Line #22 Characters/DeathNoteNovelPilotAndMovies


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5	!!Novel & Pilot
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7	[[folder:Beyond Birthday]]
8	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/beyond_birthday.jpg]]
9	The villain in the {{prequel}} novel ''Death Note: Literature/AnotherNote: The Los Angeles BB Murder Case''.
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11	* AlliterativeName: '''B'''eyond '''B'''irthday.
12	* AmbiguouslyHuman: Beyond was [[spoiler: born with the Shinigami eyes and is noted by Mello to have a "Shinigami's laugh," despite supposedly just being a particularly vicious human outside of these troubling details]].
13	* AlwaysSecondBest: To both L and A.
14	* AxCrazy: BB easily stands out as the most vicious and depraved criminal that L has ever faced. Indeed, BB is what you would expect from a {{sadist}}ic SerialKiller who enjoys committing heinous and brutal crimes.
15	* BadassBookworm: He ''is'' from Wammy's House, after all.
16	* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: He's counting on L reacting in a certain way.]]
17	* BecauseDestinySaysSo: [[spoiler:He kills people he sees are at the end of their lifespans.]]
18	** [[spoiler: A bit of FridgeLogic here. If you consider that only people with the Death Note are supposed to be able to change a person's destiny based on seeing their lifespan, those people would probably have died from Beyond himself, not from something else like he said to justify his actions. To be fair though, he couldn't have known that. Even more FridgeLogic when you think about the fact that if he hadn't had the Shinigami Eyes, he wouldn've have seen their lifespans, and wouldn't have decided to kill them, and their lifespans would have lasted longer. Their lifespans were shorter simply because he could see them.]]
19	%%* BetaTestBaddie
20	* BigBad: Of ''Literature/AnotherNote''.
21	* ButtMonkey: He's AlwaysSecondBest and there's the instance where he's ''[[AmusingInjuries stepped on]]'' by Naomi Misora. [[spoiler: Also there's the whole failing to achieve his goal of [[WhatTheHellHero "calling out L"]] with his EvilPlan thing-the poor guy couldn't even kill himself properly. [[CurbStompBattle And later while he's serving time in prison he's killed by Kira.]]]]
22	* CallingCard: The ''wara ningyo''.
23	* CanonForeigner: Does not actually appear in the series proper, but was absorbed into the canon of ''Manga/DeathNote''.
24	* CantCatchUp: [[spoiler: [[FreudianExcuse As hard as he worked to be the next L, L never saw him as an an equal, just a Backup.]]]]
25	* 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.
26	* CastOfSnowflakes: Played straight in the book. BB is only supposed to bear a vague resemblance to L.
27	* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Is caught rifling through Quarter Queen's underwear drawer, for reasons unknown. It was ''probably'' to keep up the "unprivate detective" act, though Naomi thinks he's just being a pervert. (Partly because of a CrossCulturalKerfuffle involving the fetishization of women's underwear, and partly because she doesn't like Beyond in the first place.) That, or he was [[{{Troll}} intentionally trying to provoke a reaction from her]].
28	%%* TheChessmaster
29	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Just like L, B has odd quirks and mannerisms.
30	%%* ColdBloodedTorture
31	%%* CrazyPrepared
32	* CreateYourOwnVillain: Is angry with L, because he feels that L didn't care about the kids being groomed as his successors.
33	%%* CreepyMonotone
34	* CreepySouvenir: Takes Backyard Bottomslash's left arm away from the crime scene, probably to make said crime scene more confusing for L and/or whoever else might have been investigating. It's not known what he did with it. [[note]]Many fans assume he ate it, but this is not confirmed in-story.[[/note]]
35	* CriminalMindGames: Among other games and codes BB sends a CrosswordPuzzle indicating who he's going to kill next to the police.
36	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: For his victims if the state of the corpses is anything to go by.
37	* CurbStompBattle: As [[spoiler: Mello]] points out, "how humiliating for him"...
38	* CuteAndPsycho: Well he's a psycho and [[spoiler: he looks like L.]] [[http://locust-713.deviantart.com/art/BB-s-first-love-133948383]]
39	%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
40	* 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.]] Turns out he's really DarkIsEvil all along.
41	%%* DeadpanSnarker
42	* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler: B had planned it so he would be the final victim.]]
43	* DeceptiveDisciple: [[spoiler: No student at Wammy's House ever put so much effort into ''[[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor BEING]]'' [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor L]]...]]
44	* DefiantToTheEnd: "I have never once been submissive even to a traffic light."
45	* DetectiveMole: Naomi Misora is very impressed by Ryuuzaki's uncanny ability to [[spoiler: [[CriminalMindGames decipher BB's codes.]]]]
46	* DepravedHomosexual: Or possibly DepravedBisexual (we don't get to see enough of him to know for sure.)
47	* TheDeterminator: [[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.]]
48	* {{Deuteragonist}}: To Naomi.
49	* DissonantSerenity: Does this a lot.
50	* DrivesLikeCrazy: "I have never even been submissive to a traffic signal!"
51	%%* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette
52	* EmbarrassingNickname: [[BerserkButton Backup]].
53	* EvilCounterpart: To L. Indeed B goes out of his way to ''be'' this. [[ShadowArchetype Also to Mello]] ([[ScareEmStraight L shares B's story with Mello]] perhaps because he is afraid that that Mello [[TurnOutLikeHisFather would turn out like his predecessor]]) and [[EvilerThanThou Light]] (though Kira [[AMillionIsAStatistic kills far more people]]; B is more sadistic and his brand of villainy is more [[ColdBloodedTorture immediately terrifying]] and has a much more ''[[ItsPersonal personal]]'' touch.)
54	* EvilIsPetty: The entire thing is basically a [[MemeticMutation "Notice me, Senpai!"]] gambit.
55	* EvilLaugh: If Shinigami could breed you'd think he was related to Ryuk - he has his laugh.
56	* EvilSoundsDeep: Presumably, given L's voice from the series proper. We are never told what BB's voice actually sounds like, however.
57	* EvilTwin: To L, though he might not be (indeed, probably is not) a ''literal'' twin.
58	%%* EyeScream
59	* FameThroughInfamy: His entire goal is to surpass L... not by becoming the world's greatest detective, but by becoming the world's greatest criminal.
60	* FanBoy: he's an {{Otaku}} as well as being L's deranged fanboy.
61	* TheFatalist: It comes with knowing when [[spoiler: everyone is going to die]]
62	* FauxAffablyEvil: The friendly way in which he interacts with Naomi, and even when he's alone he's pretty chipper, for the most part. Also, the fact that he was (FromACertainPointOfView) "kind" enough to anesthetize his victims somehow, before killing and dismembering them in the grisly manners that he did. He also arranges for Blackberry Brown and Bluesharp Babysplit to be evacuated to a 5-star hotel (when a cheap motel would have been the norm). Finally, Mello points out that he never actually cut any of his victims' lives short, since his Shinigami eyes allowed him to pick out people who were going to die soon anyway, and he chose to kill them all on their death day, meaning that none of them actually missed out on anything life had to offer on B's account.
63	%%* {{Fingore}}
64	* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: He was an orphan boy who witnessed his parents die, [[CursedWithAwesome was born with the Shinigami eyes]] and apparently knows how to read the lifespan numbers so he has seen death all around him all his life. Furthermore, B was never seen as an individual with his own merits-[[WellDoneSonGuy just L's Backup]].]]
65	* FullBodyDisguise: [[spoiler: Used when "testing" Naomi Misora.]]
66	* AGlassOfChianti: Or rather A Jar Of Strawberry Jam used to the same effect (is it jam or is it blood?) with the added bonus that some fans [[UglyCute find it cute.]]
67	* GoodScarsEvilScars: * [[spoiler:Is left with horrific burns after the "suicide" part of his MurderSuicide plot doesn't go according to plan.]]
68	%%* {{Gorn}}
69	* TheHyena: He practices his EvilLaugh.
70	%%* InsaneEqualsViolent
71	%%* IJustWantToBeYou
72	%%* InterruptedSuicide
73	* IdenticalStranger: Looks like L (though to what degree is debatable, given his status as a MasterOfDisguise). They may or may not be related to one another or know each other personally.
74	%%* ImAHumanitarian: 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. (According to who?)
75	* IJustWantToBeYou: Copies L, to the point where it's not clear which are B's own personality traits and which he's doing to imitate L.
76	* InsaneEqualsViolent
77	* IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery
78	* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Drugged all of his victims first.
79	* TheKillerBecomesTheKilled: He died in prison of [[spoiler: a sudden heart attack, suggesting it was actually the result of a Death Note.]]
80	* KnightOfCerebus: While ''Death Note'' is far from being family-friendly, BB is by far the darkest and most vicious villain in the series. His unusually unpleasant and gruesome crimes take the storyline to a level of BloodierAndGorier never before seen in the franchise, ''not even'' with Light Yagami as the BigBad in [[Manga/DeathNote the main series]]. The story's tone with BB even borders on GenreShift territory.
81	%%* PsychoKnifeNut
82	%%* LaughablyEvil
83	%%* LooksLikeCesare
84	%%* LoonyFan
85	%%* ManipulativeBastard
86	* MasterOfDisguise: [[IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery As part of his creepy obsession with L.]]
87	* MysteriousPast
88	* {{Namedar}}: He was born with [[spoiler:the Shinigami eyes.]]
89	* NamedLikeMyName: [[spoiler: "Ryuuzaki" copied the copycat when choosing an alias]].
90	* NeatFreak: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as he needs to meticulously clean his victims' houses to avoid leaving any trace evidence behind.
91	%%* NietzscheWannabe
92	%%* NightmareFetishist
93	* {{Ninja}}: Although not actually described as being one, his way of doing things certainly evokes the image of a ninja.
94	* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: [[spoiler: L's [[EvilTwin evil doppelganger]][=/=][[TykeBomb Wammy's Kid]][=/=]SerialKiller[=/=]born with [[{{Namedar}} Shinigami eyes.]]]] He's not a typical DN [[OriginalCharacter OC]], but a ''very scary'' BigBad.
95	%%* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace
96	%%* NoSocialSkills
97	* ObfuscatingStupidity
98	* {{Onryo}}: He has this look.
99	%%* OralFixation
100	* {{Otaku}}: [[spoiler: He leaves a clue in an ''Manga/AkazukinChaCha'' manga collection.]]
101	* ParentalAbandonment: Like everyone else from Wammy's, he's an orphan.
102	* PrimalStance: See "Running on all fours."
103	* RealMenWearPink: Wears makeup, and eats sweets. Also gushes over a manga geared towards young girls.
104	** Also, he nails ''wara ningyo'' dolls into a wall, much in the way they would be traditionally nailed to a tree in a Shinto shrine. That activity, however, was ''traditionally'' performed by a woman.
105	%%* RedEyesTakeWarning
106	%%* TheResenter
107	* ReturningToTheScene: [[spoiler: More like Never Left The Scene...]] [[BatmanGambit but it's all part of the plan.]]
108	%%* TheRival
109	* RunningOnAllFours: He frequently crawls around in a freaky way.
110	* {{Sadist}}: He likes to kill his victims in rather painful ways.
111	%%* SelfImmolation
112	* {{Seme}}: Self-described as "an aggressive top".
113	* SerialKiller: It's hinted that the 3 from the novel are just ''his known victims''. Keep in mind, too, that the time between his leaving of Wammy's House and the events of the novel only span about ''3 months''.
114	* ShoutOut: Spends ''an entire paragraph'' gushing over ''Manga/AkazukinChaCha''!
115	* TheSociopath: He goes on a killing spree throughout Los Angeles. He kills a young teenage girl in the process and never shows any regret for it.
116	* SuspectExistenceFailure: That was the plan, anyway.
117	%%* SuckSessor
118	* SuperpowerfulGenetics: [[spoiler:[[HalfHumanHybrid So]][[CursedWithAwesome me]][[LamarckWasRight how]] he was ''born'' with the Shinigami eyes.]]
119	* SweetTooth: B must surpass L at everything, even sugar consumption. "It's sweet dirt."
120	%%* TeenGenius
121	* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: Can see everyone's real names and lifespans (except his own, which is part of why [[spoiler:his suicide attempt failed]]) due to [[spoiler:being born with the Shinigami eyes]], and has spent most of his life [[DoomMagnet "surrounded by death" as a result]]. Combine that with the stresses of the L program, and it's no wonder he's so maladjusted.
122	* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: When he's introduced [[spoiler: he comes crawling out from under a bed.]]
123	%%* ThirteenIsUnlucky
124	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Strawberry jam.
125	* TykeBomb: Was being trained as this back at Wammy's.
126	* TheUnfettered: [[spoiler: He will do whatever it takes to get L's attention.]]
127	* VileVillainSaccharineShow: BB stands out as an unusually horrific, disturbing and dark villain, ''even by Death Note standards''. Make no mistake, Death Note is by no means a family-friendly story, but much of its dark and sinister tone is balanced by its continued {{Shonen}} elements, with Light Yagami's [[EvilIsHammy entertainingly hammy speeches]], and occasional humorous or lighthearted moments. [[KnightOfCerebus Any trace of lightness or levity disappears whenever BB is involved in the plot of Another Note]], however. If anything, this is exactly what you would expect from an AxCrazy SerialKiller and {{sociopath}} who carries out a series of elaborate and brutal murders, adding a new element of darkness to the already somber tone of the franchise and pushing the series into BloodierAndGorier territory never before seen in the main series, almost bordering on a GenreShift.
128	* VillainousCrush: B both loves and loathes his senpai, L.
129	* VoodooDoll: Or rather wara ningyo left at every crime scene.
130	%%* VillainProtagonist
131	* WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler: He just wants L to notice him!]]
132	* WhiteCollarCrime: Purchased a storefront and warehouse to live in, by pretending to be affiliated with a business that was no longer ''in'' business. Also made use of stolen identities and credit cards.
133	%%* WildHair
134	* WorthyOpponent: Judges Naomi to be this after he tests her by attacking her on the street.
135	* WouldHitAGirl: Two of his victims are women (actually, one is a teenage girl), and he assaults Naomi as a test.
136	* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: One of B's victims was 14 year old Quarter Queen.]]
137	[[/folder]]
138
139	[[folder:A]]
140
141	A student at Wammy's House in the {{prequel}} novel ''Death Note: Literature/AnotherNote: The Los Angeles BB Murder Case''.
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143	%%* DeathByOriginStory
144	%%* DrivenToSuicide
145	%%* MadMathematician
146	* MoralityChain: [[spoiler: Possibly for B.]]
147	* MoralityPet: [[spoiler: Possibly for B.]]
148	* TheRival: [[spoiler:Of B and L since they were are all competing for the title.]]
149	%%* {{Tykebomb}}
150	%%* WeHardlyKnewYe
151	%%* WellDoneSonGuy
152	[[/folder]]
153
154	[[folder:Taro Kagami]]
155	[[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/180px-TaroandRyuk_4307.jpg]]
156
157	The 13-year-old protagonist of the ''Death Note'' Pilot chapter (which takes place in a different continuity than that of the main series). Technically, this makes him the first of the Kiras.
158
159	Mikami's appearance, but not his personality, was based on Taro's.
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161	* AccidentalMurder: He can't read the English on the notebook very well, so he uses it as a diary and in which he writes the names of the kids who bullied him. He doesn't make the connection until after the second set of bullies dies.
162	%%* ActionSurvivor
163	%%* AlternateContinuity
164	* BackFromTheDead: He dies at some point, then comes back to life, [[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.]]
165	%%* BeingEvilSucks
166	%%* CanonForeigner
167	* DeathIsCheap: The Death Eraser can undo the deaths of anyone whose name is written in the notebook.
168	* 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.
169	* FaceDeathWithDignity: Kind of. [[spoiler: 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]]
170	* FromBadToWorse: [[spoiler: Even after he revives his victims with the [[AssPull Death Eraser]].]]
171	* FromNobodyToNightmare: Seemingly insignificant and unpopular kid who eventually has the entire student body scared out of their wits.
172	* HalfwayPlotSwitch: [[spoiler: At first, Taro is something of a VillainProtagonist who is trying to avoid being found out. Then, once he revives everyone he kills, he spends the rest of the pilot acting as a KidDetective, trying to find the killer who has taken his place.]]
173	** When you compare it to the main series, it feels like a condensed version of everything Light went through from the first chapter all the way to [[spoiler:the end of the Yotsuba arc]].
174	* HappyEnding: [[spoiler:The ONLY Kira who gets one of these, folks.]]
175	* IWroteOurStory: Cue EpilepticTrees.
176	%%* KidDetective
177	%%* KidHero
178	* KidsAreCruel: Taro is a favorite target for the school bullies.
179	* LighterAndSofter: When compared to Light. However, since he actually came first, you could say that Light is a DarkerAndEdgier replacement for him.
180	* LongHairedPrettyboy: After the TimeSkip.
181	* MirrorCharacter: [[spoiler: It turns out that the pilot's real villain is basically another kid who, like Taro, was constantly picked on and initially killed people by accident.]]
182	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He has nightmares about the boys he killed until he undoes their deaths.
183	* PastExperienceNightmare: His victims haunt him in his dreams. Had he been the protagonist of the main series, it's doubtful that he could have gone as far as Light did.
184	* PersonOfMassDestruction: Potentially, though he isn't ''shown'' using the notebook this way.
185	%%* ProperlyParanoid
186	* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Our 13-year-old [[TheWoobie Woobie Protagonist]].
187	%%* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue
188	%%* WhosLaughingNow
189	[[/folder]]
190
191	!!Characters only in movies
192
193	[[folder:Shiori Akino]]
194	-> Played by: Yuu Kashii
195
196	Light's girlfriend in the live-action movie.
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198	%%* AlternateContinuity
199	* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Subverted.
200	* TheBGrade: She's annoyed that Light keeps [[BrilliantButLazy effortlessly outdoing her in school.]]
201	%%* CanonForeigner
202	* CompositeCharacter: She's the smart girl on campus like Takada [[spoiler: (though Takada does appear later in Higuchi's role)]] and also fulfills the same role as Yuri, aka [[Fanfic/LightAndDarkTheAdventuresOfDarkYagami the Girl from the Bus]]. Also she has a strong sense of justice, is studying to be a prosecutor, and [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend is very protective of Light]]--like another of Light's allies who never got any screentime in the live-action movies--a GenderFlipped prenote![[HoYay Teru Mikami]]?
203	%%* DamselInDistress
204	* {{Foil}}: To Light, especially when he's in [[EvilGloating gloating]] Kira-mode.
205	* HelloAttorney: She's studying to become a prosecutor.
206	* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: "One day Shiori is going to understand..." (that KIRA IS JUSTICE!!!) Sure, buddy. [[FelonyMisdemeanor This is the same girl that gets ticked off at you for making bets on sporting events]] and you think she's going to be cool with mass homicide?
207	* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler:With a really nasty [[TwistEnding twist.]]]]
208	%%* TheIngenue
209	%%* KillTheCutie
210	%%* LastKiss
211	%%* LoveMartyr
212	%%* MoralityPet
213	%%* ObliviousGuiltSlinging
214	%%* OnlySaneMan
215	%%* PluckyGirl
216	%%* SatelliteCharacter
217	* SelectiveObliviousness: She seemingly refuses to see what (in the film) is [[ObviouslyEvil blindingly obvious]].
218	--> '''Light:''' '''IF''' I were Kira I'd probably do the exact same thing...
219	--> '''Shiori:''' No you wouldn't - that's not like you at all!
220	%%* TokenRomance
221	* WhatTheHellHero: [[ClarkKenting Even if she’s not aware of Light’s double-life]], she’s the one to call him on it.
222	[[/folder]]
223
224	[[folder:K]]
225	->Played by: Youki Kudoh
226	The BigBad of ''Film/LChangeTheWorld'' also known as Dr. Kimiko Kujo.
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228	%%* AlternateContinuity
229	%%* AnimalWrongsGroup
230	* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: She and her henchmen [[InsultBackfire feel very complimented]] when one of their victims calls them "no better than Kira."
231	%%* BetaTestBaddie
232	* BigBad: Of ''L: change the [=WorLd=]''.
233	%%* BitchInSheepsClothing
234	%%* BondVillainStupidity
235	%%* CanonForeigner
236	* TheChessmaster: Well, she wants to be.
237	* CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler:Another graduate of Wammy's goes batshit.]]
238	* EvilerThanThou: At least Light ''cares'' about the human race.
239	* HeelFaceTurn: At the end.
240	* KarmaHoudini: 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.
241	%%* KillAllHumans
242	* KnightTemplar: Little Miss ''WesternAnimation/{{Captain Planet\|and the Planeteers}}'' wants to KillAllHumans to save the earth.
243	* MeaningfulName: A vicious BitchInSheepsClothing AnimalWrongsGroup Leader that wants to infect everybody with a deadly virus named [[spoiler: [[Literature/{{Cujo}} Kujo. Coincidence?]]]]
244	* MisanthropeSupreme: HumansAreBastards that are destroying the planet so the [[PerfectSolutionFallacy Perfect Solution]] [[SarcasmMode is to release]] ThePlague DepopulationBomb, [[SarcasmMode killing them all!]]
245	%%* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate
246	%%* NietzscheWannabe
247	%%* PowerHair
248	* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: "Watari had such high hopes for you."
249	%%* StepfordSmiler
250	* ThemeNaming: K is an associate of L's who wants to kill a bunch of people in order to build a new perfect utopia. Sound familiar? Well prepare to be disappointed because [[SuckSessor it's not K as in Kira]].
251	%%* TykeBomb
252	* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
253	* TheWarOnStraw: [[AuthorTract No, this is not the argument of the Green movement... Nor is this why anyone supported Kira.]] The AuthorTract is exaggerated in the Novelization.
254	* WellIntentionedExtremist
255	* 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.
256	%%* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness
257	* YouKilledMyFather: To [[spoiler: Matoba]] in the light novel.
258	[[/folder]]
259
260	[[folder:Daisuke Matoba]]
261	->Played by: Masanobu Takashima
262	TheDragon to K in ''L: change the [=WorLd=]''
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264	%%* AlternateContinuity
265	* AssholeVictim: K points out [[spoiler:his true colors right before he dies.]]
266	%%* CanonForeigner
267	* TheDragon: To K.
268	%%* DragonInChief
269	* EvilerThanThou: Proves to be even worse than [[spoiler:K, as all he cared about was making money.]]
270	* GoodScarsEvilScars: Making [[Film/JamesBond Bond villains]] everywhere proud.
271	%%* {{Greed}}
272	%%* JerkAss
273	* KarmicDeath: In the novel.
274	%%* NotInThisForYourRevolution
275	* ObviouslyEvil: [[spoiler:Even moreso than K.]]
276	%%* OnlyInItForTheMoney
277	* RedRightHand: He's got a scar of some variety or other.
278	* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the film.
279	%%* TakeOverTheWorld
280	[[/folder]]
281
282	[[folder:Hideaki Suruga]]
283	->Played by: Kiyotaka Nanbara
284	The FBIAgent in ''L: change the [=WorLd=]''.
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286	* TheAce: [[IncomingHam "Hideaki Suruga F.B.I.! Here to protect you!"]]
287	%%* AlternateContinuity
288	* 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.]]
289	* ButNotTooForeign: {{Lampshaded}} when no one will believe he's an F.B.I. agent because he's Japanese.
290	* ButtMonkey: "Why do I always have to be the decoy?!"
291	%%* CanonForeigner
292	* TheMole: He's here because [[spoiler: [[MurderInc his superiors want the Death Note.]]]]
293	%%* PluckyComicRelief
294	[[/folder]]
295
296	[[folder:Sanami]]
297	->Played by: Miyuki Komatsu
298	A token female member of the Kira Taskforce added in the live-action movies.
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300	%%* AffirmativeActionGirl
301	%%* AlternateContinuity
302	%%* CanonForeigner
303	%%* CommanderContrarian
304	* GenderFlip: She's basically the movie-verse's version of Ide.
305	* WhatTheHellHero: She calls L out on the cruel and unusual treatment of the Kira suspects.
306	[[/folder]]
307
308	[[folder:F]]
309	->Played by: Kazuki Namioka
310	Another graduate of Wammy’s house that shows up in ''L: change the [=WorLd=]''.
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312	%%* AlmostDeadGuy
313	%%* AlternateContinuity
314	* AtrociousAlias: Seriously. His alias at the school for genii is ''F.'' Maybe that was part of the reason he was [[ReassignedToAntarctica reassigned to Thailand]].
315	%%* BadassDriver
316	%%* CanonForeigner
317	%%* ChaseScene
318	%%* HeroicSacrifice
319	%%* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin
320	%%* PapaWolf
321	%%* TakeCareOfTheKids
322	* WestCoastTeam: One of L and Watari's agents working a case in a remote jungle village in Thailand when [[spoiler: {{the virus}} hits.]]
323	[[/folder]]
324
325	[[folder:Dr. Nikaido]]
326	->Played by: Shingo Tsurumi
327	An immunologist and the father of Maki Nikaido in ''L: change the [=WorLd=]''.
328	-----
329	%%* AlternateContinuity
330	* BatDeduction: ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'' type clues he left require astounding leaps of "[[InsaneTrollLogic logic]]".
331	%%* CanonForeigner
332	* GoodDocBadDoc: The good doctor.
333	%%* HeroicSacrifice
334	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He created the [[spoiler: virus that K intends to use to KillAllHumans]].
335	%%* PosthumousCharacter
336	%%* StupidSacrifice
337	* TakeCareOfTheKids: In the novelization, [[spoiler: just before his death, he sent an e-mail to L's computer which said to take care of his daughter.]]
338	* TooDumbToLive: There's a part in the novelization when [[spoiler: 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.]]
339	%%* UnwittingPawn
340	[[/folder]]
341
342	[[folder:Maki Nikaido]]
343	->Played by: Mayuko Fukuda
344	Daughter of Dr. Nikakido. She's also one of the kids that L has to protect in ''L: change the [=WorLd=]''.
345	-----
346	%%* AlternateContinuity
347	%%* CanonForeigner
348	%%* CheerfulChild
349	* ChildrenRaiseYou: Tells both L and Near off for their eating habits .
350	* CooldownHug: is given one of these by L
351	* DamselInDistress: gets kidnapped, but she does at least try to defend herself, and she is fully capable of turning herself into a human bomb trying to destroy the terrorists who killed her dad
352	%%* IndyPloy
353	*MoralityPet: strangely enough L acts as this for HER, keeping her from killing K
354	%%* RevengeBeforeReason
355	* SecurityBlanket: Maki's teddy bear.
356	%%* SpannerInTheWorks
357	* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: She attempts to do this.]]
358	%%* TooDumbToLive
359	* YouKilledMyFather
360	[[/folder]]
361
362	!!Characters in 2016 Live-Action Movie
363
364	[[folder:Shien Yuki]]
365
366	The antagonist of the 2016 film, ''Film/DeathNoteLightUpTheNewWorld''. A cyber-terrorist who idolizes Kira.
367
368	Portrayed by: Masaki Suda
369	----
370	* AffablyEvil: Despite being a serial killer, he's very courteous to the people he executes.
371	* 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 white. And he's the villain. Quite fitting, as he's emulating his predecessor Light Yagami, who was a literal example of the trope.
372	* MultipleGunshotDeath: [[spoiler:How he goes out, just like Matt in the manga and anime]].
373	* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: Promotional blurbs for the film states that he "inherited the DNA" of Light Yagami. However, while it's revealed that Light had a child, Shien isn't that child.]]
374	[[/folder]]
375
376	[[folder:Ryuzaki II]]
377	L's counterpart for the new film. Named as "Ryuzaki" in promotional material.
378	----
379	* AnimeHair: A bushy moptop with blonde streaks.
380	* DarkIsNotEvil: Dedicated to stopping the rise of a new Kira and an early poster for the movie has him dressed all in black, contrasted with villain Shien Yuki who wears white.
381	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's pretty rude at the best of times, but he always comes around for his allies.
382	* MalevolentMaskedMen: A non-traditional example. He's not a particularly nice person, but not as amoral as his predecessor L and only uses the mask to protect his face.
383	* {{Reincarnation}}: [[spoiler: Early promotional material states that he "inherited L's DNA." Make of that what you will.]]
384	[[/folder]]
385
386	[[folder:Tsukuru Mishima]]
387	A police officer who finds himself caught in the conflict between Ryuzaki and Shien.
388	---
389	* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler: Ryuzaki forgives Mishima, even giving him the L legacy.]]
390	* GetItOverWith: [[spoiler:When Nanase tries to kill him, as his status as Neo Kira meant that he killed her brother, he positions himself so that her gun is aimed directly at his forehead. He then tells her to pull the trigger, as he is guilty of being a murderer, and she does. However, Arma wrote Nanase's name in her 'Death Note' as it happened, so Mishima is spared instead]].
391	* MemoryGambit: [[spoiler:It turns out he's the real Neo Kira, not Yuki Shien, and he pulled a memory loss trick a la Light Yagami, ten years earlier.]]
392	* RedHerring: [[spoiler: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 Nakagami.]]
393	* WalkingSpoiler: It's almost impossible to talk about him without revealing a major twist.
394	[[/folder]]
395
396	[[folder:Arma]]
397	A newly introduced Shinigami for the 2016 film.
398
399	Voiced By: Creator/MiyukiSawashiro
400	----
401	* ButterFace: Inverted. While she has the anatomy of a giant insect standing on its hind legs, her face is quite pretty.
402	* {{Expy}}: She's essentially a {{Gender Flip}}ped version of [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Sidoh/Shidoh]] from the original series.
403	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: She saves Ryuzaki and Mishima from being killed by Nanase, going out the same way as Jealous and Rem: disintegrating into sand.]]
404	* LoveMartyr: Her relationship with Ryzaki borders on romantic and he states that she may give up her life for him. [[spoiler:She ultimately does.]]
405	* NiceGirl: She's very pleasant, not taking pleasure in other's suffering like Ryuk does.
406	* ThePollyanna: Never seen in a bad mood.
407	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Grapes.
408	[[/folder]]
409
410	[[folder:Sakura Aoi]]
411	A Death Note holder from the 2016 film, ''Film/DeathNoteLightUpTheNewWorld''.
412	----
413	* AdvertisedExtra: [[spoiler: She's killed off in her first scene.]]
414	* AxCrazy: Kills people completely at random.
415	* BigBadWannabe: Has delusions of surpassing Kira, [[spoiler: but isn't intelligent enough.]]
416	* {{Sadist}}: She'll commit mass-murder with all the enthusiasm of a teenager playing ''Videogame/CallOfDuty''.
417	[[/folder]]
418
419	[[folder:Bepo]]
420	An original Shinigami for ''Film/DeathNoteLightUpTheNewWorld'' that accompanies Sakura Aoi.
421	----
422	* AdvertisedExtra: [[spoiler: Appears for all of one scene and is never seen or referenced again.]]
423	* AmbiguousGender: It's not entirely clear if Bepo is male or female.
424	* {{Expy}}: of Armonia from the original manga and anime.
425	* GoldMakesEverythingShiny: Has golden skin.
426	* MrExposition: Gives the Kira Task Force additional information regarding the Death Notes.
427	[[/folder]]
428
429
430	[[folder:Light's son]]
431	Light's son, introduced very fleetingly in ''Film/DeathNoteLightUpTheNewWorld''. Very little is known about him.
432	----
433	* AllThereInTheManual: Most of what we know about him comes from supplementary materials. According to the tie-in novelization for the film, he was an abusive, controlling and threatening individual, who treated Mikami, his foster father, as a slave.
434	* AssholeVictim: Probably one of the least sympathetic Death Note users.
435	* CreepyChild: A nine-year-old boy who's gleefully killing criminals and may well have killed his own foster father had said foster father not intervened.
436	* MysteriousPast: We never do find out who his mother was, but it definitely isn't Misa.
437	* NoNameGiven: We never do learn his true name. All that's shown on-screen is two characters from his name, the 神 from "Yagami" and 光, the latter of which can be read as "Hikaru," "Hikari," "Akira," "Teru" [[note]]though this is unlikely seeing as the series already has a character named Teru and [[OneSteveLimit never uses the same name for more than one character]][[/note]] and "Mitsu" among other potential readings. He's only ever referred to in the novelization as "Light's son" and "the boy."
438	* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: How else to describe a boy who's not even ten and is maliciously killing criminals? It says something that Mikami felt it necessary to get him out of the picture, and not for villainous reasons.
439	[[/folder]]

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