A list of characters who have appeared in the Death Note franchise. Due to length, it had to be split into subpages.
Warning! Unmarked spoilers ahead!
Anime & Manga- Kira and his Followersnote Kiras (Light Yagami/Kira, Misa Amane/2nd Kira, Kyosuke Higuchi/3rd Kira, Teru Mikami/X-Kira, C-Kira, Minoru Tanaka/A-Kira), Shinigami (Ryuk, Rem), Media (Kyomi Takada, Hitoshi Demegawa), Yotsuba 8 (Kyosuke Higuchi, Reiji Namikawa, Shingo Mido, Eiichi Takahasi, Suguru Shimura, Masahiko Kida, Takeshi Ooi, Arayoshi Hatori)
- L and his Alliesnote L Lawliet/Ryuzaki, Quillish Wammy/Watari, Naomi Misora/Shoko Maki, NPA (Kanichi Takimura, Koreyoshi Kitamura, Chief Soichiro Yagami, Touta Matsuda, Shuichi Aizawa, Kanzo Mogi, Hideki Ide, Hirokazu Ukita, Yamamoto, Yukito Shiraba), FBI (Steve Mason, Raye Penber, David Lincher, Haley Belle), Criminal Associates (Lind L. Tailor, Wedy/Mary Kenwood, Aiber/Thierry Morrello)
- L's Successorsnote Near/Nate River, Roger Ruvie, SPK (Anthony Rester/Anthony Carter, Halle Lidner/Halle Bullook, Stephen Gevanni/Stephen Loud, John McEnroe/Larry Conners, Ellickson Gardner/Ellickson Tohmas, Ill Ratt/Shawn Dunleavy) Mello/Mihael Keehl, Mail Jeevas/Matt, Mafia (Rod Ross/Dwight Gordon, Glen Humphreys and Rashual Bid, Jack Neylon/Kal Snydar, Pedoro Kollet and Eddie, Zakk Irius, Kyle Block, Skyer and Roy, Y462, Jose, Miller)
- Independent Charactersnote Shinigami (Sidoh, Gelus, Armonia Justin Beyondormason, Daril Ghiroza, Deridoveley, Midora, Gukku, Zellogi, Calikarcha, Kinddara Guivelostain, Nu, The Shinigami King, The Unnamed Shinigami), Independent Criminals (Kurou Otoharada, Takuo Shibuimaru, Kiichiro Osoreda, Yonegoro Nusumi, Ginzo Kaneboshi, Ryotaro Sakajo), Misa's Associates (Nori, Yoshi), United States Government and Military (David Hoope, George Sairas, Joe Morton), Yagami Family (Sayu Yagami, Sachiko Yagami), Other (Hideki Ryuuga, Linda, Koki Tanakabara, Yuri, Sudou)
Other Media
- Novel, Pilot and Moviesnote Novel & Pilot (Beyond Birthday, A, Taro Kagami), Characters only in movies (Shiori Akino, K, Daisuke Matoba, Hideaki Suruga, Sanami, F, Dr. Nikaido, Maki Nikaido), Characters in 2016 Live-Action Movie (Shien Yuki, Ryuzaki II)
- 2017 Netflix Movienote Light Turner, Mia Sutton, L, Watari, James Turner, Ryuk, Aaron Peltz, Kenny Doyle
