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Light's little sister, who has the bad luck of being a normal kid in this fucked up environment. She's completely unaware of her brother's occupation as Kira. {{spoiler|After her horrible kidnapping by Mello, she ends up catatonic and in a wheelchair. [[Word of God]] says she's getting better at the end of the manga, though.}}

 

* [[Ambiguously Gay|Ambiguously Lesbian]]: To recap: she first says that she "doesn't want a boyfriend." Then she exclaims that Misa is "my type!" And she smiles when leafing through one of Light's [[Porn Stash|magazines]]. The ambiguity here is that she does fangirl over Hideki Ryuga (the pop star), so she might be [[Bi the Way]] if the fangirling is sexual in nature.

* [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]: Though nowhere near as bad as other anime examples.

* [[Break the Cutie]]: {{spoiler|The second part of the series is so damn ''cruel'' to her.}}

* [[Brown Eyes]]

* [[Fan Girl]]: "HIDEKI RYUGA!!!"

* [[Generic Cuteness]]: [[Moe|Aww, she's so adorable....]]

* [[Genius Ditz]]: Despite her rather dim disposition, her conceptualization power is apparently 9/10, the same as the genius {{spoiler|who captured Kira,}} Near. [[Memetic Badass|Just look at the ease in which]] [[Manipulative Bastard|she manipulates Light]] [[Obfuscating Stupidity|into doing her homework for her...]] [[Lamarck Was Right|it must run in the family.]]

* [[The Ingenue]]: Sweet, caring, innocent, and doesn't seem very smart. {{spoiler|Holy shit, it goes wrong.}}

* [[Morality Pet]]: She exists to give Light [[Pet the Dog]] moments and to be kidnapped. Complete with [[Lampshade Hanging]]:

* [[Sweater Girl]]

* [[The Teetotaler]]: [[Word of God]] says that she dislikes alcohol.

* [[The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter]]

 

 

 

* [[Break the Cutie]]: {{spoiler|Near the end, her husband's dead and her daughter been traumatized from the kidnapping. We see her alone in the dining room which was once so full of life from her family now completely empty. After a moment, she breaks down and cries. [[It Got Worse|And of course, she still doesn't know her son is an infamous serial killer and by the end of the day's events, she's going to lose him as well.]]}}.

 

 

Raye Penber's fiancee and former [[FBI Agent]] who worked under L in the L.A.B.B. murder case.

 

* [[Action Girl]]: Of the [[Dance Battler]] variety, since she's well-versed in [[Capoeira]] {{spoiler|and trains L in it.}}

* {{spoiler|[[And I Must Scream]]: Experiences this when she realizes that Light is Kira and the Death Note takes effect.}}

* [[Ascended Extra]]: Both in the prequel novel and in the live-action movies

** [[Badass Biker]]

* [[Biker Babe]]

* [[Black Eyes]]

* [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]

* [[Fair Cop]]

* [[Genre Savvy]]: As she dated a policeman she knows a few tricks such as not to give away her real name {{spoiler|at first until Light sweet talks her into doing so.}}

* [[Hell-Bent for Leather]]

* [[Just a Kid]]: She's had... trouble with this. In the novel, it explains that {{spoiler|[[Backstory|she had a traumatic experience]] [[Shoot the Dog|with having faced down a gang member that was no more than a child.]] Then there's Light the mass murdering high school student...}}

* [[Mauve Shirt]]

* {{spoiler|[[Never Found the Body]]: Afte Light writes her name down, she just walks off into the distance and is never seen again.}}

* [[Oh Crap]]: {{spoiler|The sheer amount of terror on the poor girl's face after learning Light was Kira was just heartbreaking.}}

* [[Properly Paranoid]]

* {{spoiler|[[Snow Means Death]]}}

* [[The Stoic]]: Her emotional strength rating is a full 10/10.

* {{spoiler|[[Too Dumb to Live]]}}: On one hand, she doesn't seem to realise that a creepy kid following her around asking [[Have You Told Anyone Else?]] is a bit off, not to mention the [[Plot Induced Stupidity]] and [[Idiot Ball]]. On the other hand, it was a [[Contrived Coincidence]] that she went to the police station when Light was there and L wasn't, Light's trustworthiness is backed up by another person and he comes off as a genuine member of L's team. Regardless of what side you're on, nearly all fans agree {{spoiler|her death was pretty cheap.}}

** Subverted in the live action film, wherein her role is notably expanded from the manga. {{spoiler|She still dies, but it's more plausible and makes Naomi seem less like an idiot.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Vasquez Always Dies]]}}: {{spoiler|the most [[Badass]] female character on the show-and the first to die.}}

* {{spoiler|[[We Hardly Knew Ye]]: Dies too early in the manga to really establish her personality,}} but this was fixed in the prequel novel and the movies.

* [[You Remind Me of X|You Remind Me Of L]]: Naomi says this to Light ([[Lampshading]] that they're [[Not So Different]]).

 

 

The [[FBI Agent]] who was tailing Light.

 

* [[Alternate Continuity]]: Known as "Raye Iwamatsu" in the live action movie, though pretty much everything else about the character is the same.

** [[Badass Longcoat]]

* [[Gray Eyes]]

* [[Incredibly Obvious Tail]]

* [[Mauve Shirt]]

* [[Morton's Fork]]: {{spoiler|Follow my instructions or I kill you and your girlfriend. Guess what happens anyway.}}

* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: {{spoiler|[[Nightmare Fuel|Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha,]] [[South Park|made you kill your coworkers.]]}}

* [[Zombie Infectee]]: Rather than acting completely [[Genre Blind]], Raye acts like this about {{spoiler|showing his name to a Kira suspect}} in the live-action movie.

 

 

The third Kira and the main antagonist of the Yotsuba arc. He's one of the eight-member Yotsuba board and head of the technological development, but isn't very competent compared to the others, and is obsessed with gaining social status in addition to wealth. Light had Rem send the Death Note to him as part of a [[Xanatos Gambit]] to clear himself and Misa of suspicion. {{spoiler|After his arrest, Light kills him to regain control of the notebook.}}

 

* [[Ambition Is Evil]]

* [[Axe Crazy]]

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Loses composure more and more as he gets closer to being arrested.

 

 

A member of the Yotsuba Eight {{spoiler|that Light sways over to L's side.}}

* [[Bishonen]]

* {{spoiler|[[Board to Death]]}}

* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]

* [[Hazy Feel Turn]]

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]

* {{spoiler|[[Mook Face Turn]]}}

 

 

 

Mello's henchman, and a fellow graduate of Wammy's House. {{spoiler|His real name is Mail Jeevas.}}

 

* [[Badass]]

** [[Badass Bookworm]]: He apparently hates going outside, according to [[Word of God]].

** [[Badass Driver]]

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: His two canon lines are pretty snarky, and he's ''always'' portrayed this way in [[Fanon]].

* {{spoiler|[[Famous Last Words]]: [[You Wouldn't Shoot Me|"You won't shoot..."]] Also qualifies as [[Tempting Fate]].}}

* [[Fiery Redhead]], [[Rose-Haired Girl|Rose Haired Boy]], or [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Green Hair]]

** His official artwork shows he's brunette.

* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]/[[Memetic Outfit]]

* [[I Surrender, Suckers]]

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Mid-Sentence]]}}

* [[Mauve Shirt]]

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: He's ridiculously popular for only showing up in a couple of scenes.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]

* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]

* {{spoiler|[[Red Shirt]]}}

* [[Spear Carrier]]

* [[Suck Sessor]]

* [[Videogame Culture]]: [[Flanderization|Often known as the gamer guy in fanfic]], since one of his few appearances shows him playing a video game, and it's mentioned on his character page in ''How to Read 13'' that he enjoys video games.

* {{spoiler|[[We Hardly Knew Ye]]}}

 

 

* [[Attention Whore]]

* [[Fat Bastard]]

* [[Jerkass]]: Taken [[Up to Eleven]] in the second live-action movie.

* [[Mouth of Sauron]]

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Actually a case of an ironic one; his given name is written with a kanji character meaning "benevolence."

* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: In the second film, wherein he {{spoiler|sexually harasses Takada}}.

* [[Strawman News Media]]

 

An artist and another of the Wammy orphans. She draws the portraits of Near and Mello that are seen in both the manga and anime.

* [[Girlish Pigtails]]

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: She appears ''very'' briefly in the manga, and not at all in the original anime series. However, she makes a very brief appearance and has one line in ''Relight 2: L's Successors''.

* [[The Smurfette Principle]]

 

 

Light's school pal. {{spoiler|He's joined the NPA by the epilogue.}}

* [[Adorkable]]

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]

'''Yamamoto:''' Hah, that's peanuts! }}

* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: {{spoiler|In the last chapter Yamamoto has joined the NPA and is Matsuda's drinking buddy.}}

 

* [[Bald of Evil]]

* [[Gonk]]

* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]

 

* [[Femme Fatalons]]

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]

 

* [[Crazy Jealous Guy]]

* [[Identical Stranger]]: In the manga/anime he looks vaguely like Mikami.

** [[Meaningful Name|Sakajo?]]

* [[Loony Fan]]

* [[Yandere]]

 

 

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]

 

* [[Brown Eyes]] or [[Eyes of Gold]]

* [[Identical Stranger]]: it's been pointed out he kind of looks like Light.

** It was also pointed out that in the manga he kinda looks like L.

* [[Teen Idol]]

 

 

* [[Bifauxnen]]

* [[Jerkass]]

* [[Meganekko]]

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]

 

 

 

 

 

* {{spoiler|[[Action Survivor]]}}

* [[The Confidant]]: To Near.

* [[Expy]]: In a certain way, he acts as a Watari to Near. At least, until the end of the story, when {{spoiler|Roger, Watari's friend and caretaker of Wammy's House, takes over the role.}}

 

 

A former Secret Service agent who works for Near as part of the SPK. She joined the SPK to avenge one of her relatives who had been killed by {{spoiler|Higuchi at the time when he acted as Kira.}} {{spoiler|She leaks information to Mello about the investigation, as she reasoned that Kira would be caught faster under their combined efforts. Later, she was chosen to infiltrate the bodyguard unit that protects Kiyomi Takada.}} In the one-shot chapter set three years after {{spoiler|Light's death}}, it is revealed that she and Rester continue to work with Near.

 

 

* {{spoiler|[[Action Survivor]]}}

* [[Affirmative Action Girl]]: She is introduced after the [[Time Skip]], making her the third action girl in the series and one of the few females in Death Note's predominantly male cast.

* [[Revenge]]: She wants to catch Kira to avenge one of her relatives.

* [[Shower Scene]]: She gets her own {{spoiler|right before being forced to go back to the SPK headquarters, by Mello}}.

 

 

 

* {{spoiler|[[Action Survivor]]}}

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Of the SPK

 

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