Light Yagami is the protagonist and anti-hero of Death Note. At the start of the series, he discovers the Death Note and uses it to kill criminals, then becoming known to the people of Japan as Kira (based on the Japanese pronunciation of the English word "killer"). Light is characterized as an extremely intelligent yet bored young man, confident in his own sense of logic and how clever he is in regards to others. He is frustrated by the lack of justice in the world. Believing the world to be "rotten," he desires a means by which he can enact his will to purge the world of all evil. Light is unaware that he is not alone: a Shinigami (God of Death) named Ryuk is tired of the rotten Shinigami Realm. This Rogue Shinigami drastically changes Light's life and world forever.
Birthday
February 28, 1986 (1989 in the anime)
Deathdate
January 28, 2010 (2013 in the anime)
Also known as
(The First) Kira, (The Second) L
Sign
Pisces
Age
17-18 pre-timeskip,
23 post-timeskip
Status at debut
Senior in high school
Relations
Ryuk,
Soichiro Yagami (Father),
Sachiko Yagami (Mother),
Misa Amane (accomplice),
Sayu Yagami (younger sister)