This is a list of fictional characters in the manga and anime series Death Note. The character names are listed in Western order, with the given name before the family name. Main characters Kiras Light Yagami is the protagonist and anti-villain of the series. At the start of the series, he discovers the Death Note and uses it to kill criminals, becoming known to the people of Japan as Kira (based on the Japanese pronunciation of the English word "killer"). He is voiced by Mamoru Miyano in the Japanese anime and by Brad Swaile in the English dub. In the live-action film, he is played by Tatsuya Fujiwara. Light Yagami is characterized as an extremely intelligent but bored young man. He is confident of his own intelligence and how smart he is in relation to others, but is rarely overconfident in his own abilities. Being a genius, Light feels that only he is fit to judge humanity and steer it on a p

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