Real name: L lawliet

Birthday: 10/31/1979

Deathday:11/5/04

Height: 5"8' ( estimate )

Weight: 110 ( estimate)

Likes: Sweets

Dislikes: Socks

                   L is the greatest detective in the world. Noone really knows who he is they only know he goes by the name of L. His real name is L lawliet and He was a orphan at the orphanage called wammy's house. He has many aliases and as he stated at one point in the series he is Edraldo Coil and Deneave the 2nd and 3rd greatest detective in the world right behind L himself. They say he only takes on cases he is intrested in. Before he was working on the Kira case he was working on the Los Angeles BB murder case along side Naoimi Misora who shortly dies in the show. L has a addiction to sweets and sits oddly. It was stated by him in the series that if he sits normally his reasoning ability will drop by 40%. You could probably tell but he never sleeps in the series he has only been caught sleeping once in his excact same posistion that he is normally in. He also picks things up oddly using only his index finger and thumb even when drinking tea or coffee.  In the manga his first apperence was Chapter 11 and his last was Chapter 58. In the anime his first apperance was episode 6 and his last was episode 25. Due to his death Near and Mello where in competition to steal his title.

The main character of Death Note, Light is an extremely intelligent but bored 17-year old student. When he finds the Death Note, dropped in the human world by the shinigami Ryuk, he decides to use it to kill all criminals and earns the title Kira. His ultimate goal is to cleanse the world of evil to create a world without criminals and then reign over this new world as its "god." Some of society hates him for using the death note for killing criminals, claiming murder is wrong. Others praise him for doing what no one else can, wiping the world of scum.

A calm and stoic character that appears in the second half of the series. In the anime and manga versions, Near is a primary candidate to become L's successor and calls himself N during the course of his investigations. He shares a number of similarities with L. Much like how L plays with things such as sugar cubes and forks, Near is frequently shown playing with toys or hair, and he is constantly shown sitting in an unusual manner. After L's death, he was asked to join forces with Mello, who refused (it is explained that Near lacks the emotional insight to beat L, while Mello is too emotional and impulsive). Near then gained the support of the Government of the United States and formed the Secret Provision for Kira (SPK). In the 'extra' manga story, set after the end of the series, Near states that, while he respects Light's drive for justice, he can never find his 'Kira' actions excusable. His real name is Nate River. :In the film L: Change the World L grants the name "Near" to a Thai boy who is a mathematical genius; L intends for Near to succeed him.