Age: 13-15 pre-timeskip, 19-20 post-timeskip Birthdate: December 13, 1989 Blood type: A Likes: chocolate Dislikes: those better than him Mello is the older of L's two successors raised in Wammy's House, Watari's orphanage for gifted children, in Winchester, England, United Kingdom. When it is decided that Mello should work with the other successor, Near, Mello refuses, citing an inability to work with Near, to whom he is considered second. Similar to L's fondness for sweets, Mello is often seen eating bars of chocolate. How to Read 13 states that Mello has "an excellent mind" and that he "sometimes lets his emotions get in his way." The book cites Mello's "hatred of Near," which created "a flaw in [Mello's] personality." The book states that Mello isn't purely evil, citing his apology and genuine care for Matt's well-being. Tsugumi Ohba, the writer of Death Note, stated that Mello "works hard for everything." Ohba added that Mello's name "doesn't really stand for anything," as opposed to Near's name standing for Nate River, etc. Mello is voiced by Nozomu Sasaki in the Japanese anime, David Hurtwitz in the English version and Javier Olguín in the Latin Spanish dub. Mello decides to find Kira his own way by joining the Mafia. After obtaining one of the Death Notes from the Kira investigation team by kidnapping Sayu Yagami, Light Yagami sets up a raid that leaves Mello badly scarred and his real name in Light's hands. After learning that Light is Kira and Near was going to attempt to apprehend him, Mello kidnaps Kiyomi Takada, but is soon killed by Takada's hidden pages of the Death Note. This action causes Teru Mikami to expose his own Death Note to kill Takada, an action that Near picks up on and is eventually able to use to thwart Light's plans. Near reflects this during the final showdown and credits Mello as the single most pivotal person in discovering Light's plans. Hal Lidner further believes that it was Mello's plan that he would be killed to expose Light's plan, but Near rejects this theory. His date of death is January 26th, 2010. Age 20. Mello is the narrator of the spinoff novel Death Note - Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases.
Jealous only appears in a flashback when Rem explains a method to kill a Shinigami. In this flashback, Rem recalls Jealous watching over a woman in the human world. Surprised by his concern, Rem eventually looks over his shoulder and witnesses what should have been the woman's last moments on Earth. In a dark alley, a distraught man mistakes woman as the woman who broke up with him and attempts to stab her to death. Apparently infatuated with the woman, Jealous uses his Death Note to kill her destined murderer; the man suddenly walks away to commit suicide. Moments later, Jealous himself turns to a pile of sand and rust as consequence for extending a human life. Rem takes his Death Note and gave it to Misa Jealous' name is commonly misspelled "Gelus," which is what his name was romanized to until Death Note: How to Read 13 revealed the official spelling as Jealous. The first through fourth printings of Volume 4 of the English-language manga refers to him as Gelus. Ken'ichi Matsuyama, who portrayed L in the live action films, voices Jealous in the anime.
Raye Penber is an American Investigator from the FBI, who was sent to Japan along with 11 other FBI agents to track down Kira. Raye was assigned to investigate the Yagami family for any suspicious behavior; but eventually stops suspecting Light. Light staged a bus-jacking incident in order to obtain Raye's identity. Light, acting as if Raye were a part of the bus-jacking persuades Raye into revealing his FBI identification card. Raye shows Light, but is hesitant to do so. A week after the bus-jacking, Light acting as 'Kira' follows Raye and use him as a 'pawn' to track down the other 11 agents. He gives Raye an envelope containing sheets of paper, taken from the Death Note. Raye, unknowingly, writes the names of the other agents on the paper. Light kills Raye soon after. Before Raye dies, he sees Light, realizing that he is indeed Kira. Raye is engaged to a former FBI agent, Naomi Misora, who later attempts to investigate the 'Kira' case. (Source: Wikipedia)
Age: 27 Birthday: June 7, 1982 Height: 175 cm Weight: 56 kg Blood Type: A Likes: Order Dislikes: Chaos Teru Mikami is a young man with a strong feeling for justice, and who worships Kira. This goes even so far that he calls Light 'Kami', which is Japanese for God. He is prepared to help Kira by any means, even if it means sacrificing his own life. Mikami works as a lawyer, and was bullied for standing up for what is right when he was younger in school. He was an excellent student and did well academically. He became a prosecuting agent to impose the punishment that criminals deserved. Mikami lives alone and likes to work out consistently, even on New Year's Day. He's maniacally rigorous and punctual, and overall he's a talented and intelligent person who has the tendency to act in a way that is described as "Kira-like". In the anime, he kills himself after failing to kill the remaining members of the SPK and the Japanese Task Force.
The 1st victim of the Los Angeles B.B. murder case, having been strangled to death. He was found at the murder scene with markings cut into his chest as a clue left by the murderer.
Beyond Birthday was the second child taken in at Wammy's House, in an attempt to create a successor for L; however, the pressure was too much for him and he ran away from the orphanage. In reality, he is the serial killer behind the Los Angeles Serial Killings. Beyond Birthday has never appeared in the manga, anime, or film series to date, but the BB Case was briefly alluded to in both manga and anime. He was born with Shinigami Eyes, which allowed him to see and know when exactly people around him would die, as well as knowing their full names. He uses this ability to pick his victims and kill them when they would have been destined to die. It is unknown how he could have possibly been born with the eyes, though Mello wonders if a Shinigami dropped its eyeballs to Earth (instead of a Death Note). Some have claimed that Beyond Birthday is a cannibal, but this is only a rumor. The novel did not say anything about him eating his victims' remains. Though this could be true, further information has yet to be revealed. During the investigation of the Los Angeles BB Murder Cases with Naomi Misora, B is described to have a jar filled with strawberry jam, in the victim's fridge. Similar to L and Mello (and their addiction for sweets), Beyond Birthday craves strawberry jam. He tends to practice his laughter quite often as well. Little is known about B, though him and A (real name unknown) were the first two children in line to succeed L. His whereabouts remained unknown from May 2002 to the beginning of the story, L having tracked cases around the world to search for him. Beyond Birthday came up with a plan to surpass L, as the "World's Greatest Criminal," giving L a case that B made sure he couldn't ever solve. Beyond Birthday's first known victim was the freelance writer Believe Bridesmaid, whom he killed July 31st, 2002, after drugging him and then choking him with a rope. Four Wara Ningyo (straw dolls) were left at the crime scene, and in post-mortem mutilation, Bridesmaid's chest was slashed several times; the killer also took the time to re-dress him. When looking at the autopsy photos, Naomi Misora found that the wounds were made to resemble letters (in actuality, a Roman numeral code spelling out the name of the next victim). The second murder happened four days later, on August 4th. The victim, Quarter Queen (a 13-year-old girl), was also drugged before her death, the cause of which was blunt force trauma to her skull. Her eyes were also crushed in further post-mortem mutilation. Three Wara Ningyo were left at the scene of the crime. The third killing happened nine days after Quarter Queen's murder. Backyard Bottomslash was a 28-year-old bank worker who had also been drugged before her death, though her age fell in-between those of the previous two victims (44 and 13).&nbsp {C This happened when Beyond Birthday wanted to find out if a human can die of an internal hemorrhage without rupturing any organs. Beyond Birthday conducted this experiment by drugging and then beating Backyard Bottomslash's left arm without breaking the skin. When this did not work, her death was caused by loss of blood, with her right leg and left arm cut off. The right leg was discovered in the bathtub later. The left arm was taken by Beyond Birthday. Two Wara Ningyo were found nailed to the walls in a similar manner to the other two cases. Some years later, in jail, he dies from a heart attack caused by Kira.
The 3rd victim of the Los Angeles B.B. Murder Cases. She was found at the murder scene with her left arm and right leg removed as a clue left by the murderer.