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Light Yagami

main character of the anime and manga Death Note
Person Fictional Human Q843545

Facts

29 properties
Instance of
fictional human, anime character, manga character[15][16]
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
February 28, 1986
Date of death
January 28, 2010
Country of citizenship
Japan[10]
Occupation
student, detective, mass murderer, vigilante, cult leader
Father
Soichiro Yagami[9]
Sibling
Sayu Yagami[41]
Performer
Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kenji Urai, Hayato Kakizawa, Masataka Kubota[18][19][20][21]
Cause of death
myocardial infarction[24]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Japanese[28]
Blood type
A[32]
Character type
villain, antihero
Connects with
Sayu Yagami, Kiyomi Takada, Soichiro Yagami, Ryuk[37][38][39][40]
Creator
Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata[12][13]
Enemy
L
Hair color
brown hair[33]
Hashtag
yagami_light[36]
Height
179 cm[34]
Killed by
Ryuk[17]
Manner of death
homicide[27]
Mass
54 kg[35]
Name in native language
夜神月[31]
Narrative role
protagonist[42]
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Native language
Japanese[11]
Personality trait of fictional character
manipulativeness, cleverness, arrogance, ruthlessness, God complex
Present in work
Death Note, Jump Force[29][30]
Said to be the same as
Kira, Bakayaroid[22][23]
Voice actor
Mamoru Miyano, Brad Swaile[25][26]
🏷️ Also known as
en Yagami Raito en Yagami Light en Light Yagami en Kira ar ياغامي رايتو ar ياغامي لايت ar لايت ياجامي ar رايتو ياغامي ar لايت ياغامي ar هيكي cs Raito Yagami cs Light Yagami cs Light Jagami cs Kira es Yagami Light es Kira fa لایت یاگامی fr Raito Yagami fr Yagami Light fr Yagami Raito
🔖 Identifiers · 27
AniDB character ID
301
AniList character ID
80
AniSearch character ID
261
Anime Characters Database character ID
12872
Anime-Planet character ID
light-yagami
AnimeClick character ID
5656
Archive of Our Own tag
Yagami Light
Baidu Tieba name
夜神月 (2023)
Behind The Voice Actors character ID
Death-Note/Light-Yagami-Kira
Booru tag
yagami_light, light_yagami
CharacTour character ID
Light-Yagami.Death-Note
Danbooru tag
yagami_light
Show all 27 identifiers +15
Fandom article ID
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+46 moreultimatepopculture:Light_Yagami, jump:Light_Yagami, jforce:Light_Yagami, antagonists:Light_Yagami, the-ultimate-evil:Light_Yagami, incredibly-cruel:Light_Yagami, pure-evil-villains:Light_Yagami, zloczyncy:Light_Yagami, base-breaking-character:Light_Yagami, entertainingly-detestable:Light_Yagami, cross-combat:Light_Yagami, tmnt-x-pokemon:Light_Yagami, versus-compendium:Light_Yagami, omniversal-battlefield:Light_Yagami, listofdeaths:Light_Yagami, animevice:Light_Yagami, sexypedia:Light_Yagami, characters-body-count:Light_Yagami, super-villain:Light_Yagami, versus-connections:Light_Yagami, oneminutemeleefanon:Light_Yagami, digitousailorcure:Light_Yagami, mcleodgaming:Light_Yagami, ja.deathnote:夜神月, es.deathnote:Light_Yagami, de.deathnote:Light_Yagami, ca.deathnote:Light_Yagami, it.deathnote:Light_Yagami, fr.deathnote:Light_Yagami, pl.deathnote:Light_Yagami, fi.deathnote:Light_Yagami, pt.deathnote:Light_Yagami, ru.deathnote:Лайт_Ягами, fallen-heroes:Light_Yagami, fictions-characters:Light_Yagami, saimoe:Light_Yagami, moviemorgue:Light_Yagami, heroesvillains:Light_Yagami, moral-ranking:Light_Yagami, deadliestfiction:Light_Yagami, all-worlds-alliance:Light_Yagami, wysi:Light_Yagami, animeandmangacharacters:Light_Yagami, fictionalserialkiller:Light_Yagami, deathnotefanreboot:Light_Yagami, yaruo:夜神月
Freebase ID
/m/03w97lm
Goodreads character ID
39816
HAND ID
E783-6540-3D74-4572-A11A
Moegirlpedia ID
夜神月
MyAnimeList character ID
80
MyCast talent ID
light-yagami
MyWaifuList character ID
light-yagami-death-note
Namuwiki ID
야가미 라이토
NicoNicoPedia word article ID
夜神月
Personality Database profile ID
1.6M (1.5k–1.6M, n=6)
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
夜神月
Quora topic ID
Light-Yagami-Death-Note-character
Reddit topic ID (obsolete)
light_yagami
TV Tropes ID
Characters/DeathNoteLightYagami

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🔗 Connections
Performer 4
Tatsuya Fujiwara, Masataka Kubota, Kenji Urai, Hayato Kakizawa
Occupation 3
student, detective, vigilante
← Characters 3
Death Note, Jump Force, Death Note
← Connects with 3
Misa Amane, Ryuk, Kiyomi Takada
Character type 2
antihero, villain
Connects with 2
Ryuk, Kiyomi Takada
Creator 2
Takeshi Obata, Tsugumi Ohba
Present in work 2
Death Note, Jump Force
Voice actor 2
Mamoru Miyano, Brad Swaile
Cause of death 1
myocardial infarction
Country of citizenship 1
Japan
Hair color 1
brown hair
Killed by 1
Ryuk
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Japanese
Manner of death 1
homicide
Narrative role 1
protagonist
Native language 1
Japanese
Personality trait of fictional character 1
arrogance
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Light Yagami is a fictional human[1]. He was born on February 28, 1986[2]. He died on January 28, 2010[3]. He worked as a student[4], detective[5], mass murderer[6], vigilante[7], and cult leader[8].

FAQs

Who were Light Yagami's parents?

Light Yagami's father was Soichiro Yagami[9].

What did Light Yagami do for work?

Light Yagami worked as a student[4], detective[5], mass murderer[6], vigilante[7], and cult leader[8].

Related Entities

Japan Takeshi Obata Tsugumi Ohba

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  21. [24] ↑ . deathnote.fandom.com. deathnote.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [2] ↑ . Death Note 13: How to Read. wikidata.org.
  23. [3] ↑ . Death Note 13: How to Read. wikidata.org.
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  31. [32] ↑ . Death Note 13: How to Read. wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . anidb.net. anidb.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . Death Note 13: How to Read. wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . Death Note 13: How to Read. wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Saimmx · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Kira, Bakayaroid
    Occupation → student, detective, mass murderer +1
    Personality trait of fictional character → manipulativeness, cleverness, arrogance +1
    "Created claim: Said to be the same as: Bakayaroid"
  2. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Height → 179 centimetre
    Sex or gender → male
    Manner of death → homicide
    Cause of death → myocardial infarction
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #47158: HAND ID (11)"
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