledPast
* DarkIsNotEvil: Subverted. [[spoiler: He comes off as very creepy from his first appearance but due to MistakenIdentity the audience is made to think he's a good guy.]]
** DarkIsEvil
* DeadpanSnarker
* [[spoiler: DeathSeeker]]: [[spoiler: B had planned it so he would be the final victim.]]

* [[spoiler: DetectiveMole: Naomi Misora is very impressed by Ryuuzaki's uncanny ability to [[CriminalMindGames decipher BB's codes.]]]]
* DepravedHomosexual
** Or possibly DepravedBisexual (we don't get to see enough of him to know for sure.)

* DoesNotLikeShoes

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette

* EvilIsPetty

* EvilSoundsDeep

* EyeScream

* {{Fingore}}

* [[spoiler: GoodScarsEvilScars]]
* {{Gorn}}

* ImAHumanitarian: According to {{Fanon}}, anyway. WordOfDante has it that BB consumed blood and/or flesh from some or all of his victims, though this is not explicitly mentioned in the novel.
* InsaneEqualsViolent
* IJustWantToBeYou
* [[spoiler: InterruptedSuicide]]

* [[spoiler: TheKillerBecomesTheKilled: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Hmmm... he seems to have died in prison of a sudden heart attack.]]]]
** [[spoiler: CurbStompBattle]]: As [[spoiler: Mello]] points out, "how humiliating for him"...
* KnifeNut
* LaughablyEvil
* LooksLikeCesare
* LoonyFan
* [[spoiler: ManOnFire]]
* ManipulativeBastard

* MysteriousPast
* [[spoiler: {{Namedar}}: He was born with the Shinigami eyes.]]

* NietzscheWannabe
* NightmareFetishist

* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace
* NoSocialSkills

* OralFixation

* ParentalAbandonment
* PrimalStance
* [[spoiler: AProtagonistIsRyu]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* TheResenter

* TheRival

* [[spoiler: SelfImmolation]]

* SerialKiller
* TheSociopath
* [[spoiler: SuspectExistenceFailure: That was the plan, anyway.]]

* SuckSessor

* TeenGenius

* ThirteenIsUnlucky

* TykeBomb

* VillainProtagonist

* WildHair
* WouldHitAGirl

* [[spoiler: DeathByOriginStory]]
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]
* MadMathematician

** MoralityChain: [[spoiler: Again possibly for B.]]
* OCStandIn

* TykeBomb
* [[spoiler: WeHardlyKnewYe]]
* WellDoneSonGuy

* ActionSurvivor
* AlternateContinuity
* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead]]
** [[spoiler:But not with his mind entirely intact, some believe. Ryuk asking him what he thought of the Land of the Dead brings out a rather shaky and suspicious smile.]]

* BeingEvilSucks
* CanonForeigner
* DeathIsCheap: [[AssPull The Death Eraser.]]
* [[spoiler: DefeatMeansFriendship: Taro and the main antagonist part on good terms, with the antagonist thanking Taro for stopping him and then apologizing for almost killing him.]]

* [[spoiler: FaceDeathWithDignity: Kind of. He allows himself to be killed with the death note to prove that he's telling the truth to the police officers. He even jokes a little when giving instructions on what to write for cause of death. Of course, he's quickly revived with the Death Eraser]]

* [[spoiler:HappyEnding]]: [[spoiler:The ONLY Kira who gets one of these, folks.]]

* KidDetective
* KidHero

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone

* ProperlyParanoid

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue
* WhosLaughingNow

* AlternateContinuity

* CanonForeigner

* DamselInDistress

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter
* [[spoiler: ILetGwenStacyDie]]: [[spoiler:With a really nasty [[TwistEnding twist.]]]]

* TheIngenue
* [[spoiler: KillTheCutie]]
* [[spoiler: LastKiss]]
* LoveMartyr
* MoralityPet
* ObliviousGuiltSlinging
* OnlySaneMan
* PluckyGirl
* SatelliteCharacter

* [[spoiler: StuffedInTheFridge]]
* TokenRomance

* AlternateContinuity
* AnimalWrongsGroup

* BetaTestBaddie

* BitchInSheepsClothing
* BondVillainStupidity
* CanonForeigner

* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn: At the end.]]
* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudini]]
** [[spoiler: It's made clearer in the light novel that she's arrested for her crimes, but she's made a HeelFaceTurn by that point and faces her arrest with dignity.]]
* KillAllHumans

* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate
* NietzscheWannabe
* PowerHair
* StepfordSmiler

* TykeBomb

* [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: In the novel, Matoba killed her father when she was a child. As a result, she injected the virus in all of the Blue Ship members, including Matoba, in revenge.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness
* [[spoiler:YouKilledMyFather:]] To [[spoiler: Matoba]] in the light novel.

* AlternateContinuity
* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim: K points out his true colors right before he dies.]]
* CanonForeigner

* DragonInChief
* [[spoiler:EvilerThanThou: Proves to be even worse than K, as all he cared about was making money.]]

* {{Greed}}
* JerkAss
* [[spoiler: KarmicDeath: In the novel.]]
* NotInThisForYourRevolution

* OnlyInItForTheMoney
* RedRightHand: See above about the scar.
* [[spoiler:SparedInTheAdaptation: In the film.]]
* TakeOverTheWorld

* AlternateContinuity
* [[spoiler: BecomingTheMask]]: [[spoiler: He was sent to spy on L and obtain the Death Note but he stayed with him even after it became apparent L had already destroyed the Death Note because he genuinely wanted to help.]]

* CanonForeigner
* [[spoiler: TheMole]]: He's here because [[spoiler: [[MurderInc his superiors want the Death Note.]]]]
* PluckyComicRelief

* AffirmativeActionGirl
* AlternateContinuity
* CanonForeigner
* TheChick
* CommanderContrarian

* [[spoiler: AlmostDeadGuy]]
* AlternateContinuity

* BadassDriver
* CanonForeigner
* ChaseScene
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]
* HeyItsThatVoice: Who'd knew that he'd sound just like Manga/{{InuYasha}}.
* [[spoiler: ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin]]
* PapaWolf
* [[spoiler: TakeCareOfTheKids]]

* AlternateContinuity

* CanonForeigner

* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]
* [[spoiler: MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He created the virus that K intends to use to KillAllHumans]].
* [[spoiler: PosthumousCharacter]]
* [[spoiler: StupidSacrifice]]
* [[spoiler: TakeCareOfTheKids: In the novelization, just before his death, he sent an e-mail to L's computer which said to take care of his daughter.]]
* [[spoiler: TooDumbToLive: There's a part in the novelization when his security system detects an intruder, but instead of being alarmed he just brushes it off. This act of carelessness also leads to his demise.]]
* [[spoiler: UnwittingPawn]]

* AlternateContinuity
* CanonForeigner
* CheerfulChild
* ChildrenRaiseYou
* DamselInDistress
* IllGirl
* IndyPloy
* RevengeBeforeReason

* SpannerInTheWorks

* TooDumbToLive
* [[spoiler: YouKilledMyFather]]

* {{Deuterotagonist}}: to Naomi Misora

* TheHyena: He practices his EvilLaugh.