Light Yagami

The story of Death Note is centered on Light Yagami, who is a son of a police officer. At the beginning of the story Light is a extremely bright 17 year old high school student. He even palaced first on Japans national exams. At the beginning of the story our young genus gains supernatural powers form a notebook, that a Shinigami dropped. That notebook's power is that it can be used to kill people, thus the name Death Note. After seeing his father battling crime all his life, Light developed a great need to see justice done. He tries to stop crime and punish the criminals by using the book. Light becomes known as Kira a play on the English word killer.

Light Yagami
From left to right. Light as shown in Manga, Anime & TV.

Aliases:	Kira, the 2nd Lhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Yagami#cite_note-0
First Appearence:	Chapter 1 : Boredom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Yagami#cite_note-0
Last Appearence:	Chapter 107 : Curtain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Yagami#cite_note-0
Gender & Age:	Male, 17 in beginning, 23 at death http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Yagami#cite_note-0
Date of birth:	February 28, 1986 http://store.viz.com/Death-Note-Vol.-13-How-to/A/1421518880.htm
Voiced by:	Mamoru Miyano (Japanese, Brad Swaile (English) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Yagami
Appearances:	Death Note: Manga, Anime, TV show, Movies

Light Yagami is main character of the Death Note story and is extremely intelligent but bored 17-year old student. He is the son of Soichiro Yagami a Japanese police officer. He has a great sense of justice