Light Yagami/Kira – Light is a genius student who has one major flaw… namely, one hell of a God complex. He has a hatred of the criminal element of the world. He finds the Death Note dropped by the Shinigami (Death God) Ryuk and his world is turned upside down. He begins using the notebook to kill criminals, believing that in doing so, he could scare the world into becoming more law-abiding.
L Lawliet – He is the greatest detective in the Death Note world, able to control and work through the police force worldwide and notorious for uncovering seemingly unsolvable crimes, he’s called in to work on the Kira (as Light is known) case.
Ryuk – Light’s Shinigami sidekick, and the one who dropped Light’s Death Note on Earth in the first place. Despite his terrifying appearance, he’s mostly harmless (unless he gets bored), and has a fondness for apples.
Misa Amane/2nd Kira -The second Kira, an internationally famous model and pop star who started out as Light’s Stalker with a Crush since, as Kira, he killed the burglar that murdered her parents when she was a little girl, thus making her feel indebted to him.
Rem – Misa’s Shinigami, who is highly protective of her, bringing Gelus’s Death Note to her after his death and generally watching out for her.
