Death Note (2006 TV series)

Cast and characters

• Mamoru Miyano as Light Yagami, the main protagonist of the series. Light is an overachiever who uses the Death Note to feed his desire to become God of a new world, inflicting mortal judgement on criminals.
• * Brad Swaile as Light in the English dub.
• Kappei Yamaguchi as L. L is reclusive, blunt, and eccentric, but regarded as the world's best detective.
• * Alessandro Juliani as L in the English dub.
• Shidô Nakamura as Ryuk, the Shinigami whose Death Note is picked up by Light. He has a flippant attitude to the events of the story.
• * Brian Drummond as Ryuk in the English dub.
• Aya Hirano as Misa Amane. Misa is a popular Japanese actress and model, who also possesses a Death Note and falls in love with Light.
• * Shannon Chan-Kent as Misa Amane in the English dub.
• Noriko Hidaka as Near, the young detective who replaces L.
• * Cathy Weseluck as Near in the English dub.
• Nozomu Sasaki as Mello, a detective raised alongside Near who also pursues Kira. His emotional streak and desire to do things his way causes complications in the case,
• * David Hurwitz as Mello in the English dub.
• Masaya Matsukaze as Teru Mikami, a stern and scrupulous prosecutor that becomes Light's disciple.
• * Kirby Morrow as Teru Mikami in the English dub.
• Naoya Uchida as Soichiro Yagami, Light's father and the chief of the taskforce investigating the Kira murders.
• * Chris Britton as Soichiro Yagami in the English dub.
• Ryô Naitô as Toota Matsuda, the youngest member of the Kira investigation team. He gradually becomes more confident and mature as the series goes on.
• * Vincent Tong as Toota Matsuda in the English dub.
• Keiji Fujiwara as Shuuichi Aizawa, a confrontational member of the Kira investigation team that is a devoted family man.
• * Trevor Devall as Shuuichi Aizawa in the English dub.
• Kazuya Nakai as Kanzoo Mogi, a reserved member of the Kira taskforce.
• * John Murphy as Kanzoo Mogi in the English dub.
• Hideo Ishikawa as Hideki Ide, a member of the Kira taskforce that dislikes working with L and has a snarky attitude.
• * Brian Dobson as Hideki Ide in the English dub.
• Hidenobu Kiuchi as Hirokazu Ukita, a member of the Kira taskforce who is almost as bumbling as Matsuda, but slightly more confident.
• * Jeremy From as Hirokazu Ukita in the English dub.
• Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Watari, L's laconic manager who runs the orphanage where Near and Mello grew up.
• * French Tickner and Ron Halder as Watari in the English dub.
• Maaya Sakamoto and Masumi Okamura as Kiyomi Takada, Light's ex-girlfriend who becomes a spokesperson for Kira.
• * Heather Doerksen as Kiyomi Takada in the English dub.
• Hideo Ishikawa as Raye Penbar, an American FBI agent sent to Japan to investigate Kira.
• * Michael Adamthwaite as Raye Penbar in the English dub.
• Naoko Matsui as Naomi Misora, a former FBI agent and Raye Penbar's fiancé.
• * Tabitha St. Germain as Naomi Misora in the English dub.
• Issei Futamata as Kyoosuke Higuchi, a Japanese businessperson with the Yotsuba Group. He is given the Death Note by Rem and uses it to kill business rivals.
• * Andrew Kavadas as Kyoosuke Higuchi in the English dub.
• Kimiko Saitō as Rem, the Shinigami whose Death Note is picked up by Misa Amane. She has a protective streak of Misa.
• * Colleen Wheeler as Rem in the English dub.
• Ai Satō as Sachiko Yagami, Light's mother and Sooichiroo's wife.
• * Saffron Henderson as Sachiko Yagami in the English dub.
• Haruka Kudō as Sayu Yagami, Light's younger sister and Sooichiroo's daughter.
• * Kelly Metzger as Sayu Yagami pre-time skip and Kristie Marsden as Sayu Yagami post-time skip in the English dub.

  Episodes

Television films

Home media release

Japanese

English

Reception