Light Yagami

Light Yagami (夜神月, Yagami Raito) is the main protagonist of the Death Note series. After discovering the Death Note, he decides to use it to rid the world of criminals. His killings of him are eventually labeled by the people living in Japan as the work of "Kira." He has inner monologues, with the attempt to see if someone wants to see if he's Kira or not the closer he thinks they are to think he is Kira.

[Light is a young man, standing at above average height with light-brown hair and brown eyes. During Part I, when not wearing his school uniform, which consists of a tan suit and red tie, he dresses fairly casually, sometimes sporting a dress shirt underneath a jacket or a V-neck sweater with a collared t-shirt underneath. During Part II, if not wearing a similar style of clothes, he is seen wearing a suit. He is considered to be quite handsome, a trait noted by Misa Amane and Kiyomi Takada, among others. Light is highly perceptive and good with problem solving skills. He uses his Death Note as a means by which he can enact his will to rid the world of evil people. Despite knowing the criminality of murder, Light would consider his actions the ultimate "sacrifice" to help the world. The degree of Light's hubris and ruthlessness varies by adaptation. In the manga, Japanese films, musical and anime he rarely expresses any doubt in his actions. Light has consistently been portrayed as an idealist and an individual who is willing to go to extreme measures in order to defend his idea of ​​justice. Light grew up in Japan with his family, which consists of his father, Soichiro Yagami, who is a member of the Japanese Task Force (an investigation team opposing Kira), his mother, Sachiko Yagami, and his younger his sister, Sayu Yagami. At the start of the series, Light is a third-year high school student (12th Grade) at Daikoku Private Academy and also attends supplemental classes at Gamou Prep Academy in the beginning of the story. He later attends college at To-Oh University (東応大学, Tōō Daigaku). In the year 2003 (2006 in the anime), Light Yagami discovers a mysterious notebook on the ground at his school. Written on the cover are the words "Death Note". The Death Note's instructions state that if a human's name is written within it, that person shall die. Light accepts L's challenge to kill him, and declares that he will find L and eliminate him.