Light Yagami

At the beginning of the manga and series, Light is Japan's top student; at the beginning of the film, he's a college student. He's the son of Soichiro Yagami, the second-in-command in the Japanese police force. Light always wanted to become a police officer to catch criminals and punish them for their crimes. He was skeptical of the world around him and didn't enjoy life. Light believed the world was mired in lies and demanded the arrival of a new God who would cleanse it of its evil deeds. Light came into possession of the Death Note, and he dared to use it to transform the world by killing criminals. Initially disbelieving in the Note's power, Light decided to test it on a criminal he'd seen on television, who had taken refuge in a kindergarten. According to the Note's rules, a person would die of a heart attack 40 seconds after their name was written in the Note, with no cause of death specified. Light couldn't believe his eyes when a reporter announced that the criminal had died of a heart attack. Afterward, Light encountered a god of death named Ryuk, who, it turns out, had deliberately dropped the Note into the human world from the world of the Death Gods out of boredom. Speaking with Ryuk, Light revealed his intentions to cleanse this world of criminals and become the new god of a new world, given the opportunity. He decided to kill all criminals using the same method: a heart attack. To do this, Light searches the internet for the names and faces of criminals and makes entries in the Death Note. Very soon, people begin to notice a pattern: all criminals die the same way. Interpol then decides to dispatch its best agent, known only as L, to capture him. This man has successfully concealed his identity and face from everyone throughout his career and has promised to catch the strange killer.

Light is introduced as a teenager with exceptional intellectual abilities, a calculating and cunning man. However, after receiving the notebook, Light Yagami decided to become God and create a new world without criminals. He partially succeeded, but he didn't realize that by killing other criminals, he himself became one. He is moderately sociable, but lacks stable friends and girlfriends. He is uninterested in the activities of his peers, constantly remaining alone with his hobbies. Since childhood, Light hated crime and was guided by a sense of justice in his actions, but he did not show himself unnecessarily.

Yagami possesses a sharp, tenacious mind and analytical thinking. He is skilled at cunning, lying, and manipulation, often using people as puppets because he sees no one as his equal.

On the surface, Yagami appears emotionless and calm. In reality, he suffers from delusions of grandeur, hypocrisy, sudden emotional outbursts, and manifest psychoses. By nature, he is cruel, apathetic, and adventurous. Under the influence of emotions and psychological problems, he makes serious mistakes, creates dangerous situations, and fails to understand the consequences of his actions.

However, despite all his crimes, Light will never become the embodiment of pure evil. He sincerely loves his father and sister (he didn't care when his father died, so this is debatable) and will never stop caring for them. Thus, humanity and compassion will forever remain within him.

Light is a young man of above-average height with light brown hair and brown eyes. During Part I, he sometimes wore his school uniform, consisting of a brown suit and red tie, and casual clothes: a shirt with a blazer or a V-neck sweater with a collared sweater underneath. In Part II, he prefers to wear suits. Light has medium-length brown hair with bangs and hazel eyes. Other Yagami traits include chiseled features, flawless fair skin, and an infectious, charismatic smile. He is always neatly dressed. Light prefers formal and understated clothing, emphasizing his discipline.